The the Barbican is giving Londoners a rare chance to explore the deep, dark history of the rooms usually kept away from the public. Over 75 minutes, the brand new ghost tours map out nearly 2,000 years of subterranean secrets, exploring Roman ruins and plague pits and dissecting chilling ghost sightings whispered by the staff who’ve worked the night shift. The restricted backrooms of the Pit theatre and Library Stack Rooms house hundreds of books dating back to the 18th century, and the space is reputedly so active with supernatural phenomena that some staff members refuse to go down there alone.
It’s time to swill out your plastic fans and dust off those devil horns. Halloween is here! And with October 31 falling on a Saturday this year, we’re in for a ghoulishly good time without the haunting prospect of work the next day, so it’s no surprise that Halloween parties seem more plentiful and extravagant than ever this year.
But there’s plenty more spooky fun to be had around London if you don’t fancy a night of the raving dead. Instead, you could let your synthetic wig down at a scary movie screening, join a lantern-lit ghost tour, learn about London’s graveyards, carve a pumpkin or check out a spooky old museum after-hours.
So when you’re after something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna call? Time Out London, that’s who! We might not be so great at ghost-busting, but we do know how to sniff out a great activity. Keep checking back and you'll see all sorts of thrilling, chilling events appear on our list of the best Halloween events London has to offer in 2026.
The best Halloween events in London at a glance
- 😱 Best for ultimate scares: Thorpe Park Fright Night
- 😈 Best for die-hard ravers: Cirque Du Soul Halloween Special
- 💀 Best for horror movie hounds: Nickel Cinema Psychotronic Halloween Movie Mash
- 🎃 Best for little munchkins: Hobbledown Heath’s pumpkin patch
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