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Let’s get SPOOKY
All aboard for the scariest ride of your life. Exbury's Hallowe'en Ghost Train promises to be a scare a second as hosts Napoleon Bone-apart and Batty the Vampire deliver terrible tales of the lost village of Exbury and equally terrible jokes.
Expect skeletons and scarecrows, werewolves and cyclops en route plus a heart-stopping tunnel stop where passengers may hear the ghoulish greeting of a long-lost Rothschild, ancestor to Exbury's owners today.
All children receive a Hallowe'en candy treat, and there will be goody bags for anyone in fancy dress.
Don't forget to visit the spectacular gardens where you can spot spooky trees like the Chinese coffin tree, devil's walking stick, Domesday yew, the headache tree and the ghost tree.
Ghost Trains run from 10.45am, Monday-Sunday. Admission (including gardens): £9.50 for adults (£9 pensioners), £4.50 for children three-15.
To reserve your seat on the fright ride call 023 8089 5750 or visit www.exbury.co.uk.
IT'S half price entry for children visiting Beaulieu in Hallowe'en costumes this half-term week.
From Saturday, the New Forest attraction will be offering Phantom tours of the National Motor Museum, spooky stories in Palace House and a chance to quiz some real ghost hunters in the haunted Abbey as well as face-painting and a Witch's cauldron lucky dip.
For more information, visit www.beaulieuevents.co.uk or call 01590 612123
MOTTISFONT Abbey near Romsey is beckoning visitors through its gates for a week of torch-lit tours and spine-tingling family fun.
The spirits of previous owners, staff and even pets, haunt their former homes and walk hand-in-hand with those living there today.
Ghoulish activities include a craft workshop on Monday and guided family ghost tours on Thursday and Friday.
Keep your eyes peeled for The Lady in Grey who is said to haunt the gardens
Tours every 30 minutes from 6pm, £7 for adults, £3.50 for children.
To book a tour, call 0870 428 8933 or visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events.
MARWELL'S collection of creepy crawlies, bats, owls, spiders and slippery snakes is sure to whet appetites for Hallowe'en.
As if that wasn't hair-raising enough, the zoo is also running ghost and goblin face-painting, spooky storytelling and ghoulish food.
Marwell's friendly witch will be reading stories at 1pm, 2.30pm and 4pm daily in the Marwell Ark Gift Shop. Standard park admission prices apply.
For information and tickets,
visit www.marwell.org.uk
And don't miss:
Skeleton puppet-making
and spiderweb
sculpture at
Southampton City Art Gallery on Tuesday
Hallowe'en Make and Play special at Bitterne Leisure Centre on Wednesday Mask making and Hallowe'en-themed swimming at Oaklands Pool, Lordshill on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
2:22pm Friday 19th October 2007
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