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Events
Half-term events from around the region
National Sea Life Centre: A-Scarium National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham, Sat 17 October Sun 1 November
Scarefest Alton Towers Resort, Staffordshire, Fri 9 - Sat 11 October & Fri 16 October - Sun 1 November
There’s certainly no shortage of fright-tastic fun to be had at the UK’s biggest theme park this Halloween, as Alton Towers once again hosts the ever-popular Scarefest - and a new spine-tingling addition, Freak Show: Toxic Junkyard. Set in an open space replicating an abandoned junkyard, the walk-through experience features menacing psycho clowns, circus rejects and malevolent misfits lurking in the shadows, plotting their next big entrance to make you tremble in your boots... More freakish fun can be had during a tour of Altonville Mine, which is inhabited by village outcasts ‘the Skin Snatchers’. Or maybe you fancy a seafaring fright aboard the infamous ‘Mutiny’ ghost ship, as part of the award-winning
pirate-themed attraction, Darkest Depths... The dark nooks and crannies of a dungeon are always perfect spooking spaces, and Alton Towers Dungeon is no exception, promising a ‘hideously hilarious journey through Staffordshire’s darkest history’... Also new for 2020 is the Garden Lights Walk: Whispering Souls, described as an ‘otherworldly’ stroll through the resort’s listed gardens... Freaky Fun Zone and the CBeebies Land Monster Ball provide age-appropriate spooky fun for younger visitors, while The Alton Ancestors make a welcome return for the scary season - rising from their graves to entertain visitors with some socially distanced flash mob entertainment. Book at altontowers.com
Step into the creepy depths of Sea Life by navigating A-Scarium’s immersive trail, which takes you past some of the ocean’s most weird and wonderful creatures. Discover facts about many of the sea’s freakiest inhabitants, including black tip reef sharks, garden eels and big eye fish. Make sure you keep an eye out for the magical unicorn fish in the aquarium’s 360-degree Ocean Tunnel. Book at visitsealife.com/birmingham
The Haunted Castle Warwick Castle, Sat 24 October - Sun 1 November
Spooky tales, scary fun and themed attractions and activities should ensure visitors’ spines are well and truly tingled at Warwick Castle this halfterm holiday. Ghosts, ghouls, wizards and witches abound as the popular visitor attraction goes all out to provide a Halloween adventure brimming with things that go bump in the night (and in the daytime!). Visitors can meet the famous Witches of Warwick, explore the gruesome truths of history in the Horrible Histories maze, search the spooky mansion, navigate the Haunted Hollows and discover even more quirky characters in ‘spellbinding shows’ live on the Dead Centre Stage. whatsonlive.co.uk 33
