Pumpkin picking and Halloween celebrations in Dorset

October is the season for colourful pumpkins and spooky goings on for Halloween.

Picking your own pumpkins is great fun and means you can get what you want fresh from the farm.

Wear shoes suitable for mud and take a bag to put the pumpkins in. Don’t forget to use a boot liner or cardboard to protect your vehicle as the pumpkins are straight off a field.

Where to pick pumpkins in Dorset

• Bincombe Bumps Pumpkins, Weymouth
• Dewflock Farm, Dorchester
• Farmer Palmers Farm Park, Poole
• Gorcombe Pumpkins, Blandford
• Pumpkin Patch at Gullivers Farm, Ferndown

Halloween events in Dorset 👻

Halloween Garden Hunt, The Walled Garden, Moreton, Dorchester 26 October to 3 November

Halloween Ghost Train, Swanage Railway 25 October to 2 November

Halloween Trail, Swanage Pier 25 October to 3 November

Nothe of the Living Dead 31 October and 1 November. Minimum age 16. Jump scares and escape dungeon-style challenges and puzzles in an hour-long experience. Nothe fort, Weymouth.