Halloween for Grown Ups

Escape the everyday stresses and enjoy an evening creating a perfectly autumnal Pumpkin Flower Arrangement at A Touch of Craft in Ossett. All materials will be provided for the workshop and The Flower Shop Ossett will show you how to make your flower arrangement before you let loose and get creative to make your very own. Help will be provided throughout when needed and you will leave with a gorgeous pumpkin flower arrangement, sure to be the envy of all your neighbours!

📅 Thursday 24 October, 6pm – 8pm
📌 Springfield Mill, Spa Street, Ossett, WF5 0HW
💰 £45 per person
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Yorkshire’s biggest, scariest and most exciting Halloween destination returns for 2024! Yorkshire Scare Grounds, are designed to thrill, scare and entertain you with live actors, authentic sets, atmospheric lighting and sound, and static and moving props. Face your fears this October for a spine-chilling experience you won’t forget.

Have YOU got the guts for it?

📅 Friday 11 – Sunday 13 October, Thursday 17 October – Sunday 3 November, 6:30pm – 11pm
📌 Hell Lane, Heath, WF1 5SH
💰 £26 per person
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📸 Marissa Jane Photography

Crochet your own pumpkin with a twist in this Animal Pumpkin Workshop with Wool n Stuff. You can choose between a fox, cat and hedgehog and Wool n Stuff will supply the pattern for all of them. If you can form a double crochet stitch you can make these pumpkins! Bring your own yarn or purchase on the day.

📅 Saturday 12 October, 1pm – 3pm
📌 Kirkgate, Wakefield, WF1 1TQ
💰 £20 per person
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Enjoy a heritage walking tour of Wakefield city centre especially for Halloween! Death biscuits, brutal murders and tales about funeral finery are just some of the fascinating stories from Wakefield’s dark past that you will hear about on this immersive Murder & Mayhem heritage tour by the Round Our Way team. Incorporating iconic Georgian buildings, blue plaques, darkened streets and dangerous corners this walk will thrill you with its content and keep you talking about what you’ve learnt long afterwards.

📅 Tuesday 29 October, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
📌 Pemberton House, Wakefield, WF1 1XP
💰 £11.55 per person
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Something wicked this way comes… it’s your handmade Halloween decorations! Make your way to Wakefield Museum for a creepy, creative workshop where you’ll use a selection of different materials to make some devilishly good ghost and pumpkin decorations to adorn your home in the run-up to Halloween and delight trick-or-treaters on the scary, supernatural night itself! During the workshop, celebrate the eerie season of ghosts and ghouls and discover some of the spooky stories of the Wakefield district.

📅 Thursday 24 October, 1:30pm – 3:30pm or 4:30pm – 6:30pm
📌 Burton Street, Wakefield, WF1 2UP
💰 £6.75 per person
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Enjoy an unforgettable evening of mystery and intrigue and delve into the dark and haunting world of theatre tragedies. Following the success of his book Death in The Theatre, author Chris Wood presents a gripping exploration of tales from around the UK where the unsuspecting have met their untimely demise within our theatrical venues. From grisly accidents, to murders most foul, prepare to be enthralled by this richly entertaining account. Learn the extraordinary and macabre discovery inside Theatre Royal Wakefield, which stunned the area and belied a tragic secret.

📅 Tuesday 29 October, 7:30pm
📌 Drury Lane, Wakefield, WF1 2TE
💰 From £15 per person
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¡Viva la Fiesta! Dress to impress at Queen’s Mill Tearooms‘ Day of the Dead fiesta party! Tuck in to a delicious Mexican tapas feast, enjoy live music and dancing, down some tequila shots on arrival and see if you can hit the piñata and win the prize. It’s going to be a night to remember!

📅 Friday 1 November, 7pm
📌 Aire Street, Castleford, WF10 1JL
💰 £32 per person
🔗 Call 07810 102116 to book.

Join Jasmine Pottery Studios and Ghandis Trailer Drinks Company for an evening of cocktail shaking and pottery painting. Indulge in a glass of prosecco while you pick your your pumpkin and discuss your design ideas with the talented Naomi, and enjoy 2 spooky themed cocktails through the evening. Price includes 2 cocktails and glass of prosecco and your pumpkin pal to paint!

📅 Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Friday 11 October, 6pm
📌 Almshouse Lane, Wakefield, WF1 5SH
💰 £38.62 per person
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Enjoy a hauntingly fun party night at Waterton Park Hotel for Halloween. Kick off the evening with a drinks reception, followed by a pie and peas supper, before dancing the night away to favourite tunes through the decades spun by the Resident DJ. The event will take place in the County Suite and dietary will be catered for upon request. Fancy dress is optional – but why not go all out?!

📅 Saturday 26 October, 7pm
📌 Walton, Wakefield, WF2 6PW
💰 £39 per person
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Enjoy a Science Fiction / Double Feature with an evening of the very best songs and music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show (plus some haunted Halloween classics of course) at Wakefield’s Venue 23.

Get ready to do the Time Warp and party all night – fancy dress encouraged!

📅 Saturday 19 October, 7pm
📌 Smyth Street, Wakefield, WF1 1ED
💰 From £10 per person
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When the sun goes down, the Bands come out, with spook-tacular line up of live bands who will be the soundtrack to your Pumpkin Picking Nights at Farmer Copleys. Whether it’s a date night or just a group of friends wanting a cracking night out you’ll have a ball at Farmer Copleys’ Pumpkin Nights! The usual festival will be running with all the rides, characters, acts, food stalls, shops and bar, with the main addition of some fantastic live music from some local, national and ‘international’ talent.

📅 Various dates from 28 September to 27 October, from 5pm
📌 Pontefract, WF7 5AF
💰 £16 per person
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30 East Drive may look like all the other houses on this unassuming street in Pontefract, but it’s actually home to one of the most violent poltergeists in the world, who drove out the family that lived here in the 1970s. Join Haunted Happenings for an overnight ghost hunt and see what you can uncover, if you dare…

📅 Various nights in October
📌 Pontefract, WF8 2AN
💰 From £59 per person
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Why not test your puzzle solving skills this Halloween and try and escape one of the three escape rooms in the Wakefield district? If you’re after a truly horrifying experience, try D3LIR1UM (pictured) at The Escapologist where you uncover the sinister secrets of a 1931 institute.
Want to escape the Wicked Witch of the West? See if you can escape Oz at Enigma Rooms Pontefract. History more your thing? Check out the Titanic themed room at Escapable. And for those with nerves of steel, turn your attention to Enigma Rooms Wakefield’s Seance.

The Escapologist
📌 Xscape, Castleford, WF10 4TA
💰 From £18
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Escapable
📌 Thornes Lane Wharf, Wakefield, WF1 5RL
📌 The Ridings Shopping Centre, Wakefield, WF1 1DS
💰 From £18
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Engima Rooms Wakefield
📌 Teall Street, Wakefield, WF1 1PT
💰 From £20
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Engima Rooms Pontefract
📌 Ropergate End, Pontefract, WF8 2AW
💰 From £20
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Take a tour of the underground dungeons at Pontefract Castle and soak in the eerie atmosphere. Discover the history of the dungeon and see where Civil War prisoners left to languish scratched their names into the rock.

📅 Most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10:45am
📌 The Lodge Castle Chain, Pontefract, WF8 1QH
💰 From £4.15 per person
🔗 Click here to book and for more information.