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If you’re looking for some Halloween events in Dorset this October half-term, we’ve got you covered! Get ready for lots of spooky fun, fancy dress, and themed days all around the county.
There are spooktacular events all across Dorset this Halloween, from family-friendly events at your favourite local attractions, to adults-only club nights and horror events. We’ve also listed a few local pumpkin patches where you can PYO and pose for pics among the pumpkins!
We’ll try to keep this list updated with any new events, so if you find out about any more please do let us know. You can drop us a comment at the end of this post or get in touch on our social channels.
LAST UPDATED: 5th September 2025 – I’ve started updating with this year’s dates and details, but some are still TBC.
Happy Halloween…
- Family Halloween Events in Dorset
- Weymouth Halloween Parade
- Trunk or Treat
- Aquarium to Ascarium at Weymouth Sea Life
- Halloween Fun at the Fort
- Zombie Trail – A Grimm Scary-tale (LIVE actors)
- Halloween Trail at Durlston Country Park
- Halloween Half Term at Farmer Palmer’s
- Spooky Forest Trail at Moors Valley
- Halloween Events at Upwey Wishing Well
- Halloween & Autumn Garden Trail at Moreton Walled Garden
- Ghostly Games at Abbotsbury Swannery
- Halloween at Adventure Wonderland (CLOSED)
- Adult Halloween Events in Dorset
- Halloween Pumpkin Patches in Dorset
Family Halloween Events in Dorset
Weymouth Halloween Parade
Dates: 30 October 2025
Times: 4:30-8pm
Location: Weymouth town centre
Price: Free
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A huge Halloween parade will run throughout Weymouth town centre, full of zombies, witches, ghouls and more. The parade will start from Millennium Square (outside the Range in New Bond Street).
Trunk or Treat
Dates: 30 October 2025
Times: 6-8pm
Location: Melcombe Regis Car Park
Price: Free
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The above Halloween parade ends at Melcombe Regis Car Park for a “Trunk or Treat extravaganza”. Expect around 40 decorated cars, sweets and gifts for the kids, activities, refreshments available to purchase, and prizes for the scariest Halloween trunk!
Aquarium to Ascarium at Weymouth Sea Life
Dates: 4 October – 2 November 2025
Location: SEA LIFE Weymouth
Price: from £19 (included with your SEA LIFE admission)
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Serafina the Sea Witch is back at Sea Life Weymouth for 2024! Follow an immersive activity trail to help her look after her ocean home and fellow sea creatures by completing ‘spook-splash-tic’ challenges throughout the aquarium.
Make your way to the Witch’s lair where she will cast her spell to open her treasure chest revealing a special reward!
Halloween Fun at the Fort
Dates: 25 October – 1 November 2025
Location: Nothe Fort, Weymouth
Price: £10.50 adults / £4.50 child / under 5’s free (full entry to the Fort)
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During Halloween, the Nothe Fort becomes the spookiest place in Weymouth! As always, they’re running an exciting programme of family activities – including ghost tours, a Wand-making Workshop, Pumpkin Golf, Creepy crafts, and more!
Brave the famous ghost tunnels and come face to face with the “Whistling Gunner”. Fancy dress is encouraged! Activities are free with your entry ticket to the Fort.
Zombie Trail – A Grimm Scary-tale (LIVE actors)
Dates: 25 October 2025
Location: Weymouth Town Centre (commencing at Primark, ending at Sticks and Bones)
Price: £2
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This October half term, venture through Weymouth Town Centre on a Zombie Halloween trail where riddles must be unravelled, puzzles conquered, and cunning tested. Only then can the villains be banished back into the shadows before their curse takes hold forever. All those who correctly complete the challenge will win a small prize.
Halloween Trail at Durlston Country Park
Dates: 22 October – 5 November 2025
Location: Durlston Country Park, Swanage
Price: £3.50 per trail pack (entrance to the country park is free)
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Head to Durlston Country Park, just outside Swanage, for a Halloween Children’s Activity Trail. Collect your activity trail booklet from the Castle reception, then set off on a spooky trip around the park.
Halloween Half Term at Farmer Palmer’s
Dates: 27-31 October 2025
Location: Farmer Palmers Farm Park Ltd, Wareham Road, Poole
Price: £20 for park admission (under 2s free, 2-year-olds £11).
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Head to Farmer Palmer’s for SPOOKTACULAR fun for little ones this Halloween Half Term! This year, expect “Soak-a-Spook” Tractor Rides, Halloween hunt, “Snotbags Disco”, the Spooky Maize Maze, and more.
