Pumpkin picking and ghost tours: your guide to Halloween in Cardiff

We’re taking a look at the most exciting halloween events going on in and around Cardiff this spooky season.

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00:00We're getting closer and closer to Halloween, and plenty of us will be having some pumpkin

00:05picking plans or ghost tours coming up, so we're taking a look at what we can be getting

00:10up to this October to celebrate spooky season.

00:13There's absolutely loads going on, so we'll be taking a look at just some of the highlights

00:18around Cardiff and the rest of South Wales, with pumpkin festivals to ghost trains, there's

00:23something for everyone, whether you're looking to get a scare or just a bit of family fun.

00:28One place in South Wales that really comes into its own through Halloween is the little

00:32known museum of oddities called The Morbitorium, in Pontywain, just north of Newport.

00:37The little museum is open all year round, but of course there's no time like Halloween

00:41to go and explore some of the weirdest things you'll see in a museum, from a collection

00:45of Ouija boards, to Victorian medical equipment, to taxidermied animals.

00:50And throughout October, they're hosting some special one-off events.

00:54The Morbitorium is my collection of oddities, it's been growing steadily for 10 years, and

01:01it's always spooky, but it's Halloween time, so it's even spookier now.

01:06So yeah, you can see the cobwebs are up, the pumpkins are out, spiderwebs up the front

01:12as well, so we're all geared up, ready for Halloween.

01:15Just before Halloween, they're hosting a haunting tour, where you can use the Ouija board to

01:19explore some of the eerie goings-on around the museum, and much more.

01:24They've also got plenty of pumpkin patches around Cardiff, and one which has a number

01:28of huge fields to explore and find the pumpkin which is right for you, is Clearwell Farm.

01:34It's a working farm which is open every weekend through, until Halloween, with a spooky display

01:38in the main barn, and a fleet of wheelbarrows you can take around to find the biggest and

01:42best pumpkins, ready to be carved when you get home.

01:46This is our display barn, and we've got a smoking dragon at the back, we've got a few

01:50witches and a couple of ghosts hanging around, a spider's web, make sure you don't get caught

01:56in the spider's web, and it's just pretty for people to look at.

02:00And if it rains, they can just come straight to the barn and get one.

02:04Cardiff's Halloween Festival is also a popular new event which has grown massively in the

02:08last few years.

02:10It has a cornfield, pumpkin patches, mazes, games, bars for a really exciting day out

02:15with the family, to get in the Halloween spirit.

02:18But speaking from experience, you'll definitely need wellies for this one.

02:23There's live performances, street food, and even fairground rides, so this can be a full

02:27day out with the family.

02:28St Fagans will also be hosting their very own Halloween event on the few days around

02:33the big day.

02:34After nightfall, the whole site is full of different characters taking you through the

02:38museum telling ghostly tales of their lives.

02:42There's Halloween crafting, Halloween decorations, and it all comes together for an amazing show

02:46at the end where all the characters join in to burn down the Wicker Man as we bring

02:50in the winter and say goodbye to the warmer months.

02:53So there's so much to be getting up to all around the area this Halloween, you've just

02:57got to go out and find it.