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Things to do in London on Halloween
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By Time Out editors
Updated: Wed Oct 21 2009 -
From the kooky to the spooky, Halloween events in London are creeping up on us once again. We've rounded up the best places to go for your thrills and chills, whether you're after a decadent party or family-friendly frights
Halloween events | Halloween club nights and parties
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Halloween Skies
Sat Oct 31, National Maritime Museum
An astronomer presents live, Halloween-themed planetarium shows suitable for anyone over five in the Royal Observatory, revealing why the festival takes place on October 31 and looking at some of the myths connected to the night sky. Read more
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Phobophobia
Until Sat Oct 31, The London Bridge Experience and London Tombs
Experience the fear of fear at a Halloween special that sees the dark corners of the vaults and excavated tombs of London Bridge beset by creepy clowns, slithering snakes and howling spirits. Read more
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October Dreams: Candlelit Tales from Halloween
Thu Oct 29, Fan Museum
This after-hours opening will feature a performance of drama, stories and verse celebrating the macabre. The museum warns that chilling tales and candlelight make this event unsuitable for under-12s and those of a nervous disposition. Read more
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The Original London Ghost Festival
Until Sat Oct 31
London Paranormal is putting on events including performances, ghost vigils, talks and walks in venues all over London. Read more
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Pinewood's Drive-In
Critics' Choice
Until Sun Dec 6, Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios introduces its first-ever public drive-in movie screenings (complete with refreshments delivered direct to your car), projected on to Europe’s largest bluescreen on the Paddock Lot. Saturday’s gruesome Halloween programme consists of Richard Donner’s ‘The Omen’ (1976, cert 15), followed by Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ (1980, cert 15). Read more
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Halloween horror films
Cinemas across town are digging out their most macabre offerings this week. Here's our guide to what to see - from classic re-releases to quality new chillers. Read more
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Spooky Tate
FREE
Sat Oct 31, Tate Britain
At Tate Britain, accompanied five-to-ten year olds can spend Saturday afternoon making trick-or-treat costumes and helping to craft thousands of spiders and bats to haunt the Duveen Galleries, as well as listening to the spooky stories behind some of the paintings. Read more
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Ghost Tours
Until Mar 7 2010, Hampton Court Palace
Henry VIII’s wives Catherine Howard and Jane Seymour, as well as his son Edward, are all said to haunt Hampton Court. Hour-long tours examine the legends and apparent evidence (including CCTV footage) of ghosts at the palace. They’re not appropriate for under-12s, but children’s ghost tours suitable for kids aged between eight and 12 years old are available separately. Booking essential. Read more
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Halloween at Alexandra Palace Ice Rink
Until Sun Nov 1, Alexandra Palace Ice Rink
There are daytime frights for families all week, with free entry for devilishly dressed little horrors (until Sun Nov 1), plus the chance to win a small prize for the best costume. Halloween-themed disco sessions for adults take place in the evening on Fri Oct 30 and Sat Oct 31. Read more
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Animal Adventureaaargh!
Until Sun Nov 1, London Zoo
Halloween activities at the Children’s Zoo (daily until Sun Nov 1) include seasonal ‘Animals in Action’ shows based on the antics of creatures such as rats, skunks, black vultures and burrowing owls, and the chance to fill hollowed-out pumpkins with treats to feed the ring-tailed coatis. Read more
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Ghost of the Polaroid Workshop
FREE
Sat Oct 31, Pump House Gallery
Accompanying the Pump House Gallery’s exhibition about Polaroid photography is a Halloween workshop at which children over the age of three can discover how to create images of skeletons, ghosts and other spooky stuff using ‘magic’ paper. Booking advised. Read more
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Day of the Dead
Sun Nov 1, British Museum
Family activities, performances, workshops and carnival parades are part of this day celebrating the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday, when family and friends gather to remember the deceased. Read more
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Ghostly Goings-On at the Soane
Thu Oct 29, Sir John Soane's Museum
At the Sir John Soane Museum, a ‘Ghostly Goings-On’ storytelling and Halloween costume-making workshop for children over seven will take full advantage of the the venue’s unique atmosphere. In the ‘Skeleton Puppets’ sessions, kids can make a bony tabletop puppet and use it to tell a scary story. Booking essential. Read more
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8 comments
sorry, maybe should have put that its for halloween :)
Anyone know of anything happening around the river/ embankment or maybe covent garden areas etc for kids? found something about london eye but dont fancy spending out that sort of money and they got the life scared outof them in Dungeon, so Tombs are out of the question
thanks in advance
Lou
Ollie, don't despair, things will get better for you soon.
Try The Haunted Castle at Warwick Castle. They have a brilliant Dungeons After Dark Night .........www.warwick-castle.com
Just booked my tickets for the London Dungeon Halloween Party this Saturday! Can't wait!
The London Dungeon are hosting the first ever official Halloween Party this year! Starts at 9:30pm - 2am. Tickets are just £20, to book call 0871 423 2240 or check www.merlinvenues.com/halloweenparty
Don't miss the Halloween event with a difference...
art performance music theater all in a vast subterranean landscape of an old Abattoir
www.apocryphon.org
you are incorrect! V&A Late Night is the last FRIDAY of every month. ie 26 oct, not 27 oct