39+ awesome autumn events in Surrey

Here’s our bumper guide to the brilliant autumn events in Surrey that you really won’t want to miss!

As we see out the end of summer, it may seem like doom and gloom, but there’s plenty going on in Surrey this autumn.  In our guide we’ve done a round up of the top upcoming events and some of the best things to do in October half-term.

Autumn really comes into its own in Surrey and brings a fantastic choice of seasonal activities to get out and enjoy.  You’ll find family fun days, heritage events, foodie festivals, and cultural celebrations. Plus, a whole pile of leaf-crunching, conker-bashing autumn fun.

So, whether you’re looking for weekend ideas or things to do during half-term and Halloween, we’ve got something for you.

Read on to check out our round-up of awesome events in Surrey for autumn 2023.

From foodie festivals to book months, there’s a whole load of things to do in Surrey this autumn.  Here’s  a pick of the best:-

• Enjoy a walk in the Surrey countryside as part of the annual Guildford Walkfest (1^st September – 30^th September 2023)
• Sign up for Mind Fest, a mental health and wellbeing Festival at Dorking Halls (Saturday 18th November 2023)
• Celebrate a month of craft activities during Farnham Craft Month (October 2023)
• Enjoy a day of food, music and children’s activities by the river at Dapdune Wharf for Guildford’s Wey River Festival
• Attend the Guildford Book Festival (1^st – 18^th October 2023)
• Take part in the Surrey Hedgerow Festival at Horsley Place (21st October 2023)

Foodies in Surrey are going to love this tantalizing choice of food events happening locally in September and October.

• Enjoy a Surrey beer at the Hog’s Back’s Hop Harvest Festival (Saturday 16th September 2023)
• Go pumpkin picking at one of Surrey’s pick-your own farms
• Tickle your taste buds at the Festival of Flavours at RHS Wisley (from 11^th – 15^th October 2023)
• Enjoy crispy apples during Orchard Day at Gatton Park in Reigate (1^st October 2023)
• Try a traditional Bavarian beer at the Oktoberfest in Camberley! (13^th and 14^th October 2023)
• Enrol on the Harvest Secret Vineyard Trail & Wine Tasting Experience at Denbies

What better way to spend the weekends in Surrey than in the glorious Surrey countryside.  Take yourself out to enjoy the seasonal colour.

• Collect conkers
• Visit our pick of the best places to see autumn colour in Surrey in 2023
• See the rutting deer in Richmond Park
• Kick through some leaves on an autumn walk in Surrey

• Admire the red maples at Winkworth Arboretum
• Climb Box Hill
• Have a wander through Bushy Park

• Watch the spellbinding show Life of Pi at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking (2- 7^th October 2023)
• Browse handmade arts and crafts and sample homemade local produce at the Surrey Hills Artisan Market at Painshill Park (23^rd and 24^th September 2023)
• Watch motor cars from all ages put through their paces at Brooklands Museum’s Autumn Motorsport Day (8^th October 2023)
• Immerse yourself in the shimmering fire and light trail at Polesdon Lacey’s Ignite
• Visit the Rural Life Museum for Land Rover Day on 8^th October 2023
• Sign up for a bushcraft course in Caterham
• Watch the Great All-England Horse Ploughing Match, Show and Country Fair in Puttenham (Sunday 22^nd October 2023)
• Enjoy a range of creative activities at the Family Fun Day at G Live in Guildford (Saturday 28^th October 2023)
• Explore Surrey’s local history, culture and architecture with the Heritage Open Days events (8-17th September 2023)

Check out all the spook-tacular Halloween events happening in Surrey at half-term.

• Carve your own Halloween pumpkin
• Find a spooky Halloween event in Surrey
• Scare yourself silly at Fright Night at Thorpe Park
• Go to a firework display
• Once upon a Crime at Godstone Park (October half-term)
• Try some spooky crafts at the Rural Life Living Museum (23^rd, 24^th, and 27^th October 2023)

Make the most of all the other fantastic things to do in Surrey.  If this is not enough, take a look at our guide to 40 things to do in Surrey with kids

• Follow an art trail at The Sculpture Park in Churt
• Have a hot chocolate with marshmallows in the park
• Meet the animals at the British Wildlife Centre
• Let off steam on the Gruffalo trail at Alice Holt Forest
• Follow the Fairy Door Trail at Painshill Park
• Make your own scarecrow

What are your must-do autumn events in Surrey for 2023?

We’d love to hear your comments below.

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