From themed pop-up bars to spooky twists on classic attractions, there are so many spooky things to do in London this October. Here’s your ultimate guide to the best Halloween events in London this year.

London is one of my favourite cities in the UK because there is always something fun, quirky or spooky going on. And when it comes to October and spooky season, there are endless opportunities to get your spook on. Whether you want to visit a classic tourist attraction with a spooky twist thrown in, fancy something really chilling that will scare you senseless or just want a taste of something a bit different with an immersive experience, you’ll find it all in the capital of England.

Here are some of my favourite recommendations.

The Classic Top Tourist Attractions

These tourist attractions are popular all year round, but always push the boat out come Halloween – often with an extra spooky twist.

The Tower of London

If you’re looking for something more family-friendly, October half-term at The Tower of London is a great choice. Designed to spook instead of terrify, The Tower of London hosts an eerie atmosphere with spooky installations and ghosts to spot around the grounds. And if you are looking to get your spook on? Well The Tower of London is actually haunted! Keep an eye out for ghosts of Anne Boleyn, Henry VI and even a ghostly bear.

📌 The Tower of London, EC3N 4AB
📅 25th October – 3rd November
💵 From £38.40
📝 Note: Pre-booking is recommended to avoid disappointment

The London Dungeon

This year, the London Dungeon is celebrating 50 years of scares! This year’s Halloween event, London’s Sinister Seance invites you to step into their Victorian Medium’s shadowy parlour to meet the legendary psychic Agnes Guppy, who is well known for her levitation and transportation during séances.

📌 The London Dungeon, Westminster, SE1 7PB
📅 18th October – 4th November
💵 £26.50

The London Bridge Experience

The London Bridge Experience is scary at the best of times, so their Halloween events truly are only for the brave (I can personally vouch for that, having experienced their Halloween event a few years back!). For 2024, The London Bridge Experience presents Dreadflix: London’s ultimate Halloween scare maze. Those brave enough will enter the maze and encounter infamous horror movie characters from the 80s and 90s – with physical scares, psychological mind games, and sheer terror thrown in.

Those not quite brave enough can experience a more family-friendly Halloween show during the daytime, with witches, pumpkins and creepy characters that uncover the sinister roots of Halloween. Don’t forget to grab a drink at Slammers Bar afterwards!

📌 The London Bridge Experience, Tooley St, SE1 2SY
📅 24th October – 2nd November
💵 £31.00
📝 Note: this show is strictly for over 16s only

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace offers heaps of spooky fun this October half-term. You’ll experience the grounds are decorated for the season with lots of events to choose from, including ghost stories and Halloween talks. Hampton Court Palace is also where that famous ghost picture comes from…

📌 Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, KT8 9AU
📅 26th October – 3rd November
💵 From £30.00
📝 Note: Pre-booking is recommended to avoid disappointment

Kew Gardens

This brand new after-dark experience will see Kew Gardens transformed into a spooktacular adventure, brought to you by the same team that creates Christmas at Kew! You’ll explore illuminated haunted woods and spot all sorts of Halloween frights, from neon cobwebs and ghastly ghouls to wicked witches and beastly bats. There will also be sweet treats on sale, including hot toddy, hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows.

📌 Kew Gardens, Richmond, TW9 3AE
📅 18th – 26th October (time slots from 4pm – 10pm)
💵 Tickets from £15 for members and £20 for non-members

Eltham Palace

The stunning art deco Eltham Palace is an amazing place to visit during Halloween, especially with the backdrop of the colourful autumn leaves! This year, you can visit the palace after dark to hear spooky tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from history.

📌 Eltham Palace, Court Rd, SE9 5NP
📅 26th, 27th and 31st October
💵 Tickets cost £18.00, or £14.00 for English Heritage members

Am I missing something awesome off this list? Share your own recommendations in my Spooky Britain Facebook group or email me at hello@themorbidtourist.com and I’ll add it to this guide!

London Horror! Taxi Tour

If you’re looking for a private tour or to book something with your mates, you can discover London’s creepy history with the London Horror! Taxi Tour. Led by local expert Graham, you’ll explore execution sites, plague pits and even haunted churchyards during this three-hour tour. Even better, the tour includes time to visit each spot and take photos – it’s not just a drive-by tour!

📌 Door-2-Door pick up and drop off
📅 All year round
💵 £301 per group of six (around £50 each!)

