How to get Alton Towers Scarefest 2025 tickets for this year's Halloween event

Plus, with Scarefest activities both old and new running throughout the park’s opening hours, there is plenty of time to enjoy the spooky attractions as well as themed areas like CBeebies Land and Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life.

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Buy Scarefest tickets from £68 £34 (save £34 or 50%) at Alton Towers

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• What is Alton Towers Scarefest?
• When is Scarefest 2025?
• How to get Alton Towers Scarefest tickets

What is Alton Towers Scarefest?

Scarefest at Alton Towers is an award-winning annual event which sees the Stoke-on-Trent theme park transformed into a labyrinth of Scare Mazes, spine-tingling live shows, and more.

During Scarefest, you can take on the rides in the dark — will you be brave enough to tackle the six-storey high Wicker Man which bursts into flames as you descend? Or how about plummeting into the pitch black while riding Oblivion?

There's also the live-action scare maze COMPOUND, where you will be thrust into a sinister sci-fi adventure where things aren't quite as they seem, and new for 2025 is Edge of the Forest: another live-action scare maze set in the heart of the woods, where the vines twist and the forest shifts with every step.

Plus, for the little ones, there's spooktacular live shows, as well as meet and greets at the front lawn arena.

Buy Scarefest tickets from £68 £34 (save £34 or 50%) at Alton Towers

Here's how to get cheap Alton Towers tickets and how to get cheap Thorpe Park tickets.

Plus, Thorpe Park has its very own Halloween events, and you can bag Fright Night tickets here.

When is Scarefest 2025?

Scarefest at Alton Towers will run between 27th September to 28th September, 3rd to 5th, 10th to 12th, and 17th October to 2nd November 2025.

How long is Alton Towers open during Scarefest?

Unlike Thorpe Park’s Fright Night which begins its spooky activities from 3pm, Scarefest will take place during Alton Towers’ opening times, from 10am until 9pm, giving you a whole 11-hours of terrifying treats.

If you’d like to visit Alton Towers but wouldn’t like to take part in Scarefest, you can still enjoy the 40 rides and attractions, as well as 10 themed areas, such as The World of David Walliams, and rides for little ones like the Night Garden Magical Boat Ride.

Buy Scarefest tickets from £68 £34 (save £34 or 50%) at Alton Towers

How to get Alton Towers Scarefest 2025 tickets

As we head into autumn, you won't be surprised to learn that Scarefest at Alton Towers tickets are on sale right now.

You can buy a day pass ticket for £34 if you book in advance or £68 if you purchase on the day, and this will get you access to all Scarefest activities, including the rides.

Buy Scarefest tickets from £68 £34 (save £34 or 50%) at Alton Towers

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