insideKENT Magazine Issue 43 - October 2015 | Page 112

HALLOWEEN
kentish Halloween Haunts cont.
Halloween Horrors at Fort Amherst

Halloween Train of Terror

Chatham // 23-31 Oct
This year is the 30th anniversary of this famous event – join in if you dare!
Fort Amherst’s annual Halloween Horrors have been described by the
experts at Scare Tour UK as ‘not for the faint of heart’ and as being ‘like
something straight out of a horror film!’ by What’s On magazine... and they
are as terrifying now as they have ever been! However following last year's
success with events suitable for younger guests, the children’s and teens
tours will again be available for this October.
www.fortamherst.com

Dover // 25 & 31 Oct – 1 Nov
Prepare to be spooked at the Halloween Train of Terror event with East
Kent Railway. Discover the Haunted Tunnel on the Train of Terror!
www.eastkentrailway.co.uk

Kent Life Halloween Ghost Hunt

Freak Week at The Hop Farm
Paddock Wood // 24 Oct – 1 Nov
Treat the kids to a spook-tastic feast of fun at The Hop Farm for the half
term holidays! Dress up in your best Halloween fancy dress and come and
join in. Here's just some of the fun that's in store: indoor Halloween
entertainment, ghoulish face painting, crazy animal show, 4D cinema,
creepy storytelling, magic show, ghostly disco, magic castle, and a Halloween
fancy dress competition. And on the 30th and 31st October there are
spectacular evening firework displays!
www.thehopfarm.co.uk

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Sandling // 30-31 Oct
Situated at the bottom of one of the most haunted hills in England, Blue
Bell Hill, Kent Life is a working farm and tourist attraction during the day,
but by night it takes on a very different and sinister feeling. As part of
Allington Castle, this land was once owned by Sir Thomas Wyatt, lover of
Anne Boleyn. The Lenham Cottages here, which are Grade II listed buildings,
and the chapel, originally built in 1897, were all moved from various locations
and rebuilt piece by piece on the farm. An old gypsy caravan sits near one
of the barns and is said to be cursed. Ghosts rumoured to haunt here are
that of a German fighter pilot whose plane crashed on the site, a woman
seen holding her baby, and also a ghostly figure seen wandering near the
pond close to the oast house… Will you be able to spend the night, or be
brave enough to try a lone vigil?
www.twilightghosthunts.co.uk