Welcome to the third version of Leisure Magpie. On this weblog we’re specializing in the Autumn.
The Summer season Holidays are over and Christmas is on the horizon. In between there’s half-term and Halloween. There are offers for these of you who wish to get out and about dressed as a cute cat, an outsized pumpkin or a personality from 5 Nights at Freddy’s.
There’s additionally a spherical up and reminder of get to the cinema and the theatre on a budget, in addition to see your favorite TV exhibits being filmed. Lastly, we’ve included a bit for individuals who favor cosy time on the couch (in full head to toe Halloween costumes, if that’s your factor).
Within the final version of Leisure Magpie, we featured a number of a number of the superb 2 for 1 days out you possibly can have if you journey by prepare. For those who click on here you’ll see that these offers are nonetheless on. Excellent for getting out about everywhere in the nation over half-term. From The Royal Pavilion in Brighton all the best way up the Loch Lomond Aquarium, there actually is one thing for everybody. Bear in mind reserving is crucial.
Halloween Enjoyable
Brick or Treat at Legoland
From 1st to 31st October Legoland is internet hosting the last word Household Halloween Social gathering! Brick or Deal with presents stay exhibits, improbable decorations and many monsters.
For those who e book upfront on-line it can save you as much as £30 off the value of an ‘on the day ticket’. For comparability, a median mid week day ticket prices £62, on-line it’s listed as £32. Legoland additionally accepts Tesco Clubcard vouchers.
Alton Towers Scarefest – 15th Anniversary
Alton Towers Scarefest is on the seventh – ninth, 14th – thirty first October 2022
The park can be open till 9pm throughout Scarefest so these of you who’re courageous sufficient can expertise the rides at nighttime. Different spooky treats embrace Wicker Man and the Alton Towers Dungeon.
Entry prices are from £42.00 per individual upfront as a substitute of the gate worth of £65.00. You may also change your Tesco Clubcard vouchers for entry tickets which is nice worth for cash.
SCREAMFEST – OVER 16s ONLY
Screamfest is on from 7th – 31st October 2022
For these of you with a stronger structure, the Nationwide Forest Journey Farm in Staffordshire is internet hosting Screamfest. Just for these aged 16 and above, Screamfest is certain to scare you foolish with points of interest known as Insomnia, Hillbilly Joe’s Zombie Zoo and Love Hurts-Final Orders.
If screaming till you lose your voice is your concept of the proper Halloween then tickets vary from £14 (for which you’ll benefit from the ambiance and the stay leisure, however not the scares) to £37 for quick observe to all of the horror on provide.
If you wish to get in over half-term or on Halloween itself then e book now for discounted on-line tickets – saving you round £5 on the ticket worth: BOOK EARLY
Halloween Enjoyable for FREE
SPOOKTACULAR FARMHOUSE HALLOWEEN TRAIL
Northycote Farm in Wolverhampton is internet hosting a free Halloween Path on Sunday October 30th.  No have to e book -just flip up – however there can be charity buckets round if you happen to’d wish to make a donation. There will even be a pumpkin carving competitors. Dressing up is inspired!
PUMPKIN FLOTILLA
For one thing a bit completely different why not go to the Stourbridge Glass Museum on Saturday 22nd October to observe the pumpkins float on the mill pond at nightfall. It truly is a magical Halloween occasion and it’s utterly free!
Free Pumpkin Patch Fair
On Friday 28th October you possibly can go to the Collectively Centre in Dukinfield for a spooky occasion. Entrance is free and households can get pleasure from trick or deal with hunt, halloween crafts spooky video games and far more.
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Watch your Favorite TV Reveals being Filmed – for FREE!
We might all do with some leisure proper now, have a very good giggle or stand up shut and private with our pin ups (perhaps not that shut, you don’t need to get into hassle).
Websites like SRO Audiences and Applause Store allow you to e book FREE tickets to a few of your favorite TV exhibits. Presently you may get tickets to see:
Studio locations are all the time restricted so get reserving to keep away from disappointment!
Theatre
There are all the time offers to be discovered on-line to see West Finish Reveals – here’s a pattern of what you possibly can snap up and the place:
Cinema
FMUK.ORG.UK
Do you know which you could see the newest releases at your native cinema – without cost? Free Films UK is a not for revenue organisation that works arduous to getting members as many free cinema tickets as doable. It really works as a discussion board primarily based group the place folks share info, codes and swap tickets. There are not any advertisements. No expenses. And it’s actually easy:
- Register on the web site here.
- Await the activation e-mail.
- Click on on the hyperlink to activate your account.
- Be part of the discussion board.
- Obtain code.
- Take code to the cinema.
- Purchase popcorn.
- Get pleasure from your movie!
Hidden Perks
It’s all the time price trying out any perks you would possibly have already got that got here together with your checking account or by way of your cellphone or broadband contract, for instance. One in all our crew discovered they’d 6 free Vue tickets with their Membership Lloyds account that they’d forgotten about. (They’d chosen them as a perk in January!). It’s price spending a little bit of time going by your emails and seeing if you happen to’ve missed or forgotten about any perks your self…
Tastecard
Additionally, don’t overlook that Tastecard* and Connoisseur Society aren’t only for consuming out! They can provide you financial savings of up 40% on Vue, Showcase, Picturehouse, Odeon and Empire. Some impartial cinemas are included within the deal too. Undoubtedly price trying out.
*You may get a Tastecard without cost for 60 days after which it renews at £5.99 a month. