And with Halloween comes thoughts of fancy dress, trick or treating and pumpkin picking.
If wrapping up warm and heading to a pick-your-own pumpkin patch to find the biggest, juiciest pumpkin to carve is part of your family’s autumn tradition, Northamptonshire is a great place to be as there are plenty of options.
Farms across the county will soon be opening up their pumpkin patches and, for some, tickets are already available, with the first patch opening on the last weekend of September!
Below are 11 places in Northamptonshire where you can pick your own pumpkin or enjoy other Halloween fun this year.
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5. Mini Meadows Farm
The farm in Naseby Road, Welford is this year hosting a wicked pumpkin trial, which will see visitors venturing through a forbidden forest, while looking for seven lost charms hidden in the twisting trails. Visitors will then get to wander around the pumpkin palace where they can pick a pumpkin to take home. The trail is available from Saturday October 18 to Friday October 31. Tickets are on sale on the Mini Meadows website. Photo: Facebook/Mini Meadows Farm
6. West Lodge Farm
The farm in Back Lane, Desborough will be open on Friday October 10 and Friday October 17 for evening pumpkin picking, then over the weekend of October 11 and 12 and October 18 and 19, before being open everyday from Monday October 20 to Friday October 31. The patch will be open from 10am to 4pm with thousands of pumpkins of all shapes and sizes. Tickets are on sale on the farm's website for the pumpkin festival, which includes a whole host of Halloween festivities. Photo: Facebook/West Lodge Farm
7. Saxby's Cider
The cider farm in Farndish, near Wellingborough, will open its pumpkin patch on Saturday October 11, Sunday October 12, Saturday October 18, Sunday October 19, Saturday October 25 and Sunday October 26, from 10am until 4pm. Tickets are priced at £5 per car, with pumpkins charged separately. The bar and shop will be open with trailer rides also on offer, weather dependant. Tickets can be booked on the Saxby's website. Photo: Facebook/Saxby's Cider
8. Wappenham Farm
The farm in Wappenham near Towcester will open on Saturday October 4 for the first two weekends of October. It will then be open everyday from Monday October 13 to Friday October 31. There will be a variety of pumpkins to pick from, as well as a 3D spooky trail, a play patch, corn cannons, photo opportunities, a Halloween shop, food and drink and more. Tickets can be booked on the farm's website. Photo: Facebook/Wappenham Farm