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Scare City returns to abandoned theme park with eight new horror zones this Halloween

Emily Sergeant

Scare City will be back in the North West once again this Halloween, and there’s eight new chilling horror zones this year.

After having firmly cemented itself as the region‘s favourite horror event for the past five years running, Scare City has announced that it’s getting ready for ‘another year of terror’ over in Lancashire, and although it may be the middle of summer right now and spooky season is some time off, tickets are currently on sale.

Once summer is over, the nights draw in, and the temperatures begin to drop, Scare City will be taking over the grounds of the abandoned Camelot Theme Park from next month, just as it has done for the past five years.

As mentioned, this year’s event is set to feature eight terrifying new zones.

Scare City horror experience returns to Camelot for 2023. Credit: Supplied, Jason Roberts Photographer — Scare City returns to an abandoned North West theme park for another year of terror this Halloween / Credit: Jason Roberts (Supplied)

There is no single story to survive this year. Instead, guests will be thrown from one nightmare into another – from a Victorian barber with blood on his hands, to a demonic orphanage, a cannibal settlement, a cursed forest, and a military bunker where the deceased are no longer dead.

One of the most sinister new additions is ‘Cutthroat & Co’, where the polished world of a Victorian barber conceals something rotten beneath the surface.

There’s also ‘The Devils Orphanage’, which brings a far more unsettling kind of terror with the sounds of children’s laughter and nursery rhymes echoing through the place.

For those who make it beyond these horrors, there is little chance of finding safety.

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The ‘Correction Facility’ plunges guests into the abandoned Camelot Asylum. ‘The Settlement’ offers a glimpse into a world after civilisation has collapsed, and ‘Thornveil Coven’ takes guests into a forest controlled by an ancient circle, where paths twist, whispers follow, and the woods themselves appear determined to keep intruders trapped.

‘CarniValley’ may be the only surviving zone from previous editions of Scare City, but survival is no longer guaranteed here.

Even when guests think they have escaped the horror, ‘Rest Bite’ offers no guarantee of safety, as the new food and bar experience has been designed as a retro diner and arcade inhabited by vampires and freaks who have their own ideas about entertainment.

More information about what other horrors await will be announced very soon.

Scare City 2026 will take over Camelot Theme Park, in Charnock Richard near Chorley in Lancashire, from Saturday 26 September and run until early November.

Tickets are now on sale and you can get yours here.

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Chester Zoo announces return of its £10 tickets for limited time only with extended opening hours

Emily Sergeant

Chester Zoo has announced the return of its popular £10 tickets deal for a limited time only.

You may remember that earlier this summer, Chester Zoo invited people from across the North West to visit for just £10, and as the offer proved so popular, they’ve now brought it back again for a limited time.

For the past three years running now, Chester Zoo has officially been named the UK’s best zoo thanks to tens of thousands of positive TripAdvisor reviews, and now as the summer draws to a close, you’ll get to see exactly what makes it such a special place worth visiting for a cut price.

With the offer only applicable to afternoons this summer, Afternoon Tickets allow entry to Chester Zoo from 2pm onwards – with the last entry being one-hour before it closes.

World's rarest lions at Chester Zoo — Chester Zoo is offering £10 tickets to visitors this summer / Credit: Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo is offering £10 tickets to visitors this summer / Credit: Chester Zoo

Without this offer, standard admission tickets to Chester Zoo usually cost up to £38 for adults, £37 for students, and £28 for children, all including a 10% donation to the zoo’s conservation efforts, while babies and carers go free.

So it really is worth making the most of these limited-time £10 tickets while you still can – with the offer now running until 6 September.

The best bit about the offer returning? The zoo is currently operating its extended opening hours until 6pm too, so included for the bargain price of a £10 ticket, you’ll even get to see all the animals while the sun goes down.

Afternoon tickets are only available online and must be booked in advance to claim the £10 offer.

Tickets can only be purchased online before 4pm on the day of your visit, and standard admission tickets can be purchased from our ticket office at the main entrance.

Find out more and book your £10 tickets online here.

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