This Weekend in Liverpool with Kids: 3 and 4 October 2026

🍎 Apple Day at Speke Hall

OutdoorSaturday onlyAll ages

When: Saturday 3 October, 11am to 2pm
Where: The Orchard, Speke Hall, L24
Price: Normal admission (free for National Trust members)

An autumn morning in the orchard celebrating all things apple, run with Alchemic Kitchen. A gentle one for all ages.

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🦉 Woodland Owl Workshop at Speke Hall

Sunday onlyCrafts

When: Sunday 4 October, 1pm to 4pm
Where: Speke Hall, L24
Price: see the National Trust page

An afternoon owl craft session in the grounds of Speke Hall. If you missed Apple Day on Saturday, this is a lovely reason to visit on Sunday instead.

Speke Hall events

🛝 Free pick: a playground near you

FreeOutdoorAll ages

Where: 29 playgrounds across Liverpool

Dry autumn days are perfect for a run around the park. Browse our playgrounds by area, with photos, facilities and our own tips from visiting with the kids.

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☔ Rainy day: World Museum

FreeIndoor

Where: William Brown Street, city centre
Price: Free

The aquarium, bug house and dinosaurs keep most ages busy for a couple of hours. Get there early at weekends, as it gets busy after 11am.

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🪿 Goosefest at WWT Martin Mere

OutdoorGreat for under 5sIncluded with entryFree late night Sat

When: Every day until Sunday 18 October
Free late night: Saturday 3 October, to watch thousands of geese fly in to roost at dusk (also most Wednesdays and Saturdays until 24 October)
Where: Fish Lane, Burscough L40 0TA (about 20 minutes from Southport)
Price: Included with normal admission

Tens of thousands of pink-footed geese arrive from Iceland and Greenland every autumn, and it’s an amazing sight for kids. Follow the Big Goose Trail (designed by local schoolchildren) and catch a daily wild bird feed.

Goosefest details

🎃 Pumpkin Festival at Farmer Ted’s

OutdoorBook ahead20% off this weekend

When: Opens Friday 2 October, until Sunday 1 November
Where: Downholland, near Ormskirk (L39)
Price: From £12 per person, family tickets from £41.50, online only
Deal: 20% off tickets on 2, 3 and 4 October

Thousands of pumpkins, a Jurassic Halloween trail with animatronic dinosaurs, a maize maze and marshmallow toasting. Weekends sell out, so book ahead.

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🔬 Tree-mendous Weekends at Eureka!

IndoorRainy dayUnder 7s zone

When: Saturdays and Sundays until 18 October, 10am to 4pm
Where: Eureka! Science + Discovery, Seacombe (next to the ferry terminal)
Price: Tickets work as an annual pass

Tree-themed weekend fun on top of four hands-on zones, plus The Burrow for under 7s. Arrive by Mersey Ferry to make a proper day of it.

Eureka! website

Free entry optionsOutdoorWellies!

• The Pumpkin Patch, Hightown: open daily from 1 October, 9am to 6pm. Free entry, pay for your pumpkins, no booking needed.
• Rainfords Farm, Eccleston (St Helens): free entry and parking, pumpkins from £1.25. Just turn up. Details
• Birchall’s Farm, Rainford: opens Saturday 3 October. Details
• Church View Farm, Lydiate: opens Saturday 3 October, free entry. Details
• Vineyard Farm, Poulton Road, Wirral: open daily in October, 10am to 5pm. No booking needed.
• Claremont Farm, Bebington, Wirral: pay per kilo, no booking needed. Look out for white ghost pumpkins and green ones too.
• Benty Farm, Thurstaston, Wirral: £2 per adult, under-2s free, pumpkins per kilo. Book in advance.

Opening days can change with the weather, so check the farm’s page before you set off.

• ✨ River of Light, 23 October to 1 November: a free trail of light art around Liverpool city centre, perfect for half-term evenings.
• 🎭 Comic Con Liverpool, 10 and 11 October, Exhibition Centre Liverpool: lots of families go in costume.
• 👻 Spooky Speke, evenings throughout October until 29 October, 5:45pm to 7:30pm at Speke Hall. Details
• ☘️ Liverpool Irish Festival Family Day, Saturday 24 October, 11am to 4pm, Museum of Liverpool. Free, just turn up.
• 🏫 Year 7 school applications close on Saturday 31 October. Key dates
• 🎃 Our Halloween and half-term guide and 🎆 Bonfire Night 2026 guide