If you’re looking for a fun-packed half term, Aylesbury is a great place to explore with friends and family.

As well as a wonderful line-up of Halloween-themed activities and events to keep all entertained, there is so much more to enjoy if you are out and about.

Enjoy a haunted half-term at Waddeson Manor, featuring a spooky outdoor trail and lots more family fun.

Meanwhile, Friars Square will host Horrible Halloween, offering frightfully free fun for all the family on Tuesday 28 October. This includes a Vampire Party, Trick or Treat Trail and craft activities.

At Discover Bucks Museum, the younger members of the family can ready for spooky science experiments, make your own modroc mummy, enjoy creative Halloween art and join in trick-or-treat fun for the whole family! Remember if you are looking for activities for the kids, the Jonathan Page Play Centre will be running its popular holiday playscheme.

Plus, also at Discover Bucks Museum, don’t miss the launch of a brand new exhibition I Grew Up 90s,  a nostalgia-packed trip back to a world before smartphones and social media — come and relive the decade which defines a whole generation.

Over at the Waterside Theatre, audiences can enjoy a thrilling mix of superb West End shows, side-splitting comedy acts, and captivating performances for children that are sure to thrill and delight.

There is a usual mix of arts and crafts at the Queens Park Arts Centre, including a Sewing and Crafting workshop aimed at those between 7 and 12 years. Check out the full list of events here Queens Park Arts Centre

If you want to try something a little different on Halloween, why not check out a midnight reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray – A Halloween Midnight Reading, Oscar Wilde’s iconic novel.

If adventure is more your thing, Go Ape Wendover offers an action packed few hours, offering fun for all the family. Based in Wendover Woods, you can also experience tree top thrills with the return of Sundown Adventures, the ultimate adventure with epic forest views under the night sky.

Aylesbury: there’s more here than meets the eye!

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