The producers of Kew Gardens’s beloved Christmas trail get spooky for 2024 with the introduction of a brand new Halloween trail through the iconic gardens. It’s a light trail, basically, but a super souped up one: we’re promised eerie illuminated trees, ghoulish installations, fire performers and more, with a troupe of actors on hand to stoke up our horrors (in a family friendly way, of course). There are three timeslots: Daylight sessions run during the daytime and are intended for younger audiences who want an absolute minimum of spookiness; Twlight slots are between 6pm and 7.30pm and things are definitely getting a bit scarier (ie darker); finally the Moonlight slots run after 7.30pm and it should be fully dark at this point. It’s worth stressing that the trail is suitable for all ages at all times, but certainly there are ways a means of managing the spook factor and fitting it around the bedtime of younger audiences. If none of that’s your bag, there will be a host of activities themed around beloved children’s book Room on the Broom-themed running at Kew until November 3.
Halloween at Kew opening dates
Halloween at Kew opened on October 18 and is running until November 4.
Tickets and pricing
Tickets for Halloween at Kew cost £17 for adults during off-peak times, or £20 during peak times. Members’ tickets are discounted by £2. Children (aged 5-15) cost £15, and under 5s go free, but still ticketed. There are also discounted family tickets available, costing £67 for 2 adults and 2 children.
How long does it take to walk around Halloween at Kew?
The trail is around 1.5km long and should take most guests between 1 hour and 90 minutes to get around.