Spooky season is creeping closer, and if you’re the sort who thinks pumpkin spice is best served with a side of spine-tingling screams, you’re in luck. Across the UK, theme parks, stately homes, and even ancient woodlands are sharpening their fangs for 2025 Fright Night experiences — expect jump scares, haunted mazes, and just enough eerie atmosphere to make you wonder if that rustle behind you was part of the show.

From big-ticket scream parks to quirky local horrors, we’ve rounded up the best 2025 scare attractions to make you jump and great October half term event regional guides for all ages.

Oxfordshire Fright Night Experiences 2025

Portal to Hell – Totally Crazy Fright Night at Roves Farm

Experience Roves Farm After Dark with an immersive Fright Night.  Tucked just over the border from Oxfordshire, this is Swindon’s ultimate, fully immersive Halloween scare attraction!! This year, enjoy two terrifying experiences for the price of one!! ‘Portal to Hell’ takes you on a chilling trailer ride around the farm, where a mysterious séance may awaken malevolent spirits.  Next, bravely navigate the ‘Haunted Hay Maze’, where a deranged farmer still roams, terrorizing anyone who crosses his path.

Oxford Castle & Prison Ghost Fest Spooky Tours

With over 1,000 years of gruesome history, Oxford Castle & Prison has seen more than its fair share of horror. Be guided on an immersive journey through the castle and prison, uncovering some of the most horrid tales of its inhabitants, some of whom are still said to roam these grounds. Ages 14+ Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Halloween at Blenheim Palace

Scarey but not too scarey, the Halloween Trail is back at Blenheim Palace for 2025. Discover scary scarecrows, listen to the werewolves’ howl and dodge the grinning pumpkins as you approach the Vampires crypt but beware, you don’t know what fanged monster lurks inside.

Staffordshire Fright Night Experiences 2025

Frightful Nights Alton Towers Scare Attractions

Mad enough for Alton Tower’s terrifying multi-award winning Scarefest attractions? Horrifying creatures beckon within them, can you escape? Experience world-class rides in the dark including The Smiler, Nemesis Reborn and the all-new Toxicator, plus terrifying scare attractions for the fearless with two brand-new experiences, Edge of the Forest and Dark Hollow.

Alderford’s Nightmare Island Experience

Where can those who are kept hidden from the world be found? And what measure are taken to keep them in? Do you dare to find out? Nightmare Island is a scare attraction not for the faint hearted. Recommended age 16+

For ages 8+ and not so brave adults, try Alderford’s Spooky Island. A spooky experience speckled with small frights for older children and not-so-brave adults! Designed for children and faint-hearted adults who crave a thrilling experience without the heart stopping terror. Nestled deep within the misty woods, you will be met by some unexpected twists and turns and don’t forget those pesky prisoners!

London Fright Night Experiences 2025

Blackout: London’s Vampire Awakening at The London Dungeon

Step into the shadows for an exclusive, spine-chilling 18+ experience. An ancient bloodline has opened the gates to their crumbling, moonlit castle. But as the final guest arrives… and the truth sinks in. What waits in the shadows is not human – at least, not anymore. Navigate the treacherous halls, escape their clutches, and try to survive the night.

Dracula: A Victorian Nightmare at The London Dungeon

From the storm-battered cliffs of Whitby, something ancient has crossed land and sea. A distraught Count is in search of his next victim… and he will tear through Victorian London to find her. Descend into his crypt, deep beneath the crumbling stones of Kingstead Cemetery… if you dare.

Fright On The Thames

Embark on the London Eye River Cruise for a 60-minute journey along the River Thames, where you’ll uncover London’s horrible history. Hear tales of the restless ghost of Captain Kidd, and the haunted cries from Old London Bridge. Prepare yourself for a spook-tacular experience this truly is a Fright on the Thames!

Surrey Fright Night Experiences 2025

Thorpe Park Fright Nights®

Europe’s top theme park scare event returns October 3rd and this year Lord of Darkness, Lucifer, is taking control. Uncover his dark secrets, including the all-new Purgatory Town, where you’ll face eerie encounters with the damned, each desperate to share their gruesome fate. Every resident has a tale to tell. The question is… dare you linger long enough to endure it?

Chessington World of Adventure Spooktacular Scare Zone

Carved from mythical stone to protect and ward out evil spirits, the Stone Watchers guard The Vampire’s Lair, and they want you out! Cross the line, and their statue comes to life! Are you brave enough to sneak your way through to the other side? Shh… don’t make a sound, or you might awaken the gargoyles!

North West Fright Night Experiences 2025

Scare City Experience

Set in the darkened depths of a huge abandoned theme park, this is a horror event like no other. It provides a truly immersive scare experience with an authentically terrifying environment across one continuous trail.

Spooky World

Will you survive Spooky World and its terrifying attractions? Spooky-at-Night evenings events are aimed for ages 10 years and older. Not-so-brave adults and older kids can also enjoy Spooky-at-Night events too.

Scary By Night is not for the faint of heart, you have been warned! Venture through our 7 scare attractions, and will you survive the end of the night? Strictly 16+ years of age.

Farmaggedon

An award-winning scare attraction located near Ormskirk, this thrilling Halloween experience has been sending shivers down visitors’ spines since its inception.

Journey to Hell Freak Nights at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Thrillseekers are invited to challenge their worst fears and come face to face with the gruesome undead, sinister clowns, ghostly apparitions and more. Guests can experience terrifying rides engulfed in darkness… if they’re brave enough. Five Scare Zones and unlimited night-time riding… can you handle the Journey to Hell?

Newsham Scream Park

Hidden within the towering walls of the infamous Newsham Park Hospital in Liverpool lies something far more sinister than just crumbling corridors and faded memories. Once a Victorian orphanage, asylum, and hospital, this historic building now serves as the chilling backdrop for Newsham Scream Park — the UK’s boldest and most immersive Halloween attraction.

Hertfordshire Fright Night Experiences 2025

Cammas Hall Farm RESURRECTED

Cammas Hall Farm are ramping up the scare factor with more terrifying actors, terror tunnels, live music and our pumpkin patch with our famous Pumpcano lit up and errupting. This will start on the 10 October and will continue till the 31st – only on Friday and Saturday nights.

Buckinghamshire Fright Night Experiences 2025

Hellfire Caves Creatures of the Night

This Halloween, Fright Nights at the Hellfire Caves unleash the horrors of a world warped by nature gone wrong. Enter if you dare, and face the Creatures of the Night – beasts twisted by toxic spills, folklore gone feral, and ancient spirits awakened beneath the surface. Aged 16+ only. Not for the faint-hearted.

Night Fright At Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

This Halloween it’s bigger and scarier at Bucks Railway.  Enjoy live band Petite Rouge, book a tarot card reading and dare to visit three brand new scare mazes, with zombies, killer clowns on a train and a haunted cellar. Not suitable for young children, visitors under 16 years old must be accompanied by a paying adult.

Somerset Fright Night Experiences 2025

Fear at Avon Valley Scream Park

Twice awarded as the UK’s Best Scream Park FEAR Scream Park is home to 5 Terrifying Scare Attractions, 2 Extraordinary Experiences, Fire & Laser Shows, Street Theatre & Live Performances.  The 2025 season opens on the 10th October for just 12 nights!