UK Halloween season features haunted walks and family events

With Halloween just days away, communities across the UK and beyond are offering a wide range of seasonal attractions, from haunted walks and workplace ghost stories to family events, streaming suggestions and do‑it‑yourself decorations. Local councils, tourism groups and private venues say visitors should expect a busy week of ticketed attractions, outdoor trails and neighbourhood displays through the end of October and into early November.

Researchers at Go Outdoors compiled a ranking of “spooky” walks using visitor reviews and reports of paranormal activity, placing Wistman’s Wood in Devon at the top and including Avebury Stone Circle, Culloden Battlefield and Pendle Hill, the latter noted for its association with the 1612 Pendle witch trials. Holiday letting site holidaycottages.co.uk highlighted haunted forests and estates with long histories of legend, citing tales linked to Blickling Estate in Norfolk, where visitors report sightings tied to Anne Boleyn, and deep gorges in the South West whose features have inspired names such as Whitelady Waterfall and the Devils Cauldron.

Workplaces with reputed hauntings also feature on seasonal lists compiled by an employee software...