23/09/2025
Great Yarmouth is getting ready for its BIGGEST October Half Term ever!
There's so much going on.... and you're all invited.
There's loads to look forward to! Here's a few October Half Term Highlights. (Remember to book tickets early for all events listed below on the individual website of each attraction. Spaces will fill up fast-many events sell out)
Fairground Frights - Pleasure Beach
25th to 31st October (Except 27th Oct)
A spooky Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach with Scare Mazes, Creepy Characters, Rides, and so much more. Fab Halloween atmosphere - promises to be the best yet in 2025.
Halloween Spooktacular - Hippodrome Circus
23rd October to 2nd November
Join Jack Jay and Johnny Mac in an all new spooky adventure. Featuring spectacular circus acts, lots of audience participation and loads of laugh out loud moments.
Pleasurewood Chills
25th October until 2nd November
Prepare for fangtastic fun this October half term at Pleasurewood Hills.
In addition to all your favourite rides, shows and attractions, there is Halloween themed entertainment to enjoy and spooktacular festivities. From pumpkin carving and slime in the House of Little Horrors, to the frightfully scary horror mazes for the extra brave, to the much loved favourite the Creepy Cave, where guests can get up close and learn about Earth’s creepiest of crawlies, including our eight-legged resident Dora, who’ll be delighted to greet you.
Merrivale Model Village
18th October until 2nd November
Our Halloween celebrations start Sat 18th Oct!
🧙 Locals discount applies with NR postcode
🎃 Spot the golden pumpkin (1 Daily for mega prize)
👻 Scavenger hunt (treats on completion)
⛳️ Crazy golf included in the price
🎆Spooky illuminations Wed 29th followed by Gy fireworks display. Also best dressed gets chance to win a family return pass for 2026! (Open on 29th Oct until 6.30pm with last entry at 5.30pm)
🕹️Retro arcade
👾Family amusements
Triple Firework Display
29th October at 6pm
The free seafront triple firework display will be at 6pm with live street acts from 5pm.
Children's Halloween Party - Lacon Arms Hemsby
29th October - 5.30pm until 8.30pm
Mascot Madness - Disco - Food - Drink
£10 per child (Must be booked in advance)
Family Halloween Party - Britannia Pier
30th October - 6pm
Bring the whole family down to Long Johns Bar, Britannia Pier for a spooktacular evening of fun, games, and Halloween magic!
£5 per child and adults go free.
Halloween Snail Trail - Joyland
25th, 27th, 29th & 31st October - 6pm until 8pm
🐌 Unlimited rides on all your Joyland favourites
🍬 Trick or Treat Trail through the park
📸 Spooky photo spots for magical family memories
🎨 Face painting for little monsters
👻 Meet friendly Halloween characters
🎭 Fancy dress fun we can’t wait to see your costumes!
🎶 Free entry to the Spooky Marquee & Disco with our resident DJ, live acts all week, an outside bar and entertainment for all.
Jump Warehouse - Halloween Event
30th October
Parent & Toddler Halloween Party - 10am until 12pm
Halloween Spooktacular Disco - 6pm until 8pm
Games, best dressed competitions, music, food and drink
Hirsty's Halloween Hoot - Hemsby
18th and 19th October - plus 25th October to 2nd November
Spooky season on the farm
Pick your own pumpkin from our pumpkin patch, navigate the maze, play in the park and have great fun this half term.
East Anglia Transport Museum Halloween Event
25th and 26th October - 3pm until 8pm
Trams, Buses, Narrow Gauge Railway, Witch Hunt, Face Painting. Dare you ride after dark?
Sleeping Beauty And The Halloween Curse - Gorleston Pavilion
30th October until 1st November
Halloween panto fun for all the family.
Adults Halloween Party - Britannia Pier
Long John's Bar - 1st November - 10pm until 4am - Free Entry
DJ - Adult Halloween Games - Prizes For Best Dressed
Sea Life - Great Yarmouth - Ascarium Tricks & Treats
Throughout Half Term
Help our Sea Witch and Warlock look after their ocean home and fellow sea creatures by completing magical challenges throughout the aquarium.
Will you be brave enough to step up and help complete 'spook-splash-tic' challenges and fill in your activity sheet as you go?
Included in Sea Life admission
Africa Alive Skeleton Safari
25th October to 2nd November
This half-term, join us for our brand new Skeleton Safari – a Halloween spook-tacular packed with creepy creatures and frightful fun!
🚂 Hop aboard the Spooky Train
🕷️ Face your fears with Bug Handling
🎭 Strut your stuff in the Fancy Dress Parade
🧼 Jump into our Foam Party
🪄 Be amazed by spellbinding Magic Shows
🎨 Try Spooky Crafts & Face Painting
🕺 Show off your moves in the Monster Mash Disco
🍬 Follow the Trick or Treat Trail for Haribo surprises
🐾 Plus, endless animal fun all day!
Kids Go Free if you book online before October 19th
Escape Rooms - Great Yarmouth
Open throughout the year.
Two Immersive Escape Rooms waiting for you to enter!
Each game has a Unique Storyline, Hidden Clues & Interactive Puzzles... Wizards and the Potion Master & Conjured Spirits and Demons.
Pleasurewood Hills Fireworks Spectacular
2nd November 10am - 6pm
Enjoy all the fabulous rides, followed by the biggest firework display on the East Coast. Also featuring lights and lazers, plus live DJ, food and beverage plus cuddly resident Woody Bear.
Great Yarmouth Stadium Gala Firework and Racing Night
2nd November
Yarmouth Stadium Gala Night with stock car and banger racing with a GIGANTIC firework display Sunday 2nd November - gates open at 3.45pm with car park open from 3pm. Thrills and spills, fun for all the family.
Picture: Visit Great Yarmouth