Most of the farm park has a spooky makeover (some areas remain spook-free for anyone not into Halloween). Dressing up is highly encouraged!
Spooky Forest Trail at Moors Valley
Dates: 23 October – 2 November 2025
Location: Moors Valley, near Ringwood
Price: Standard: adult £18 child £12 under 3s free / Off-Peak: adult £14 child £8 under 3s free
Returning for its second year: explore the forest at Moors Valley Country Park after dark with a brand-new Halloween illuminated trail! Booking required. There are three different sessions to consider – the darker it gets, the spookier it gets:
Daylight – Most suitable for the youngest visitors.
Twilight – The scare level ramps up a notch.
Moonlight – As scary as it gets (but still suitable for all)
Halloween Events at Upwey Wishing Well
Dates: TBC
Location: Moors Valley, near Ringwood
Price: TBC
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Make your way around the picturesque gardens following an interactive trail. Includes an activity trail sheet and a Halloween treat.
UPDATE: It’s currently unclear if The Haunted Forest Trail will be returning to Upwey Wishing Well this half-term. However, there are two special Halloween-themed brunches in the restaurant – a “Bluey and Wednesday” brunch on 25 October 2025 and a “Taylor Swift X Stitch Spooky Brunch” on 31 October 2025 – more info here.
Halloween & Autumn Garden Trail at Moreton Walled Garden
Dates: 18 October – 2 November 2025
Location: Moreton Walled Garden, near Dorchester
Price: Maps £3 each
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Halloween Trail: Grab your map from the shop and explore the gardens in search of spooky characters, then complete the quiz to claim your prize! There will be nine friendly ghosts hidden around the gardens. Find them all to uncover the mystery word. Every participant is guaranteed a prize!
Ghostly Games at Abbotsbury Swannery
Dates: 25 October – 2 November 2025
Location: Abbotsbury Swannery, New Barn Rd, Weymouth
Price: Kids £1 each with a full-paying adult
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“This Halloween Half Term, join us for some spook-tacular fun at the Swannery! Six ghostly games around the Swannery – from skeletons to spiders, pumpkins to messy goo and more! Designed for under 10-year-olds, age-appropriate, safe and full of fun.”
Halloween at Adventure Wonderland (CLOSED)
Adventure Wonderland theme park near Bournemouth is currently closed for a refurb.
Adult Halloween Events in Dorset
Nothe of the Living Dead
Dates: 31 October – 1 November
Location: Nothe Fort, Weymouth
Price: £25
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A super-scary, interactive zombie maze with live actors, jump scares, and puzzles Weymouth’s Nothe Fort for Halloween! Described as a cross between The Walking Dead and Crystal Maze, Nothe of the Living Dead combines jump scares and challenges in an hour-long experience that sees participants take on a chilling quest to save the world from an undead takeover.
The Block Party
Dates: 25 October 2025
Location: The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth
Price: from £5
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Electronic music festival on the streets of Lansdowne this Halloween as 2,500 monsters descend for The Block Party. There will be tons of great DJs & artists performing across 5 venues – including some massive acts (TBA). Expect themed rooms and stages in each venue with full Halloween décor and walkabout haunted characters performing fire breathing, stilt walking, LED shows, and more.
Halloween Pumpkin Patches in Dorset
Bincombe Bumps Pumpkins
Dates: 4-5 October, 11-12 October, 18-19 & 25-31 October 2025
Location: West Farm, Bincombe, Weymouth Dorset, DT3 5PS
Tickets from: Free
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Pumpkin picking, haunted house, trick or treat, and lots more at the popular Bincombe Bumps Pumpkins in Weymouth!
Dorset Country Pumpkins
Dates: TBC
Location: Longclose Farm, Blandford Forum DT11 0BU
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Pick your own pumpkins at this lovely family-run farm shop in Dorset!
Update: sadly, the Pumpkin Patch did not run in 2024. The farm said that the inclement weather this year has meant that their pumpkins have not grown as well as usual. Hopefully, they’ll be back in 2025!
Fordingbridge Pumpkin Pastures
Dates: 11-12 and 18-31 October 2025 (PYO Pumpkins)
Firework Frenzy 1 November 2025
Location: Bickton Manor Farm, Fordingbridge, SP6 2HA
Tickets from: Free entry & free parking. Pumpkins start at £1.
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Pick your own pumpkins, take a ride on the Halloween Barrel Train, get stuck into the Nerf range, and enjoy some fun arts and crafts. There’s also a special Firework event on 1 November (booking essential) with live music, food & drink, and fireworks.
Do you know of any more Halloween events or pumpkin patches in Dorset? Leave us a comment and we’ll add them to the list!
