17th October - 1st November
Take part in Spooky Winch this October – A city-wide Halloween-themed Spooky Letter Hunt!
This October and during the school half-term week, Winchester Business Improvement District (BID) is organising a free, fun-filled, Halloween-themed trail around the city. This year it’s time to hunt the letters to make a spooky word, a slight tweak to the traditional word hunt.
The Spooky Winch Letter Hunt runs from Saturday 17 October to Sunday 1 November 2026. Enjoy taking part in the trail and once completed enter a prize draw to win a Halloween-inspired hamper. Spot the plot twist. This trail is for ‘letters’ that need to be unscrambled to create a 9 lettered spooky related word.
Before heading out across the city, collect a copy of the Spooky Winch trail sheet from the Visitor Information Centre, The Arc or Winchester City Museum, or click here to download a trail sheet at home. Hard copies of the trail sheets will be available to collect at these venues from Saturday 17 October 2026.
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Catch the Bluestar One For Everyone into Winchester, running up to every 10 minutes! All single fares are just £3 and up to 2 kids under 5 can travel for free with a paying adult or concessionary pass holder.