Halloween is a Saturday this year. Free discos in Over, a free trail at Wandlebury, Milton Country Park crafts for £4, and three pumpkin fields to 31 October.

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, the last day of October half term, so most of what is on in South Cambridgeshire lands on 31 October itself or in the week before it. Very little of it is a scare event. It is mostly pumpkins, trails and children’s parties, and a fair amount is free.

The quick answer

  • Halloween is Saturday 31 October 2026. Half term runs Monday 26 to Friday 30 October.
  • Free: the Halloween Hunt trail at Wandlebury (17 October to 1 November; non-members pay to park), the family disco at Over Community Centre on 31 October, and entry to the pumpkin fields at Histon and Melbourn.
  • Book now: the Milton Maze Pumpkin Patch (price rises as tickets sell), Halloween at the Waggon in Milton, Wimpole’s spooky story readings and Bamboo Sky’s Halloween domes in Bourn.

Every listing below was checked on 3 October 2026 against the organiser’s own page or Visit South Cambs, South Cambridgeshire District Council’s own what’s-on listing.

Saturday 31 October: Halloween itself

Halloween at the Waggon, Milton. 2pm to 6pm at the Waggon and Horses, 39 High Street, Milton, CB24 6DF. Pumpkin decorating, face painting and a best-dressed competition. Children £10.50, adults £2, under-2s free, and booking is essential. (Visit South Cambs)

Family Halloween Disco, Over. 4pm to 6pm at Over Community Centre, The Doles, CB24 5NW. Free entry; food is served from 3.30pm at £6. (Visit South Cambs, Over Community Centre calendar)

Trick or Treat Craft, Milton Country Park. Noon to 2.30pm in the Wild Place, Cambridge Road, Milton, CB24 6AZ. Five Halloween crafts and magnetic fishing for children aged 7 and under, £4 a child, no booking. The park warns that once the materials run out, they are gone, so go early. (Milton Country Park, Visit South Cambs)

Last day for the pumpkin fields. Milton, Histon and Melbourn all close their pumpkin season on 31 October (details below).

The trails and the big attractions

Halloween Hunt, Wandlebury Country Park. Saturday 17 October to Sunday 1 November, 8am to 5pm, Gog Magog Hills, CB22 3AE. Pick up a trail sheet in the foyer under the Clocktower, follow the trail around the Ring Ditch, work out the magic word and post your sheet back for a prize draw. The trail is free; Wandlebury charges non-members for parking. (Visit South Cambs)

Wimpole Estate, Arrington, SG8 0BW. Three Halloween things, all covered by normal admission, so free to National Trust members:

  • Halloween in the House, daily to Sunday 1 November: a cobwebbed spider stairwell, a “frightful feast” in the dining room, a pumpkin patch in the Yellow Drawing Room and floating candles in the basement.
  • Stranger Folk, 3 to 31 October: a folklore adventure you play on your phone through the Stranger Folk app, which sends you round the estate looking for the places where “the stranger folk are sneaking in”.
  • Spooky story time for ages 4 to 8 in the Hall on Tuesday 27 and Thursday 29 October, 11.30am to noon. The National Trust lists this one as booking essential.

(National Trust, Wimpole events)

The pumpkin fields

Where Open Entry Pumpkins
Milton Maze Pumpkin Patch, Rectory Farm, A10, CB24 6AE 4, 10, 11, 17, 18 Oct, then daily 24 to 31 Oct, 10am to 4pm £9.95 adults and children, under-3s free, pre-booked only 75p to £10, paid as you leave
Buxhall Farm, Mill Lane, Histon, CB24 9HW 17 and 18 Oct, then daily 24 to 31 Oct, 10am to 4pm Free, no booking From £1
Bury Lane Farm Shop, A10, Melbourn, SG8 6GT Daily to 31 Oct, 9am to 4pm (Sun 10.30am) Free Priced at the shop

Milton’s ticket price goes up as each batch sells, and you can buy a pumpkin from the courtyard display there without paying entry; our Milton pumpkin patch page has the detail. Buxhall is the one that welcomes dogs, and the field is uneven and can be muddy. (Visit South Cambs: Milton, Buxhall Farm, Bury Lane)

For under-sixes

Little City Halloween turns Little City Cambridge’s role play town spooky for ages 1 to 6: a potion station, a pumpkin patch and “kreepy creatures”. Sessions run at 9.30am and 11am, from £9.50:

  • Sunday 4 October, Royal British Legion, Saffron Road, Histon, CB24 9LJ
  • Saturday 10 October, Cottenham Village Hall, Lambs Lane, CB24 8TA
  • Saturday 24 October, Fen Drayton Village Hall, CB24 4SL
  • Thursday 29 October, Ploughman Hall, Willingham, CB24 5LP
  • Friday 30 October, Fen Drayton Village Hall, CB24 4SL

(Visit South Cambs, Little City Cambridge bookings)

During half term

  • Halloween craft and cupcake decorating, Cottenham. Wednesday 28 October, 12.30pm to 1.30pm, Cottenham Community Centre, 250a High Street, CB24 8RZ. £10 a child, all supplies included; message Cottenham Community Crafters to book, then pay cash on the day. Parents stay. (Visit South Cambs)
  • Outdoors Project holiday club, Milton Country Park. Monday 26 to Thursday 29 October, 8.45am to 3.15pm, for children aged about 5 to 12. One of the four days is an “Ultimate Halloween Adventure: Tricks & Treats”. £39.50 a day, Ofsted registered, childcare vouchers accepted. (The Outdoors Project)
  • Scarecrow making and pumpkin painting, Cambourne. Saturday 17 October, 1pm to 5pm, The Hub, High Street, Great Cambourne. £5 per activity, with a £50 prize fund for the scarecrows. (Cambourne Town Council)

The rest of the week, including bushcraft at Wandlebury and a steam day at Denny Abbey, is on our October half term page.

For grown-ups

  • Halloween Under the Bamboo Sky, Bourn. Thursday 29 October to Sunday 1 November at Bamboo Sky, 29 High Street, Bourn, CB23 2SQ. A Halloween cocktail or mocktail, then a Thai sharing feast in the garden’s heated domes, with early evening domes from 5pm and late ones from 7.45pm. Adults £45, children £22. Lunchtime domes get the same menu but not the lit-up garden. (Bamboo Sky, Visit South Cambs)
  • Halloween Disco, Teversham. Saturday 31 October from 8pm at Teversham Club, 4 Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 9AQ. Fancy dress encouraged, bar open, in aid of Arthur Rank Hospice. Members £5, non-members £7, pay on the door. (Visit South Cambs)

Getting there

Wandlebury, Wimpole and Milton Country Park all charge for parking or have limited spaces on busy days, and the Milton patch sits on the A10 Milton bypass. Our parking in South Cambs page explains the options, and the roadworks and travel page has the closures to check before you set off. Bonfire night follows a week later: our fireworks page has every confirmed display.

Still to be confirmed

  • More village parties and church light parties. Halls and churches add Halloween events through October. This page is rechecked weekly until 31 October.
  • Milton’s live ticket price, which rises in batches; check it at booking.

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