Things to do in Wales over October half term 2024

During Halloween season, our Zip World sites in Wales transform into realms of spine-tingling adventures including eerie woodlands full of clowns and monster’s that have woken and escaped from the mines! Come and scare yourselves silly with one of our many Halloween experiences across Wales.

Ffear Fforest – Zip World Betws-y-Coed, North Wales

11^th October - 3^rd November 2024

7:30pm - 10:30pm

Our annual Halloween scare-fest is a favourite in North Wales, featuring hordes of terrifying clowns that will stop at nothing to scare you all evening! Set in a dark, secluded forest, our horrifying Halloween experience ranks up the fear factor! Not only do you have to avoid being tormented by our class of clowns, but you also take on some of the most iconic Zip World adventures in the dead of night! As if they weren’t scary enough, our adventures are set in the darkness with nothing but eerie lights to show you the way. Not to mention the clowns are always waiting around every corner.

Take on Cursed Coaster, a toboggan-style rollercoaster ride where you reach speeds of up to 25mph as you dart back down 700m worth of track through silent woodland! The Nets are also included in the experience where you will have to run, jump and hide from our hideous clowns or encounter a clown waiting for you on the walkways…

The Halloween experience also allows you to add optional extras if you are feeling brave enough such as our 100ft freefall drop, Nightfall, or Europe’s largest 5-seater swing, Screamride. New for 2024, Tree Horrors as our latest additional extra. Tree Horrors is a high ropes course hidden in the trees which will see you take on the challenge of an outdoor ropes course, featuring 6 zip lines and numerous other elements to throw you off balance. Don’t forget the clowns that are lurking below, waiting to grab at your ankles…

Just an hour’s drive from Chester and 2 hours from Manchester, Ffear Fforest offers an evening of frights and jumps for everyone from brave families or friends that want to challenge their fears! Night Passes will give you access to the event as well as all-night access to The Nets and two rides on Cursed Coaster. The night passes start from £28pp with the added extras as low as £16.

This event is made to be a frightful experience, so we recommend children above the age of 9 years, but this is at a parents or guardians digression.

Click HERE to book today!

Monsters of the Mine – Zip World Tower, Aberdare, South Wales

18^th October – 3^rd November 2024

7:00pm – 10:30pm

Brace yourself for the return of the monsters as they rise from the underworld beneath the mine this Halloween. Join us at our Zip World Tower site in Aberdare to experience a night of frights and screams. Located on top of an old coal mine, our tormented monsters will rise to terrorise you all night!

Located less than an hour's drive from Cardiff and a 1.5 hour drive from Bristol, expect to be chased by monsters from your nightmares, while also conquering leg-shaking adventures by night. This Halloween experience offers something for everyone in the family this October half term. Our tailored Night Passes allow you to select the level of adrenaline and fear you want from your evening for example, the Phoenix Night Pass allows you take on the ultimate adrenaline rush at Zip World Tower. The Phoenix zip line will have your heart racing as you descend into the darkness on our 620m line with the monsters waiting at the end…

Other Monsters of the Mine Night Passes includes choosing our Terror Coaster which will have you weaving and rushing along rollercoaster tracks in our mining-style cart. Or if you have a head for heights, strap in to Cursed Climber, an adventure course set high above the ground. Scale the heights of the Cursed Climber as you look down on the monsters lurking below you! With passes for different combinations of adventures, you will find something for everyone.

If you are not a fan of rides, we have our Spectator Night Pass, where you can simply watch the Halloween carnage unfold. Book your tickets for all the family this October half term from £22pp and gain access to the ultimate monster-themed experience in South Wales this Halloween.

This event is made to be a frightful experience, so we recommend children above the age of 9 years, but this is at the parents or guardians’ digression.

Click HERE to book today!

Zip World LLechwedd

As the nights grown darker and the days get colder this October, Zip World offers adventures for any weather! Don’t let the October weather rain on your half term plans, come visit us just outside Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales for some underground adventures!

Our Zip World Llechwedd site is based just outside Blaenau Ffestiniog and is only a 1.5 hour car journey from Chester and 2 hours from Liverpool. The site is an ultimate all-weather adventure destination where we literally have you covered for those rainy October half term days. Grab a helmet and head underground to one of our many adventures. Set is a dis-used Victorian Mine and quarry, Zip World Llechwedd is the world’s only subterranean playground of its kind.

Bounce Below is a vast netted playground where you can run, bounce and explore over bridges and through tunnels and will no doubt tire out the kids. Our Underground Golf offers some friendly, family competition as you tackle 18 holes of mining-themed adventure golf. You may be looking for something more challenging for the older ones in the family, if so, Caverns would be an ideal adrenaline rush. Caverns offers an underground high ropes course set in a cave, with multiple obstacles and zip lines to take on! If adrenaline is not your thing, then we can offer you our Deep Mine Tour where you can educate the family on life as a Victorian Miner as you explore the old chambers and tunnels deep underground.

Book our underground adventures by clicking HERE.