If you’re looking for fun Halloween events in Essex, we have just the thing.
We have put together this guide with details of all the best Essex Halloween events, together in one place.
Whether you’re after a costume party in Colchester, a horror movie marathon in Haverhill, or a child friendly event in Chelmsford, there are all sorts of events happening for Halloween in Essex.
Curiosities Museum: Exhibits, Coffee Bar Experience museum exhibits, browse the gift shop, and unwind with coffee while enjoying live TV screens. Join us for a delightful visit!
Opera Rara’s 2024/25 Salon Series comes to a close on 8 May 2025 with a night of rare songs featuring mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries and pianist Anna Tilbrook. Harries, who made her Opera Rara...
Relax & unwind in our Tamarisk restaurant enjoying time as a family on Mothering Sunday
Enjoy full afternoon tea and a glass of bubbles with friends in our Tamarisk restaurant. Listening to the sensational Cheryl Parris
Enjoy an Easter Day Lunch with traditional roast dinner in our Tamarisk restaurant. Easter Egg Hunt around the hotel for all the kids and big kids after lunch
Relax & unwind in our Tamarisk restaurant, listening to our resident jazz band 'Take Five' 2 Courses - £24 3 Courses - £30
Getting ready for the 2025 season of alfresco dining
Arrr, me hearties! Old Time Sailors be an unbelievable musical spectacle set to whisk ye away on a time-travelin' journey back to the 19th century. Their motley crew be made up of 17 musicians...
The 2025 festival, The Spirit of Water, is a companion piece to the Cathedral’s summer art exhibition, Living Water. Just as the art show explores the power of water, its ability to hold...
Concert Series at Salisbury Cathedral Experience the magic of chamber music in the enchanting North Transept of Salisbury Cathedral. Enjoy an exciting and varied series of performances...
Little Easton Manor, Park Road, Little Easton, Dunmow CM6 2JN, UK
Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner: Pumpkin Patch Murder
Direct from London’s West End, comes a high-quality, interactive Murder Mystery entertainment! Dinner included in price!
31 October at 19:00
Tickets: £50
“The Addams Family” Halloween Movie Night
The classic Addams Family will be shown on our 15ft LED screen in our lovely 14th century barn theatre!
Date: 26 Oct 2024
Time: 18:00 – 20:30
Tickets: £5.00 to £10.00
Spooky Halloween Afternoon Tea
Halloween grazing food Included in the ticket price, live band and DJ to perform throughout the evening. Fancy dress encouraged but not essential.
Fri, 01 Nov
12:30 – 15:30
Tickets: £0.00 to £29.50
Marsh Farm Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex CM3 5WP /em>
Come in fancy dress and creep through our devilishly decorated farm and enjoy our funfair rides, pumpkin picking patch, adventure play, bouncy pillows and ?????? much more.
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Dates: 12 October 2024 – 1 November 2024
Times: 10:00 AM To 05:00 PM GMT +00:00
Marsh Farm Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex CM3 5WP /em>
Be prepared for an evening of adventure. As you cross over into a twilight world, where reality and imagination merge, you will encounter thrills, spills, scares and dares, as you traverse the woods, buildings, and parkland of Scaresville.
Dates: 26 October 2024 – 3 November 2024
Times: 10:00 AM To 05:00 PM GMT +00:00
Tickets: £ 17 Adults, £ 13.50 Children (3-13yrs), £ 15.50 OAP’s
Crouch Valley Showground, Off A1245, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 7FQ /em>
Created for the under 16’s and those too scared to experience the main event. Cursed Twilight offers a unique experience for those that are looking for fun but not too much fright.
Please note this will be a theatrical performance not scare event.
Dates: 29 October 2024
Times: 05:00 PM To 08:30 PM GMT +00:00
Tickets: £ 20 plus £ 1.08 booking fee
Blackbrook Stud Farm, Ivy Lodge Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4EN
Blackbrook Stud Farm, Ivy Lodge Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4EN
Blackbrook Stud Farm, Ivy Lodge Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4EN
Markshall Estate, Marks Hall Road, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1TG
WITCHES & WIZARDS – HALLOWEEN PERCY’S ADVENTURES
🧹✨ Calling all witches and wizards! ✨🧹
Join us from October 28th to 1st for a bewitching Halloween week filled with potion-making, wand crafting, and magical adventures! Don your robes and hats, and let the enchantment begin! 🎃🧙♀️
Dates: 28 Oct – 01 Nov 2024
Times: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Tickets: See link for detials
Colchester Zoo, Maldon Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0SL
Trail of Terror
The Trail of Terror begins as soon as you step foot in the door, from rustling bushes, to masked monsters and screaming scarers, they could get you anytime and anywhere.
We will also have food and live music for you to enjoy at the end of the trail, PLUS a themed photo point so you can purchase a souvenir of your evening.
Dates: 18th – 30th October 2024
Times: 6:30pm – 8pm
Tickets: £27
Shriek Week
Join in with our FANG-TASTIC themed activities taking place from 26th October – 3rd November 2024!
This October half term, enjoy a week filled with SPOOK-TACULAR daytime activities suitable for children of all ages, from creating crafts at the Witches’ Coven to practicing your scaring skills as a monster at St Anway’s Scare School!
Halloween Trail – 9:30am to Zoo close
Journey around the zoo and complete the trail for your chance to win a prize.
| Halloween Trail | Four locations around the Zoo | 9:30am – Zoo Close | Pick up a trail leaflet and solve the puzzles located around the park for the chance to WIN an Animal Experience. |
| Witches’ Coven | Education Centre | 11am – 4pm | Visit the good witches and wizards and create magical crafts, from potions to wands. • Small charge applies. |
| Lost Madagascar Road Train | Lost Madagascar Train Station | 10:30am – 4pm | Embark on a journey and discover the dragons lurking. • Train will not stop at Lemur Walkthrough. |
| Fancy Dress Party | Main Stage | 1pm | Show off your best Halloween outfit at our fang-tastic party! |
| SPOOk-tacular Barn Adventure | Kalahari Theatre | 11am, 2pm & 3pm | Listen to this holographic story about the trio of pumpkins. |
| Pirate Cove | Picnic area near Meerkat Hangout | 11am – 4pm | Take a pit stop and enjoy some fiendish fun and gruesome games! |
| Spooky Photo Point | Face Painting Station | 11am – 4pm | Have your picture taken at our creepy photo point. • Small charge applies. |
| Exploratorium | Inside Kingdom of the Wild/span> | 11am to 3:30pm/td> | The Exploratorium returns with a few NEW spooky boxes! |
| Woodland Hollow/span> | Woodland Hollow/span> | 9:30am to Zoo close/td> | Visit the Woodland Hollow and see what creatures you can spot made from bricks. |
| Scare School | Rajang’s Forest, Outside Viewing | 11am – 4pm | Take part in scaring lessons to graduate from St Anways. |
Calcott Hall Farm, Ongar Rd, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9HS
Channels Retreat, Channels Drive, Chelmsford , Essex, CM3 3PT
92 High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TH
Unit B&C Global Park, 12 Moorside, Colchester, Essex, CO1 2TJ
Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3DJ
Park Road, Little Easton, Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2JN
Mill Lane, Dedham, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6DH
Forest Lodge Commercial Complex, High Road, Epping, Essex, CM16 5HW
21 Market Hill, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4PZ
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