Plan your days out to keep the whole family entertained during the half term holidays in Leeds.

From family trails to arts and crafts workshops there’s plenty to look forward to at all our venues, whatever the weather.

October half term – days out in Leeds

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Pumpkin Patch Trailer Tours

05 - 31 October 2024

Venue: Lotherton

Price: £10 (pumpkin and tractor ride/ £5 tractor ride only)

Get in the Halloween spirit with pumpkin picking and a thrilling tractor ride!

Traditional pumpkins carved with scary faces for Halloween

Pumpkin Competition

24 - 31 October 2024

Venue: Leeds City Museum

Price: Free

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Leeds City Museum's ever-popular pumpkin design competition is back for another hair-raising Halloween!

Spooky Skeletons: Scarytales

26 October 2024 - 03 November 2024

Venue: Lotherton

Price: Included in general admission.

Enjoy eerie encounters and spine-tingling tales with our Halloween trail.

The Penguin Experience

26 October 2024 - 03 November 2024

Venue: Lotherton

Price: £70 for upto 2 people/additional participants (up to a maximum group size of 4) £25pp

Meet and feed our Humboldt penguins in an up-close animal experience like no other.

Victorian style street sign saying Abbey Fold with cobwebs on it

Spooky Streets: Halloween at Abbey House Museum

26 October 2024 - 03 November 2024

Venue: Abbey House Museum

Price: Included with admission

Wander our Spooky Streets to encounter scary spiders, wicked witches, wily wolves, beguiling bats and skeletons pulling pints!

Haunted Halloween Hunt

26 October 2024 - 03 November 2024

Venue: Kirkstall Abbey

Price: Included with admission

Join our fun family trail through the abbey ruins to find creepy creatures, spooky statues and peculiar props.

A hand feeding a piece of kale to a capybara

Meet The Capybaras Experience

26 October 2024 - 03 November 2024

Venue: Lotherton

Price: £70 for 2 people

2:30pm on Weekends and School holidays

Meet and feed our happy Capys, Carly and Bryan, in an up-close experience like no other.

a large model of a skull decorated with flowers and brightly coloured patterns

Family Workshop: Day of the Dead

28 October 2024

Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre

Price: Free

10am - 12pm & 1 - 3pm

Come and learn about Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and the widely practised Mexican tradition of honouring the deceased each November.

Half Term: Calacas Crafts

29 - 31 October 2024

Venue: Leeds City Museum

Price: Free

Celebrate Mexican and Latin American artists by designing your own Day of the Dead mask or assembling a flower crown.

Owls in the Abbey

29 October 2024

Venue: Kirkstall Abbey

Price: Included with admission - donations welcome

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Join us in the cloister at Kirkstall Abbey to meet some feathered friends from the Wise Owl Bird of Prey Rescue.

people looking at objects in the leeds discovery centre store

Half Term Store Tours

29 October 2024 - 01 November 2024

Venue: Leeds Discovery Centre

Price: Free

11am - 12pm & 1 - 2pm

Join us this October half term for behind the scenes tours of the Leeds Museums and Galleries collection store.

Family Workshop: Adinkra Printing

31 October 2024

Venue: Leeds City Museum

Price: £7.50

Learn about Adinkra printing and try it yourself with artist Nana-Essi in this family workshop (part of Black History Month).

The Christmas Experience

23 November 2024 - 05 January 2025

Venue: Lotherton

Price: Various

Join us at Lotherton for Yorkshire's ultimate festive day out.

The Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam dressed for Christmas with traditional dancers.

Christmas at Temple Newsam

30 November 2024 - 01 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.

Santa Claus sat in a chair, talking to two children sat on the floor next to a Christmas Tree

Father Christmas at Temple Newsam

30 November 2024 - 01 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

Mrs Claus reading a festive story to a child and Mrs Claus' elf at Temple Newsam.

Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus

30 November 2024 - 01 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

The Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam dressed for Christmas with traditional dancers.

Christmas at Temple Newsam

07 - 08 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.

Santa Claus sat in a chair, talking to two children sat on the floor next to a Christmas Tree

Father Christmas at Temple Newsam

07 - 08 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

Mrs Claus reading a festive story to a child and Mrs Claus' elf at Temple Newsam.

Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus

07 - 08 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

The Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam dressed for Christmas with traditional dancers.

Christmas at Temple Newsam

14 - 15 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.

Santa Claus sat in a chair, talking to two children sat on the floor next to a Christmas Tree

Father Christmas at Temple Newsam

14 - 15 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

Mrs Claus reading a festive story to a child and Mrs Claus' elf at Temple Newsam.

Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus

14 - 15 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

Festive Mystery Matinees

17 December 2024 - 22 December 2024

Venue: Leeds Industrial Museum

Price: Included in admission

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us in the Palace Picture House, for festive family favourites in the run-up to Christmas.

The Great Hall at Temple Newsam with a giant real Christmas Tree.

Relaxed Christmas at Temple Newsam

20 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Our Relaxed Christmas at Temple Newsam is a day for families who would prefer a quieter and more relaxed Christmas event.

Father Christmas and a child at Temple Newsam

Relaxed Father Christmas at Temple Newsam

20 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

Allotted time slots between 11am - 3pm

Our Relaxed Father Christmas at Temple Newsam is perfect for families who would prefer a quieter and more relaxed Christmas event.

Mrs Claus reading a festive story to a child at Temple Newsam.

Relaxed Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus

20 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

Allotted time slots between 11.15am - 3pm

Our Relaxed Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus experience is perfect for families who would prefer a quieter and more relaxed Christmas event.

The Picture Gallery at Temple Newsam dressed for Christmas with traditional dancers.

Christmas at Temple Newsam

21 - 23 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: Up to £9.50

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Explore the beautifully decorated House with Christmas trees adorning the rooms, and traditional historical garlands which transport you back to the festivities Temple Newsam experienced over the past 500 years.

Santa Claus sat in a chair, talking to two children sat on the floor next to a Christmas Tree

Father Christmas at Temple Newsam

21 - 23 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

Mrs Claus reading a festive story to a child and Mrs Claus' elf at Temple Newsam.

Festive Storytime with Mrs Claus

21 - 23 December 2024

Venue: Temple Newsam

Price: £12 per visit, including house entry and a gift

Allotted time slots from 11.15am - 3pm

Visit Father Christmas this year, will be inviting you to tell him your Christmas wishes and give you an early Christmas present to take home.

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