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  • By Time Out editors

  • 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

    Things to do in London on Halloween

    © Rob Greig



  • Halloween events | Halloween club nights and parties

    All-ages

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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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    Family / kids
    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

  1. Posted by lou on 30 Oct 2009 13:32

    sorry, maybe should have put that its for halloween :)

  2. Posted by lou on 30 Oct 2009 13:31

    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

  3. Posted by Bek on 29 Oct 2009 18:51

    Ollie, don't despair, things will get better for you soon.

  4. Posted by Gina Kelly on 29 Oct 2009 13:41

    Try The Haunted Castle at Warwick Castle. They have a brilliant Dungeons After Dark Night .........www.warwick-castle.com

  5. Posted by Carolyn Hines on 27 Oct 2009 12:26

    Just booked my tickets for the London Dungeon Halloween Party this Saturday! Can't wait!

  6. Posted by Colette on 27 Oct 2009 11:58

    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

  7. Posted by Vicky on 25 Sep 2009 08:49

    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

  8. Posted by kat on 27 Oct 2007 17:09

    you are incorrect! V&A Late Night is the last FRIDAY of every month. ie 26 oct, not 27 oct

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