Halloween is Sat 31 October. Chessington's Howl'o'ween runs daily 17 Oct to 1 Nov from £34 online; plus Hampton Court's haunted palace and Garsons pumpkins.

Halloween 2026 falls on Saturday 31 October, the last weekend of the borough’s half term. Kingston’s big Halloween event is Howl’o’ween at Chessington World of Adventures, which runs every day from 17 October to 1 November. Just over Kingston Bridge, Hampton Court Palace turns haunted from 24 October, and the nearest pumpkin picking is Garsons’ Pumpkin Parade in Esher.

The quick answer

  • Halloween night: Saturday 31 October 2026. Half term is 26 to 30 October (19 to 30 October at Tiffin, Tiffin Girls’ and Kingston Grammar).
  • Biggest event: Howl’o’ween at Chessington, on 10 and 11 October and then daily from 17 October to 1 November. Day tickets from £34 online, £66 on the gate; under 90cm free.
  • Free with admission: Halloween at Hampton Court Palace, 24 October to 1 November.
  • Pumpkin picking: Garsons Pumpkin Parade, Esher, £6.50 to £8 a head, online booking only.
  • The council is not running a Halloween event: nothing is listed on its events calendar as of 4 October.

Howl’o’ween at Chessington World of Adventures

Chessington’s Halloween season opened on 3 and 4 October. It continues on 10 and 11 October and then runs every day from 17 October to Sunday 1 November, according to Chessington’s Howl’o’ween page. That covers both half term weeks, including the two-week break at the grammar schools.

Tickets. A Howl’o’ween day ticket is from £34 per person online; the walk-up price is £66. Children under 90cm go free. The day ticket covers the theme park, the zoo, SEA LIFE and the Halloween activities. The £34 is a “from” price, so check the date you want before you budget.

What is included. Chessington lists two new Halloween shows, Dr Frankenfun’s Haunted House Party and Rising Flame: Shadows of the Tomb, a Barnyard Boogie musical pop-up, rides at dusk on Mandrill Mayhem, Room on the Broom and Vampire, photo spots, and PAW Patrol characters in Halloween costume, which are new this year.

Paid extras. Two add-ons cost more on top of the day ticket:

  • Enchanted Hollow: Trick or Treat, an underground trick-or-treat trail aimed at younger children, listed from £9 per person.
  • Stone Watchers: Vampire’s Lair, a scare zone, from £9 per person.

Getting there. Chessington is on Leatherhead Road, KT9 2NE. Parking for day visitors is a separate charge, listed under Extras on Chessington’s site; it is free only with a resort hotel short break.

Halloween at Hampton Court Palace

Just over Kingston Bridge, Hampton Court Palace runs its Halloween programme from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November. It is included in palace admission, and members go free with no pre-booking, according to Historic Royal Palaces.

  • The haunted palace: projections, sound effects and costumed ghosts inside the palace. The palace warns of darkness, loud noises, flashing lights and “occasional jump scares”, though it describes the experience as family friendly and not overly frightening.
  • Halloween trail: pumpkins, scarecrows and seasonal surprises in the Wilderness, aimed at younger children. A trail map PDF is on the palace page.
  • Ghost stories: a 15-minute storytelling session, The Return of Boo in Wren’s Revenge, runs daily in the King’s Guard Chamber at 11.30am, 12.15pm, 1pm, 1.45pm, 2.30pm and 3.15pm.
  • Halloween talks run in the Stone Room from 1 to 23 October, before the main programme starts.

Getting there from Kingston. Buses 111, 216, 411, 461 and 513 run from Kingston to the palace. Parking on site is £1.80 an hour, first come first served, with an overflow car park at Hampton Court Green, and the palace advises other ways of getting there at busy times (Historic Royal Palaces: getting here).

Pumpkin picking: Garsons Pumpkin Parade, Esher

The nearest big pumpkin patch to Kingston is at Garson Farm, Winterdown Road, Esher, KT10 8LS. This year’s Pumpkin Parade has a circus theme, with carnival-style games and thousands of pumpkins grown on the farm (Garsons).

  • Tickets are online only. They are not sold on the gate, in store or by phone, and they are non-refundable.
  • Price: £6.50 to £8 per person aged 2 and over, depending on the date. Under 2s are free. Four or more tickets in one booking get a discount automatically, with a maximum of ten per booking.
  • Pumpkins are extra, priced by size and type.
  • Times: the farm closes at 5pm every day in October. You choose an entry slot and can arrive up to an hour after it; the last slots are 3.45pm and 4pm.
  • Best availability, Garsons says, is on weekdays from 5 to 16 October. Book early for half term.

Source: Garsons Pumpkin Parade tickets.

Halloween week at the Rose Theatre

The Rose’s half term family show is Room on the Broom, Tall Stories’ version of the Julia Donaldson book about a witch and her cat. It runs Tuesday 27 October to Sunday 1 November, at 10.30am and 1.30pm on most days; the first day, the 27th, is 1.30pm only. The Thursday 29 October 1.30pm show is a relaxed performance (Rose Theatre).

What is not on (yet)

  • No council event. The Royal Borough’s events calendar had no Halloween listing when we checked on 4 October.
  • Save The World Club, the Kingston community charity, held a free Halloween evening on Friday 31 October 2025, 5pm to 8.30pm, which it called “a return of our annual spooky spot” (council events listing). Its own events page does not yet show a 2026 date. We will add it if it is announced.
  • No town centre trail has been published by Kingston First or the Bentall Centre so far.

Straight after Halloween

The borough’s fireworks display is at Corinthian-Casuals, King George’s Field, Tolworth, on Sunday 1 November, the day after Halloween. Our Kingston fireworks page has times, prices and the other displays nearby. For everything else that week, see Kingston October half term and what’s on in Kingston this month.

If you are driving into town for any of these, check parking in Kingston and the latest Kingston roadworks and travel first.