Fancy dress competitions, Halloween trails and spook-tacular parties offer plenty of fun for children in Derbyshire during the October holiday from school.

placeholder image — Fancy dress competitions, Halloween trails and spook-tacular parties offer plenty of fun for children in Derbyshire during the October holiday from school.

Spooky and frighteningly good half-term attractions in Derbyshire are inspired by Halloween

By Gay Bolton

Published 16th Oct 2026, 10:36 BST

October half-term ties in with Halloween, offering lots of spook-tacular activities to keep your little monsters happy.

From nerve-jangling trails to spine-tingling stories, fancy dress competitions to pumpkin picking, there’s plenty to see and do in Derbyshire when schools break up.

We’ve rounded up a few suggestions to help make your family’s holiday frighteningly good.

9. Pumpkin carving

Little witches, wizards, ghosts and ghouls can have a frightfully good day out at Riverside Valley Camping, Riverside Farm on Furnace Lane, Barlow from October 24 to 31. There's spooky stories from witch Hazel, pumpkin carving, trick or treat and a fancy dress competition. This spook-tacular attraction is open from 10am until 6pm. Tickets cost £15, including pumpkin (generic image: Adobe Stock) Photo: Adobe Stock

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Spooky and frighteningly good half-term attractions in Derbyshire are inspired by Halloween

October half-term ties in with Halloween, offering lots of spook-tacular activities to keep your little monsters happy.

9. Pumpkin carving

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