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Top story Romford Halloween 2026: pumpkin carving, ghost trail and Spooky Sunday Halloween in Havering for 2026: £5 pumpkin carving and a ghost trail at Rainham Hall, Spooky Sunday at Upminster Windmill on 25 October, and what is sold out. · 5 min read

Dates for the diary

  1. On now to 19 Dec Exhibition: Filming Sense and Sensibility at Rainham Hall Rainham Hall
  2. On now to 31 Oct Halloween Treasure Hunt, Elm Park Library Elm Park Library
  3. On now to 22 Oct Silver: 25 years of textiles and mixed media art Fairkytes Arts Centre · Free
  4. Tue 6 Oct Hornchurch v Fulham PL2, National League Cup 7pm · Hornchurch Stadium
  5. 7 to 10 Oct Oh Zeus! Queen's Theatre Hornchurch · From £18.70
  6. Thu 8 Oct Havering Tea Dance 12.30pm · New Windmill Hall · From £4
  7. Sat 10 Oct Rainy Days, Monday and Good Old Dreams Brookside Theatre
  8. 10 to 11 Oct Upminster Windmill and gardens open weekend Upminster Windmill
  9. Sat 10 Oct Tale of the Loneliest Whale 10.30am · Queen's Theatre Hornchurch · From £8.70
  10. Sat 10 Oct Hornchurch v Eastleigh 3pm · Hornchurch Stadium · From £20
  11. Sun 11 Oct All Things Austen: Step into Regency at Rainham Hall 12pm · Rainham Hall
  12. Wed 14 Oct Comedy Club, October 8pm · Queen's Theatre Hornchurch · From £15.70

More stories

Community Romford Indoor Regatta: 150 Children Race at The Mercury More than 150 Romford children raced dry-land boats at The Mercury until 3 October for Comic Relief, in a regatta run by the first ITV Gladiators champion. · 5 min read Events What's On in Romford: Oh Zeus! 7 Oct, Fireworks 6 and 7 Nov Oh Zeus! opens at the Queen's Theatre on 7 October, and fireworks are set for 6 and 7 November. 40 dated Romford and Havering events, with times and prices. · 11 min read Christmas Santa's Grotto in Romford: The Mercury, £10, No Booking The Mercury's grotto in Romford was £10 last year with no booking. Christmas Land in Hornchurch runs 27 November to 2 January, grotto £8 a child. · 5 min read Rainham Rainham Hall Winter Opening: Thu to Sat, Shut 24 to 31 Dec Rainham Hall opens Thursday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm, through winter and closes 24 to 31 December. Prices from £3.25, the Sense and Sensibility show, RM13 free. · 4 min read Heritage Heritage Open Days Havering 2026: 7 free openings and times Seven Havering places open free this September, from Bower House to Rainham Hall. Dates, times, which need booking and the one walk capped at 20. · 6 min read Bonfire Night Romford fireworks 2026: two dates set, no tickets yet Two Havering displays have 2026 dates: Marshalls Park on Friday 6 November and Coopers' Coborn on Saturday 7 November. Neither has tickets on sale yet. · 7 min read Christmas Romford Christmas lights: no switch-on here since 2023 Romford's Market Place switch-on was cut in 2024 and has not returned. The seven Havering town centre events that did run last year, and when 2026 dates are due. · 5 min read Christmas Hornchurch panto 2026: Robin Hood dates, times, prices Robin Hood runs at the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch from 18 November to 2 January. Every performance time, the £14.70 to £36.70 prices and the five access dates. · 6 min read Remembrance Havering Remembrance Sunday: 8 Nov, seven parade times Remembrance Sunday 2026 is 8 November. Romford steps off at 10.30am outside the Liberty, and six other Havering parades and services run to an 11am silence. · 3 min read