Halloween’s the perfect time for spooky stories – but don’t let your empty Half Term dairy be one of them! There are so many scary good events around the Capital, and these family-friendly neighbourhoods are hosting the best ones for little thrill-seekers. Make the Half Term memorable with pumpkin carving, tiptoeing through a haunted trail, learning some spine-chilling history...or showing off their Monster Mash at the Pop Kids Halloween Party.
Berkshire
🎃 What's on in Berkshire?: What's better than carving spooky jack-o-lanterns for Halloween? When you've picked out that perfect pumpkin from the pumpkin patch at Copas Farms Fruit Fields.
Family life in Berkshire: Towns in Berkshire like Maidenhead and Bracknell are beloved by growing families for their big homes with big gardens. Plenty of outdoor space, a slower countryside way of life and great schools make this county dreamy for young families.
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Greenwich
🎃 What's on in Greenwich?: Make this Half Term memorable at the Greenwich Maritime Museum. They have a schedule of events themed around light, including making your own stained-glass windows, lighthouses and more.
Family life in Greenwich: For curious kids, Greenwich is the dream. Packed full of history, culture, science and exploration - from the Cutty Sark to the Planetarium to the National Maritime Museum - it's the perfect environment to stimulate imagination. Greenwich Centre also has a fully kitted out gym with swimming pools and a library.
A huge plus for families - the borough of Greenwich has shown up on several of our cheapest areas lists: 10 cheapest areas to buy a property in 2022 and 10 cheapest areas of London to rent in 2022.
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Battersea
🎃 What's on in Battersea?: Battersea Power Station has been completely renovated, along with the surrounding area, and just reopened earlier this month. It is making a splash in the Half Term, with a wealth of kid-friendly activities including make your own spooky wind puppets, face painting and pumpkin carving and a Halloween Run.
Family life in Battersea: Battersea is a great place to live with children. With the gorgeous 200-acre Battersea Park, including a Children’s Zoo, there’s plenty of room to run around. There are ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted-rated Battersea schools. It's a handy location for commuters, as Clapham Junction is actually in Battersea. There are also some exceptional Victorian and Edwardian family homes, but there are also lavish apartments by the river, if you want the convenience and community of buying or renting in a development.
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Guildford
🎃 What's on in Guildford?: To celebrate spooky season, head to Guildford for the Halloween Fun Run, the UK's biggest bouncy obstacle course and the Pop Kids Halloween Party.
Family life in Guildford: Guildford is a popular Surrey commuter town for raising families. It was rated the happiest place to live in Surrey, the third best regionally and the 20th nationally in in last year’s Happy Home Index from Rightmove. There are plenty of excellent schools in Guildford. It also benefits from a buzzing city centre with plenty of shops and restaurants, a nice big sports centre to get your adrenaline pumping and easy access to peaceful, open countryside.
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Chiswick
🎃 What's on in Chiswick?: Chiswick House & Gardens have set up a hair-raising Halloween Trail complete with fire artists and scary good sweet treats.
Family life in Chiswick: The independent cafes, local restaurants and high-end boutiques that populate Chiswick are always full of parents with their babies – this area has a big draw for families. It’s also easy to access central London for work and play, but far enough out to have a peaceful small-town feel.
Read the DesignMyNight guide to drinking and dining in Chiswick Park.
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Photo: Chiswick House by Maxwell Hamilton | CC BY | Flickr
Woking
🎃 What's on in Woking?: A culture hub in Woking, The Lightbox, always has some fun projects to dig into. Around Halloween, they’re hosting some spooky crafts for the family, including pumpkin carving, slime-making and monster sculpting.
Family life in Woking: As one of the larger Surrey towns, families are easily entertained in Woking, with sports like Woking FC, lots of green space, theatres, restaurants, great schools and shopping centres. It is a quick train journey to London, too, you can still live close to the Capital's amenities.
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Looking for more autumn inspiration? We have more ideas, like the Tower of London Halloween event, where you can learn about some of the Tower's most infamous visitors, in The top 5 reasons to love London in autumn.
