Halloween 2022: Five spooky things to do in London this weekend

With the evenings getting darker and the supermarkets becoming adorned with pumpkin displays and sweets, it can only mean one thing - Halloween.

In London, there’s plenty of fright-filled fun to be had, so you’d better get your costume ready in time.

From haunted boat tours to a horror show, here are five of our favourite Halloween events happening in the city this weekend.

The Horror Show!: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain

Somerset House, The Strand, WC2R 1LA Till February 19 2023 Tickets £16.50/ £12 conc

Somerset House’s new show ‘The Horror Show!: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain’, explores how horror has informed the last 50 years of creative rebellion.

The exhibition presents an alternative perspective on the last five decades of modern British history in three acts – Monster, Ghost and Witch and offers a heady ride through the disruption of 1970s punk to the revolutionary potential of modern witchcraft.

The landmark exhibition features over 200 artworks and culturally significant artefacts from some of our country’s most provocative artists including Noel Fielding, Juno Calypso and Leonora Carrington.

Take a haunted boat tour with Go Boat

Starting in Paddington, Canary Wharf and Kingston From £12 per person

A London based boat rental company is offering guests a chance to discover the most haunted spots of the city’s canals and waterways.

GoBoat London has teamed up with a paranormal expert to discover the mysteries that lurk on the waterways.

Ghost hunter extraordinaire Dr Ciaran O’Keeffe has listed some of the spookiest spots around Paddington, Kingston and Canary Wharf.

You can book your spooky GoBoat tour from Paddington, Kingston or Canary Wharf.

London Dungeon Halloween Show

London Dungeons, The Queen’s Walk, SE1 7PB Till Monday October 31 Tickets: From £28

London Dungeon’s brand-new blood-curdling show called ’50 Berkeley Square’ is set in the attic of the most haunted house in London.

The show will uncover the many spine-chilling and unexplained happenings which have occurred at the property stretching back to the 1850s.

From the story of a young girl, trapped in the attic and murdered by her servant; to that of a heartbroken women who took her own life, and a scared-to-death sea Captain who thought to disprove the haunting myths.

It is said these poor souls still wander the halls of the haunted house.

No Escape Halloween Special

Various Locations (Oxford Street, Aldgate East, Brixton and Holloway) Till Monday October 31 Tickets £35 pp

Prepare to be terrified at this spooky escape room.

No Escape are teaming up with the UK Haunters team to run Halloween special events across their four locations.

Choose from their seven different themed escape rooms in Oxford Street, Aldgate East, Brixton and Holloway.

You and your friends have an hour to either diffuse a chemical weapon before the whole of London turns into blood thirsty ghouls, free your boss from prison before the inmates turn into flesh eating zombies or outwit possessed dolls at a haunted toy store.

Each of the rooms will have at least one actor and creepy character throughout the game which you will need to interact with if you are brave enough.

Hallowed Peak

Unit 4 Canada Water Retail Park, Surrey Quays Road, London, SE16 2XU Fridays and Saturdays till November 4 Tickets: £45

From the creators of the immersive experience Phantom Peak, Hallowed Peak is a seasonal special featuring 13 new trails and quests, fantastic live music, carnival acts and plenty of goosebump-inducing ghost stories.

Look out for paranormal investigators roaming the streets or explore the town’s new graveyard experience.

There are clues to uncover, drinks to be gulped down, food to be devoured and games to be played.