If you’re planning a narrowboat hire boat holiday in 2017 these upcoming local Halloween events will give you some unusual ideas of places to visit, so that you can create haunting holiday memories to die for!

1) Fossils Galore Halloween Fun Day

Fossils Galore Educational Activity Centre in March is holding a Halloween Fun Day on Saturday 29th October this year. But when it isn’t Halloween you can still enjoy fossil hunting in a prehistoric sand pit, an arts and crafts shop, tea shop, geode breaking and lots more. It’s just one of the many family-friendly activities you can incorporate into your narrowboat holiday next year.

2) Ely Ghost Walks

On the weekends beginning 21^st and 28^th October 2016 you can discover the dark side of Ely on a Ghost Tour that takes you along the narrow passageways and dimly lit streets to hear about the local tales of scandal and death. Ely is home to some of the most haunted buildings in the country and in fact Ghost Tour visitors are guaranteed to see real “live” ghosts is in this character, themed event. (For bookings and more information visit www.olivercromwellshouse.co.uk)

There are events on all year round at Oliver Cromwell’s House in Ely, which can be easily included in your Fenland narrowboat holiday. Oliver Cromwell’s (haunted) former home is now a museum and tourist information centre; great to visit at any time of year.

Travelling by Fox narrowboat your cruise from March to Ely will take in ancient inns and maybe the murdered ghosts of Southery. (Read more local legends of violence and death in The Spooky Truth About Cruising to Ely!)

3) Cambridge Pumpkin Festival

This October Cambridge Sustainable Foods are promoting a number of local events, as part of the 2016 Pumpkin Festival: Such as pumpkin carving in Market Square, pumpkin cuisine made from rescued food, a pumpkin feast at The Free Press Pub and St James’s Pumpkin Picnic. If you want to include narrowboating to Cambridge as part of your 2017 holiday check out the other seasonal, local events on their website.
Visit Cambridge at any time as part of your Fox boating holiday and discover more about this beautiful English city of students, bikes, colleges and stunning architecture.

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Cambridgeshire and the Fenland Waterways offer history, heritage and culture at all times of the year; if you like the idea of exploring the Fenland waterways by boat check availability for next year now.
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Whether you’re one of our current mooring customers or planning a boating visit to the Fenlands next year, these upcoming Halloween events will show you just how much there is to see and do around the Fenland Waterways.

1) Ely: Hallowe’en Ghost Tours

From the 27th to 30th October you can discover the dark side of Ely on an evening ghost tour of spooky passageways and eerie streets to hear the tales of scandal and death. It’s guaranteed to be so scary that it’s only suitable for children aged 8 and older; and is claimed to be one of England’s spookiest cities. If you travel by Fox narrowboat the cruise from March to Ely takes in ancient inns and the murdered ghosts of Southery, plus legends of violence and death surround the Fenland isle of Littleport: Read more in The Spooky Truth About Cruising to Ely.

2) The Cromwell Terror Tour at Oliver Cromwell’s House

Oliver Cromwell’s former home is now a museum and tourist information centre; great to visit at any time of year. But from 26th to 29th October 2015 they offer The Cromwell Terror Tour – including a glass of Cromwell’s hot cider punch or apple juice to steady your nerves! There is also an additional one-off Extra Terrifying Tour! on Friday 30th October 9.30 pm for adults only – if you dare!

3) Fossils Galore Halloween Fun Day

Fossils Galore Educational Activity Centre in March is holding a Halloween Fun Day on Saturday 25th October. They are offering reptile handling, haunted museum, creepy colouring, hook a scary duck and more! When it isn’t Halloween you can still enjoy fossil hunting in a prehistoric sand pit, an arts and crafts shop, tea shop, geode breaking and lots more.

4) Pumpkin Rescue Festival

From Friday 23rd October to Saturday 7th November Cambridge’s Pumpkin Festival is a celebration of food, which introduces new skills, carves up Halloween conventions and creatively encourages us to think about the food we throw away. Events include local businesses offering pumpkin themed street food, storytelling, a pumpkin carving competition, a FoodCycle lunch, a pumpkin picnic and a multi-faith pumpkin lantern procession at St Pauls. Many more events are listed on the website. However, you can visit Cambridge at any time as part of your Fox boating holiday.

5) Northampton Boat Club, River Nene

If you’re a local boater, Northampton boat club have a Halloween party on Saturday 31st. They are a small family orientated boating enthusiasts club situated on an island in the river Nene, not far from Northampton town centre. They welcome visitors to the club but are limited to the amount of visitor moorings they have, so please contact the club first, to enquire about available space.

6) Dr Fright’s Halloween Night

Earls Barton White’s Nurseries in Earls Barton host Dr Fright’s Halloween Night in the run up to Halloween. This is a walk-through Halloween experience including special effects, lighting effects, sound effects and live actors to make you jump, scream and laugh. Have we scared you off? Cambridgeshire is alive with history and culture at all times of the year; if you like the idea of exploring the Fenland waterways by boat check availability for next year now.

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