Dead After Dark: Storytelling for Adults at St James’s Park

Dead After Dark: Storytelling for Adults is a magical and eerie evening walk which covers chilling folklore tales, buried secrets and nightmarish hauntings at St James’s Park this October! Led by Vanessa Woolf of London Dreamtime, you’ll hear stories of talking statues, sentient trees, secret tunnels and headless women on this spooky walk.

📌 St James’ Park, Westminster, SW1A 2BJ
📅 3rd & 17th October
💵 £15.00

The Ghost Bus Tour

The Ghost Bus Tour is the UK’s only comedy-horror theatre experience on wheels and it is SO much fun. You’ll find the all-black necrobus touring Edinburgh and York as well as London, each taking you around the top scary attractions for each city. Be prepared for history and humour, with a few surprises thrown in…

📌 Meet at 8 Northumberland Ave, WC2N 5BY
📅 All year round
💵 £25.00
📝 Note: It’s worth mentioning that the tour is about an hour and 15 minutes long and there are no toilet facilities on the bus.

Bleeding Hearts and Body Parts Walk

Discover a darker side of London’s past with this one-time 90-minute tour throughout Farrington that focuses on the more gruesome history of our capital city. If ghosts and ghouls aren’t your thing, you may prefer this tour which will cover murders, martyrs, and public executions!

📌 Meet in Farringdon
📅 1st November
💵 £21.20

Haunted London Pub Tour for Two

Perfect for a spooky date night, this haunted pub tour will take you to three historic pubs across London – where you’ll have time to enjoy a drink for Dutch courage (not included in the price). I think this is a great option for a couple (or even for a first date!) and the tour is just under two hours long, meaning you can grab dinner before or after too.

📌 Meet at Temple Tube station, WC2R 2PH
📅 All year round
💵 £33 for two

Halloween Tours at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Did you know that Theatre Royal Drury Lane is said to be the most haunted theatre in London? On this exclusive after-dark tour you can learn all about the theatre’s hidden passages, ghostly encounters and unexplained phenomena. You might even spot their most famous apparition, the Man in Grey! Tickets also include a Halloween-themed cocktail in the Cecil Beaton bar and lounge.

📌 Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Catherine St, WC2B 5JF
📅 13th – 31st October from 9:15pm
💵 £30.00

Paranormal Activity Tour

Fancy a ghost tour that’s a bit more…interactive? This two-hour tour around old London doesn’t just take you to spooky spots: you’re invited to join in with investigations using K2 Meters and Dowsing Rods! This is perfect for anyone who fancies something a little less jumpy and a little more real this Halloween.

📌 Meet at Farringdon Station, Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BY
📅 Selected dates throughout October
💵 £24.00
📝 Note: All dates are nearly sold out via DesignMyNight but you can join their waitlist. This tour is suitable for adults only.

The Jack The Ripper Tour

Unsurprisingly, there are many, many Jack the Ripper walking tours to choose from in London. And I’ve done a fair few of them! One of the best is certainly the Original Jack the Ripper Murders Tour, which actually won Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best award this year. This atmospheric tour takes you to significant spots surrounding the Jack the Ripper murders, including the doorway where Jack’s only clue was discovered.

📌 Meet at Aldgate East Underground Station, Whitechapel, E1 7PT
📅 7pm, selected nights all year round
💵 £15.00

Quirk Your Heart Out

Looking for something a bit different this Halloween? Don’t want to party? Over all the ghost walks? Look no further. Finding quirky things to do is like my superhero power. Read on for the best quirky/oddball/weird things to do this Halloween (in London).

Viola’s Room by Punchdrunk

Admittedly, there’s not a lot I can tell you about this experience yet, as, like Secret Cinema, Punchdrunk share little about their experiences ahead of time. But I have booked to go in a couple of weeks, so I will share more information then! Viola’s Room is described as an audio-driven journey through a moonlit fever dream. Narrated by the wonderful Helena Bonham Carter, the story is a gothic mystery about lost innocence and obsession. Though the experience is just under an hour long, I have heard countless good things about Punchdrunk’s productions, so I have no doubt it’ll be worth travelling into/around London for.

📌 One Cartridge Place, Woolwich, SE18 6DJ
📅 Now until 17th of November
💵 From £28.50

Serial Killer: The Exhibition

You’ve probably already heard about this exhibition taking London by storm and, judging by the reviews, it’s living up to everyone’s expectations. Based in The Vaults (my favourite London venue of all time!) Serial Killer: The Exhibition invites you to delve into serial killers’ lives from a scientific, historical and educational perspective. This is a must for any true crime junkie.

