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Halloween Trail

What spooky creatures will you find on this trail in Gawthorpe's grounds?

  • Booking not needed

Are you brave enough to explore Gawthorpe Hall's gardens and see if you can find the ghosts, pumpkins, black cats and witches hiding on the Hallowe'en trail?

Collect a trail sheet at the front of the Hall and set off to explore.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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Event prices

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Event ticket price£2.50

The basics

Suitability

Family friendly event

Meeting point

Outside the front of the Hall

What to bring and wear

The trail is outside in the grounds, please come prepared for wet and muddy autumn weather.

Accessibility

Trail is outside, the paths are rough and uneven in places.

Upcoming events

An Account of Life: Gawthorpe Hall in the 1600s 

An exhibition bringing the household of Gawthorpe Hall in the 1600s to life, through the original account books of the Shuttleworth Family.

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on
27 Sep to 2 Nov 2025
at
12:00 to 17:00
+ 26 other dates or times

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection exhibition 

A fantastic display of beautiful historic textiles from the collection of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth, across four rooms of the Hall.

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on
27 Sep to 2 Nov 2025
at
12:00 to 17:00
+ 26 other dates or times

Fun Palace 

Gawthorpe Hall will be open for FREE to everyone on Sunday 5 October with an afternoon of creative activities in our Fun Palace event.

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on
5 Oct 2025
at
12:00 to 16:00

Talk on: Witches, Dark Arts and Demonology 

Popular speaker Dr Colin Penny is back with a new talk about why there was a moral panic about witches and what were the horrors of the supernatural in the 1600s?

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on
8 Oct 2025
at
13:00 to 14:30