Living History Event at Longthorpe Tower - All Hallow's Eve

Name: Living History Event at Longthorpe Tower - All Hallow's Eve
Start: 2025-11-01T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-01T16:30:00+00:00
Location: Nene Park Trust, Ham Farm House, Ham Lane, PE2 5UU Peterborough, United Kingdom

Date & Time

Sat Nov 01 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Nene Park Trust, Ham Farm House, Ham Lane, PE2 5UU Peterborough, United Kingdom | Peterborough, EN

Living History Event at Longthorpe Tower - All Hallow's Eve

Details

How was Halloween commemorated in the Middle Ages? What did people believe about witches, magic and ghosts at this time?
Join us for a day that explores medieval beliefs in such things, with the chance to find out about medieval herblore and spells, as well as ghost story telling at 11am and 2pm, and the chance to take part in a 'Mummer's Play' of the story of the 'Three Living and Three Dead' at 12.30pm and 3pm, as shown in the Tower's famous wall paintings.
Tickets are Adults, £10 each, children and English Heritage members £5

Event Location

Nene Park Trust, Ham Farm House, Ham Lane, PE2 5UU Peterborough, United Kingdom, Peterborough Boat Trips, Ham Lane, Peterborough, PE2 5, United Kingdom