Spooktacular

Are you brave enough to take part in Woodhouse Spooktacular. An afternoon full of Halloween themed activities. including fun fair games, pumpkin carving, craft, and adventures, followed by our spooky Halloween trail across our 36-acre woodland. Finish up the evening with campfire stories, a disco, and a late night movie.

DatesSaturday 23rd October 2027
TimesActivities run from 1pm to 8pm on Saturday only.
ForOlder Cubs, Scouts, Guides, Explorers and Rangers
Cost£20 young person day ticket. £10 adult day ticket.
Includes one free night camping. A second night is available for £5 extra.
CampingGroups will need to provide their own tents and catering.
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Booking Policy

Payment is due for all bookings 28 days before the event – bookings which are still due at this point may be cancelled. Please note all event bookings and spaces are non-refundable.

Event Details

Join in the fun as Woodhouse turns spooky with a range of activities from Fun fair games, Pumpkin Carving, arts & crafts plus a range of onsite activities offered by the Woodhouse Park activity teams.

 After the day activities have finished there will be a break to grab some food and once darkness descends participants will be able to walk the woodland trails full of scary scenes, spooky characters throughout a variety of themes of a scary nature.

A full list of activities on offer can be found on the map, with evening activities on the programme.

With over 50 activities on offer, there is a wide selection of activities for all age ranges. We recommend splitting into smaller groups to avoid large queues – we do not require each group to have a leader, subject to your risk assessment. Activities on offer are subject to change – any changes will be updated on the map and programme.

Activities run on the Saturday, with camping available on either the Friday or Saturday night.

Volunteers from each group will need to help supervise some self-led activities – please take this into account when considering ratios and your risk assessment.

A copy of our instructed activity risk assessments, and self-led activity guidance are available here. Please note we do not provide risk assessments for self-led activities.

Check-in opens at 6pm for groups arriving overnight, and midday for groups arriving on the day. A representative of each group/unit should check in at the shop, to collect their wristbands.

Event tickets are non-refundable, meaning the number of tickets cannot be reduced once booked. We recommend booking the minimum number of tickets and increasing this if required.

Young Leaders can attend the event but must have a ticket. (participant ticket if they are planning on joining in, adult ticket if they are taking on a leadership role)

Leader’s children are welcome to come to the event but must have a participant ticket unless they are under four years old.

We can provide an invoice for groups/units unable to pay online – please get in touch or leave a comment on the payment page of our website.

There is a shop on site by the main entrance. We recommend young people bring up to £10 to spend in the shop. The shop has a varied selection of toys & games, badges, woggles, Woodhouse Park memorabilia, drinks, pastries, ice creams, snacks and sweets. We accept cash & card.

We cannot provide access to a fridge/freezer, unless you have booked accommodation. Limited Power is available at various points across the centre for leaders to charge mobile phones. Please ask if you need access to this.

Please refer to the event map for the location of all our carparks. Please use the main reception carpark if you may need to leave the site during the event, and for drop-off/collection.

Please lift share where possible to aid the flow of drop offs and collections.

We are a zero-waste site. Please take as much waste as possible home. There is a small provision for recyclable waste in the main site carpark, which groups can use if needed.

Canisters and batteries must not be disposed of onsite and must be taken to a suitable waste recycling centre.

Groups and units can arrange to set up campsites in advance of the event by getting in touch with our bookings team.

You are welcome to have an open fire, but this must be contained off the ground (e.g. in an altar fire) or in a designated campfire circle/firepit.


Camping manners

To ensure everyone has an enjoyable stay, please remember the following:

  • Everyone’s welcome – be respectful of other people around you.
  • Don’t walk through other people’s pitches and respect their privacy.
  • Washing up should be done at your campsite, not inside toilet blocks.
  • Please report any damage or other issues so we can make it safe or fix it.
  • Quiet hours on camping fields are from 10pm to 7am. Please avoid disturbing others.

Woodhouse Park is a Scout centre owned and managed by Avon Scouts, we follow the Scout’s safeguarding guidance and yellow card. Every leader/adult attending the event is given a copy of the yellow card. Please ensure they are familiar with this.

Leaders attending the event must follow the rules of their organisation, which usually includes the requirement for a DBS check and/or training.

All attendees must wear a wristband and or ID lanyards throughout the event, and they may be asked to show this at any time.

We’ll have additional welfare and safeguarding resources available during the event, but volunteers are responsible for the young people in their care.

The majority of our event staff are volunteers who have given up their time to make your visit to our centre safe and enjoyable. Please keep the Scouts values in mind when interacting with others. We have a zero tolerance approach to any type of abuse – you will be removed from the centre and details shared with your Group/District/County Lead volunteer and/or the police. 

Reception will be open throughout the event for anything you need, including lost children.. You’ll find staff & volunteers wearing Woodhouse Park uniform.

For emergencies or urgent out-of-hours help, please use: 01454 613006

The defibrillator is located on the outside wall of reception. The code to access this is available when you contact the ambulance service.

In the event of an emergency

  • Immediately inform a member of staff. They will take appropriate action and call for help.
  • Follow all directions issued by staff.
  • All calls for emergency services should be reported immediately to the Duty Manager.

Discovery of a fire

  • Activate the fire alarm or use a fire bell if present and warn people in the area.
  • Evacuate the area immediately.

In the event of a terror attack
In the event of a terrorist attack, follow the government run, hide, tell advice.

  • RUN to a place of safety. This is a far better option than to surrender or negotiate. If there’s nowhere to go, then…
  • HIDE It’s better to hide than to confront. Remember to turn your phone to silent and turn off vibrate. Barricade yourself in if you can. Then finally and only when it is safe to do so…
  • TELL the police by calling 999.

Centre evacuation

In the event of a full evacuation of the centre, staff will marshal you to the chosen Assembly Point using the safest route. Follow their instructions and do not leave the centre until instructed.  

A WhatsApp community runs during the majority of our events, which we encourage at least one leader from each group to join.

This will be used for any announcements from our team, such as changes to the programme or activities.

Spooktacular Programme

The main woodhouse Spooktacular event will run from 1pm until 8pm and throughout the afternoon there will be plenty of fun activities that groups can take part in.

At the end of the activity sessions around 5.30pm there will be a 1-hour break for an evening meal for which groups will need to self-cater or bring along food for.

Once this break is over there will be a campfire in the reception area with music playing whilst groups will be waiting to be sent through the woodhouse scare trail.  The trail will wind it’s way through parts of the Woodhouse grounds, haunted woods and will have a variety of jump scares and scenes.  The trail will end back at the reception area where groups only visiting for the day can then be collected.   For any groups who are camping or wish to stay later there will be a Disco from 8pm and a late-night movie from 9pm to 10.30pm.

We would also encourage participants to dress up in themed costumes (Adults Too!) as well as making their own Halloween themed lanterns that they can use whilst going around the scare trail.

Halloween Lantern Ideas

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Filming and Photography

Please note that our media team will be taking photos, videos and audio recordings throughout the event, which may be used for social media and marketing purposes.

Shooting Permission Form

Any young person who would like to do rifle shooting will need to hand a signed paper copy of the rifle shooting permission form to the instructor, this is available here. Please note if this is lost, the young person will not be able to take part in either activity – digital copies or photographs are not accepted.

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