🎃 East Anglia & Cambridgeshire – Free Half-Term & Halloween Events 2025

Free and family-friendly ideas for October half-term across Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and North Essex. Always check each link for final timings or any free-ticket requirements.

Cambridgeshire

• Peterborough’s Positively Ghoulish Halloween Trail — City Centre
  Sat 25 Oct 2025, 11:00–15:00
  Free trick-or-treat trail with clues, treats and a family prize draw. Trail sheet provided on the day.
  Cost: FREE
  Event page
• Ely Pride – Halloween Spooktacular (Family Evening) — Centre E, Ely
  Sat 1 Nov 2025, 20:00–late
  Family-friendly party with karaoke, quiz, games and refreshments.
  Cost: FREE (drop-in)
  Details
• Freshfields Farm Pumpkin Patch — nr March / Benwick
  October weekends + daily near Halloween
  Photogenic patch with stalls; free entry (pay for pumpkins). Great budget day out.
  Cost: FREE entry
  Round-up mention
• Anglesey Abbey Halloween Trail (National Trust) — Lode, Cambridge
  Sat 25 Oct – Sun 2 Nov 2025 (timed slots)
  Seasonal family trail through the gardens (National Trust admission/booking applies).
  Cost: Mixed (entry applies; trail included)
  Event info

Norfolk

• Whitlingham Country Park – Halloween Fun (Family Day) — Norwich
  Wed 29 Oct 2025, 11:00–15:00
  Free family activities by the Broad; drop-in outdoor fun.
  Cost: FREE
  Event page
• Great Yarmouth Joyland – Spooky Marquee & Snail Trail (Evenings) — Marine Parade
  Selected nights over half-term
  Free-to-enter spooky marquee and themed trail alongside the seafront lights.
  Cost: FREE entry
  Announcement
• King’s Lynn – FREE Halloween Spook-tacular — Town Centre / Vancouver Quarter
  Thu 31 Oct 2025
  Free character trail, street entertainment and family activities in the town centre.
  Cost: FREE
  Guide · Social post
• Ashby & Thurton Halloween Trail — South Norfolk villages
  Sat 25 Oct – Sun 2 Nov 2025, 09:00–17:00
  Family trail with 30+ displays; collect letters to solve the phrase and enter a prize draw.
  Cost: £2 maps / community event
  Event info
• North Norfolk – Half-term & Halloween Round-Up — various
  Half-term week
  Council/DMO hub with family trails and free options mixed in across the coast and market towns.
  Cost: Mixed (many FREE)
  What’s On

Suffolk

• Ipswich – Buttermarket Free Craft Day — Buttermarket Shopping Centre
  Tue 29 Oct 2025, 11:00–15:00
  Free drop-in Halloween crafts for children (indoors).
  Cost: FREE
  Listing
• Ipswich – Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch (St Elizabeth Hospice) — Buttermarket
  Mon 28 Oct 2025, 11:00–15:00
  Indoor pumpkin picking pop-up; free pumpkins with optional charity donation.
  Cost: FREE / donation
  Details
• The Hold (Suffolk Archives) – “Let’s Get Crafty: Halloween” — Ipswich Waterfront
  Fri 31 Oct 2025, 10:30
  Family craft session during half-term (check for free tickets / concessions).
  Cost: Mixed (often FREE/low)
  Event page
• Rougham Estate Pumpkin Patch — Bury St Edmunds
  Weekends + daily 25–31 Oct 2025
  Free-entry patch with family entertainment; pay for pumpkins/optional extras.
  Cost: FREE entry
  Free-entry mention

North Essex (East Anglia)

• Colchester – Shriek Week (Daytime family activities) — Colchester Zoo Society
  Sat 25 Oct – Sun 2 Nov 2025
  Crafts, dancing and spooky fun for kids by day (separate from evening scare event).
  Cost: Mixed (some FREE with entry)
  Event page
• Colchester – City Centre Free Halloween Trail — BID / InColchester
  Half-term week (dates on sheet)
  Family scavenger hunt around the city centre with activity sheet; small prizes.
  Cost: FREE
  Announcement
• Hatter’s Farm Pumpkin Nights/Days — Takeley, Essex (near Herts border)
  Selected Oct dates
  Big patch with maze, cannon and night sessions (ticketed); adding for families planning Essex days out.
  Cost: Low-cost (not free)
  Round-up mention

Note: Some events use free timed tickets for capacity control — if a booking link is offered, reserve early.