Halloween events & October Half Term 19 October – 5 November Theme: Fireworks Winchester Science Centre Winchester, SO21 1HZ Winchester Science Centre wants to spark your curiosity in the fascinating world of fireworks! What makes them so colourful? Why are they so noisy? How are they all so different? Join us to find out weekends and October Half Term. £11 per person, including Explorer:Space zone, live science show and Invention Studio activities. Planetarium tickets sold separately. 20 October Fairground at Night – Halloween Hollycombe Steam in The Country Liphook, GU30 7LP Enjoy Hollycombe’s Fairground at Night with a spooky theme, and experience the magical nature of the Victorian and Edwardian fairground as the sights, sounds and smells all come alive as darkness falls! Hollycombe’s railway will also be running with trips to the disused Quarry. There will be lots of Halloween games and a fancy dress competition, so come dressed to scare! 7pm – 10pm. Adults £16, Seniors £14, children £12. Tickets are valid for a year. 20 - 28 October Hallo’welly’ween Wellington Country Park Berkshire RG7 1SP Head to Wellington Country Park this October half term for Hallo’welly’ween, an actionpacked week at ‘The Biggest Outdoor Play in Berkshire’! With a host of Halloween activities including children’s shows, pumpkin carving and slightly spooky train rides. All activities take place undercover excluding the Train Ride. 20- 28 October Boo at the Zoo Marwell Zoo Colden Common, SO21 1JH Visit Marwell Zoo during October half term and take part in their spooky activities before Halloween. Their resident wizard is putting
trainee flyers through their paces to earn their Level 3 broomstick license. Sessions last 20 minutes and take place each day in the ‘flying arena’ on the front lawn of Marwell hall on a first come first served basis. Join, Esme, the scary witch at 11am, 1pm and 3pm for some creepy storytelling in the Haunted Hall. Plus, create your very own spellbinding wand (£1 fee applies). 20 - 28 October Half Term Fun Basingstoke Aquadrome Basingstoke RG22 6PG Head down to Basingstoke Aquadrome for a fun packed week of activities. Sessions include Under the Sea Splash & Play area for toddlers, Wave Rave Pool Party on Friday evenings, flumes, rapids water features for toddlers in the spa pool and beach. 20 - 31 October Happy Halloween Paultons Park Ower, Romsey SO51 6AL Happy Halloween returns this year and welcomes two spooktastic new attractions on selected dates throughout October. 20 October – 4 November Hallowe’en riddle trail The Vyne Basingstoke, RG24 9HL All is not as it seems in this topsy-turvy challenge; collect your trail sheet from Visitor Reception and look out for the lines of a riddle scattered across the grounds. Hint: Don’t underestimate the power of ‘reflection’. Trail sheet £2. Normal admission charges apply. Ages 8+ 20 October – 4 November Hallowe’en pumpkin trail The Vyne, Basingstoke, RG24 9HL Young witches, ghosts and all manner of Halloween spooks can wander The Vyne’s grounds on this family trail. Ages 1-7. Trail sheet £2. Normal admission charges apply. 20 – 28 October Freaky Down Farm Finkley Down Farm Andover, SP11 6NF Visit the Spooky Stables, carve some pumpkins, watch our Halloween shows and meet our creepy characters. 22 October Room on a Broom Workshop The Lights, Andover, SP10 1AH Fly through the wind and help the witch find her hat, her bow and her wand - but, will you be able to save her from the dragon when her broom snaps in two
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Step back in time at Hollycombe this autumn! Enjoy a trip down memory lane with the sights, sounds, smell and atmosphere of a vintage Edwardian Fairground at night, as Hollycombe Steam in the Country stages its popular Saturday evening openings in September and October. Hollycombe offers visitors a nostalgic look at how the Victorians and Edwardians used steam as an instrument of work and play, and features a number of popular fairground sideshows of the period. With steam-driven rides such as the Razzle Dazzle (considered to be the world’s first ‘white knuckle ride’); the Gallopers and Swingboats plus the magnificent 102 year old Big Wheel offering evening views over the twinkling lights of the South Downs, a trip to Hollycombe offers visitors both nostalgia and a frisson of excitement! www.hollycombe.co.uk and she lands in a bog? A fun interactive session which lasts approximately an hour, for ages 2-5 years. 9.30am, 11am & 1pm. £5 (accompanying adult free).
the woods, we venture out to try den building, fire making, tracking and stalking, mud sculptures, environmental art, whittling, forest games, tree climbing, exploring the stream and more. For more details visit www.wild-learning.net. Ages 5yrs+. 10.15am - 4pm. £38.
22 October Pinocchio The Lights, Andover, SP10 1AH When Geppetto carves Pinocchio, something magical happens. As the puppet takes shape it gradually comes to life, learns to walk and talk and takes on all the qualities of a mischievous little boy. Pinocchio may be disobedient but he’s also inquisitive and brave and has the most amazing adventures where he earns the prize he most desires – to become a real live boy. 2.30pm. £7.50.
22 October – 26 October Half Term Holiday Club Winchester Science Centre Winchester, SO21 1HZ A science-themed holiday club for children age 5 - 9 years old based at Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium. Up to 24 children will be able to enjoy an exciting daily programme of science-themed activities utilising the Centre, its surrounding green spaces and workshop rooms. Activities will include creating and running experiments, physical and mental games and challenges and artsbased activities to help explore and explain the world around us.
22, 23 & 24 October Wild Learning Holiday Club Alice Holt Forest Farnham, GU10 4LS From the secret camp deep in
Fairground at Night! Enjoy the special sights & sounds of a Traditional Steam Fair in the dark with all the lights on! Many unique rides from the golden age of steam!
SATURDAY EVENINGS: 15, 22 & 29 Sept; 6, 13 & 20* Oct. Gates open at 6pm;
Rides from 7-10pm
Also open during the day on Sundays until 14 October Gates open at 11am; Rides from 12.30pm * Halloween theme – come in fancy dress! Midhurst Road, Liphook, Hampshire GU30 7LP 01428 724 900 www.hollycombe.co.uk
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