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With bats and black cats, tricks and treats and Halloween right around the corner, it’s time to embrace the wicked ways of Nottinghamhsire. To help you through the month of bogeymen and broomsticks we’ve compiled a list of family-fun events for little monsters and their grown ups to enjoy.

The perfect outing to get into the autumn spirit, Bolsover Castle's Greatest Show was an enchanting concoction of firey feats, jaunty characters and comforting autumnal treats.

Goose Fair soon returns for its whopping 735th year in Nottingham, bringing the sights, smells, and sounds of one of the biggest and oldest funfairs in Europe to the Forest Recreation Ground. Opening on Wednesday 2nd October, the fair runs until Sunday 6th, so why not make a weekend of it? We've rounded up some of the best places to eat, drink, play and stay during your visit.

Roll up! Roll up! Come and experience the sensational lights and thrilling delights of one of Europe’s oldest and largest travelling fairs! Yes, that’s right ladies and gentlemen, Nottingham’s Goose Fair returns to the pretty green plains of the Forest Recreation Ground between the 2^nd and 6^th of October.

I was vaguely regretting arranging to go ice skating, or rather TELLING the children that we would be going ice skating when they woke up at the crack of dawn to remind us that we were going. Next time I won’t be so silly! There will be a next time because to say the Tots Zone was a success, would be an understatement!

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise… The all new Nets Kingdom at Sherwood Pines! A welcome addition to the Go Ape family which already includes two different tree top adventures and a forest Segway experience. I was lucky enough to take my ‘tribe’ to try out this exciting activity earlier this month...