📌 The Vaults, Leake Street, SE1 7NN
📅 September 2024 – January 2025
💵 From £23.00

Fright Night Cinema at The Rivoli Ballroom

This Halloween you can catch classic horror movie flicks like The Lost Boys, Carrie, The Shining, Hocus Pocus and The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the historic Rivoli Ballroom cinema. There will also be spooky cocktails and snacks on offer too – and costumes are encouraged. Can you imagine dressing up and watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show in such an amazing setting as this one?!

📌 Rivoli Ballroom, Crofton Park, SE4 2BY
📅 28th – 31st October
💵 From £10.00

Victorian Murder Mystery at Mr Fogg’s Residence

Mr Frogg’s is an amazing and theatrical cocktail bar to visit all year round, so I have no doubt that their Victorian Murder Mystery event will live up to everyone’s expectations. The two-hour experience invites you to investigate the murder of John Sullivan in 1873 and includes two cocktails.

📌 Mr Fogg’s Residence, Mayfair, W1J 6JD
📅 Saturdays throughout October
💵 £60.00

London Month Of The Dead

I can’t believe I’ve not heard of this annual festival until now but you can bet I’m going to make up for lost time by booking onto some events! London Month of the Dead features walks, talks and workshops curated to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death. Each event is held in one of London’s beautiful Victorian cemeteries, aka the magnificent seven! Unfortunately, nearly all of the events are sold out for 2024, but it’s worth checking anyway and keeping the festival on your radar for next year. They also run Christmas specials too…

📌 Throughout London
📅 October and early November
💵 Prices vary per event

Halloween Potion Making at The Wizard Exploratorium

Ever fancied making your own potion that’s less Harry Potter and more adult-friendly? With this Halloween experience, you’ll don a witch’s (or wizard’s) hat on arrival, enjoy an Ectoplasm Shot, pour a drink via your magic wand and then brew two magical cocktails. You’ll even be making their Halloween special, Stingy Jack’s Doom, which is a glow-in-the-dark bubbly concoction inspired by the Irish legend that inspired the Jack-O’-Lantern.

📌 The Wizard Exploratorium, W1D 5DE
📅 1st October – 3rd November
💵 £49.00

Make Believe: A Halloween Grotto

There’s not much I can say about this event until I experience it myself, but Make Believe: A Halloween Grotto is an immersive Halloween experience that invites you into an eerie world where nightmares and innocence collide. In the 30-minute experience, you’ll be guided through a den of memories that mixes haunting visuals and interactive performances. You also get a Halloween goody bag at the end! If you survive, that is…

📌 209A Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8RU
📅 25th October – 2nd November
💵 From £15.00

Pumpkin Picking

Last but not least, we have pumpkin picking near London. If you just want a bit of seasonal wholesome fun, a pumpkin patch is your answer! You might have to leave the city to do so, but it’ll be worth it for those Insta pics!

Crockford Bridge Pick Your Own, Addlestone

📌 New Haw Rd, Weybridge, Addlestone KT15 2BU
🚗 Around 1 hour
📅 Throughout October
💵 £4.50

Country Pumpkins PYO, Tunbridge Wells

📌 Pumpkin Field, Poundsbridge Hill, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells TN3 0RL
🚗 Around 1 and a half hours
📅 19th – 20th & 26th – 31st October
💵 £2.00 per car

Garson Farm Pick Your Own, Esher

📌 Garson Farm PYO, Winterdown Rd, Esher KT10 8LS
🚗 Around 1 hour and 15 mins
📅 Throughout October
💵 £4.00

The Pop-up Pumpkin Patch, High Wycombe

📌 Stokenchurch, High Wycombe HP14 3YF
🚗 Around 1 hour and 5 mins
📅 23rd – 31st October
💵 Free entry

Tulleys Pumpkin Farm, Sussex

📌 Stokenchurch, High Wycombe HP14 3YF
🚗 Around 2 hours
📅 28 September-31 October
💵 From £7.00

There we have it: over 20 spooky, scary and immersive Halloween events to choose from in London this year and five pumpkin patches worth leaving the city for. If I’ve missed anything amazing off this list, please get in touch and I’ll get it added!

Only one question remains: what are your Halloween plans in London this year? Let me know!

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