v THE HERALD - Proud to be part of your community Page 46 • The HERALD • 17th September 2026 OUT & ABOUT e sun might be out, but the shadows will be growing long at Sunny elds Farm… and this year, something much more sinister is taking root. Dark Harvest, a brand-new scare event is making its terrifying debut this Halloween season! Pumpkin Time 2026 will still be on the roster for that family friendly experience, opening on Saturday 3rd October. ere are exiting updates for this event! eir largest indoor experience yet will be based on a witch’s woods; think swamps, caves, witch’s huts, cauldrons… and apparently a 16 waterfall. Another new area, nestled behind the pyramid, will be a mad scientist bunker, featuring 5 experimental rooms. is is a space where things might go right or might go wrong. Toxic waste and strange specimens are just some of the things that may be discovered here. Bringing the site to life, will be three roaming actors. ese will be family friendly characters who are there to carry the magic. ey will be there to entertain, make you smile and be a new addition to your family photo. Pumpkins, let’s not forget the pumpkins! Amongst the over 100,000 pumpkins and squash, we are told that there will be new varieties of all shapes and sizes. Carve, decorate your house or make an autumn soup; they will all be there to pop in your wheelbarrow. Also made out of the pumpkins and squash, is the now, world famous pyramid. e pyramid designs hold two Guinness World Records and last year was visited by Sharon, Jack and Kelly Osbourne, a er the mural of the late Ozzy Osbourne. What will this year’s design be… From Saturday 10th October, a DJ will be on site every open day from 2.30pm, providing the perfect soundtrack for pumpkin picking. Tickets are £7.50 per person; children under two go free. Dark Harvest 2026 is designed for those who prefer their autumn nights with a sharper edge, it o ers three distinct scare mazes that visitors test themselves against; Iron Haze Yard, Circursed and e Cult Reaping. In each of the three mazes, there will be up to 10 scare actors, as well as roaming actors lingering around the site. In Iron Haze Yard, a toxic chemical cloud has turned the scrapyard workers feral. Guests must navigate claustrophobic walls of rusted steel and crushed cars, taking care not to linger too long in the haze. Circursed brings a twisted carnival to the village green. e clowns here are not interested in entertainment; they expect their audience to keep moving through the surreal funhouse or risk becoming the punchline. Finally, e Cult Reaping drops visitors into a secretive community’s moonlit harvest ritual. Escape the sacred grounds quickly, or risk becoming the main course at the feast. Dark Harvest tickets are priced at £27.50 for ages 16 and over and £17.50 for ages 13–15, with 13 being the minimum age. Crucially, every Dark Harvest ticket also grants full access to Pumpkin Time on the same visit. Full event information and tickets can be found at: www.sunny elds.co.uk NEW SCARE EVENT JOINS PUMPKIN TIME AT SUNNYFIELDS FARM
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