Horsham over the Half Term holiday will be a fun place to visit with lots of activities on offer and a Hocus Pocus Friday Late Halloween Special in the Carfax to round off the week, all brought to you by Horsham District Council.
Most activities are free or very low cost but do check out if you need to book.
Join Horsham Museum and Art Gallery’s free children’s trail: The Witch’s Potion, where you can help the friendly witch by searching the Museum for potion ingredients. The trail runs until 8 November. Halloween family craft activities are also available from Tuesday 28 October to Friday 31 October 10.30am to 3pm.
The Capitol are calling all budding artists aged 8 to 14 years to come along and join Artworks to enjoy some Halloween-themed crafts with different themes every day from cartoons to collage, hand puppets to painting. The sessions run from Monday 27 to Friday 31 October. Each five-hour session is £45 and if you book all five sessions there is a price reduction to £40 per session. Booking essential.
And for young cinema go-ers we have Disney Junior Cinema Club (U) - an unmissable big-screen adventure for little ones with an hour-long cinema experience, featuring Disney’s Mickey Mouse and friends, Marvel’s Spidey and Iron Man, plus SuperKitties, Bluey and more! Also on screen we have Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie (U) – a DisneyWorks animation.
At Southwater Country Park you can join our Lost Dinosaur Trail - six of our dinosaurs have gone missing and are running loose around the park – can you find them? Pick up a trail card from the café and when you have found them all return to the café to receive your prize. Available all day throughout Half Term.
Den building at Leechpool Woods is on offer on Monday 27 October from 10am to 12noon for children aged 8 years and above. Booking advised.
Pop Up in the Park Sports Edition at The Needles Recreation Ground is running on Tuesday 28 October where children can take part in a range of sports and garden games and enjoy a nature hunt around the park. No need to book.
A Halloween Trail at Warnham Local Nature Reserve is available on Friday 31 October where you can make your way around the Reserve solving clues while discovering some gruesome facts about our plants and wildlife. Booking advised. A variety of Halloween-inspired arts and crafts sessions suitable for primary school children are also on offer on Wednesday 29 October. Booking essential.
Horsham Park Barn is the venue for a Junior Nature Craft Workshop on Thursday 30 October. Spend an hour creating nature crafts then head into the park for an autumn nature hunt. Suitable for ages 5 to 11 years. Booking advised. For older children aged over 11 there is a Nature Art session for 90 minutes. Booking essential.
Then to round off the week on Friday 31 October, join us in the Carfax for our Friday Late Hocus Pocus Halloween Special. Prepare to be whisked away to the mystical world of Sanderson sisters and their mischievous antics, as we bring the beloved Hocus Pocus film to life, along with other thrilling Halloween-themed songs. Live entertainment from 6pm to 8pm.
Horsham District Council Cabinet Member for Wellbeing, Culture and Green Spaces Cllr David Skipp said:
We’re thrilled to offer such a fantastic mix of activities this Half Term.
With events running in our parks, the Museum, The Capitol and various community spaces, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
Best of all, many activities are free or low cost, making them accessible to most families across Horsham.
So, wrap up warm and make some magical memories together.
To find out more and book your activities, click the button below. To give everyone a chance to enjoy our free and low cost activities, please do not book to attend an activity more than once: multiple sessions bookings may be cancelled and cause disappointment.