Things to do for Halloween in London 2020

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• Join a very mortal talk, tour or workshop, including visits to London's most famous cemeteries, during the London Month of the Dead.
• Prepare for spooky encounters as you venture on a ghost hunt at Jacobean mansion, Charlton House.
• Navigate challenging obstacles, zip lines and more at one-off after-dark openings at Go Ape Battersea Park and Go Ape Alexandra Palace.
• Fill your Instagram feed with autumnal selfies among Covent Garden's pumpkiny aesthetic selfie-spot which is transformed at this time of year.

Scary Halloween London tours and ghost hunts

• Discover the dark secrets and gory history of London with The Ghost Bus Tours or a Tales of Plague guided walk.
• Retrace the infamous murderer’s footsteps with Jack the Ripper Ghost Walks.
• Go on an unnerving ghost hunt in London with Haunted Happenings or Fright Nights London.

Discover more weird and wonderful sights on more London tours.

London Halloween shows

• Book tickets to The Woman in Black: one of the West End’s longest-running plays, this show will have you on the edge of your seat.
• Catch a West End musical featuring monsters, witches and mysterious characters this Halloween, such as The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked.

See more top shows in London this autumn.

Frightening London attractions

• Get under the skin of humans as you study real, preserved bodies at Body Worlds.
• Delve into the gruesome tales during The London Dungeon's Halloween takeover with a special show.
• Hear tales of torture and imprisonment, and explore the Bloody Tower at Tower of London.
• Get up close to some of the world’s most feared animals in London this Halloween, with Snorkelling with Sharks at SEA LIFE London aquarium and In with the Spiders at ZSL London Zoo.
• Descend into the horrifyingly haunted London Bridge Experience and London Tombs.
• Run for your life through the Covenant spaceship in Madame Tussaud's Alien: Escape experience.
• Go on a mind-derailing journey through fear with Derren Brown’s Ghost Train at Thorpe Park.
• Discover the unnerving history of 19th-century surgery at the Old Operating Theatre Museum.

Find more quirky London attractions and unusual museums.

Halloween kids London ideas for half-term

• Step into the menacing world of the Dark Arts as the Harry Potter sets get a Halloween makeover at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London.
• Explore the gruesome side of zoo-keeping and make spooky arts and crafts as part of ZSL London Zoo's Halloween half-term activities.
• Keep an eye out (not literally) for Halloween activities at London's family-friendly museums.

Look out for more Halloween family events during the October school half-term.

Enjoy a night out or Halloween party in London

• Let your hair down at hair-raising Halloween nights in London’s top clubs, including a Ministry of Sound London, Cargo and Electric Brixton.
• Pick up Halloween costumes in London for your night out at quirky fancy dress shops.

Mingle with more ghosts and witches at Halloween parties in London's top nightclubs and bars.

Haunted London spots

• Grab a pint in an old haunted London pub, including The Grenadier, The Spaniards Inn and The Viaduct Tavern.
• Hear the screaming ghost of Catherine Howard in Hampton Court Palace’s Haunted Gallery.
• Visit one of London’s beautiful and eerie cemeteries.
• Discover more of London's spookiest attractions.

Don't just visit for Halloween, there are plenty of events and activities this autumn to add to your bucket list. Check out more events in October and November, or plan for a weekend in London with our top weekend picks.

If you're already in London, find activities for today and make sure to download the Visit London app for on-the-go Halloween ideas and family fun.

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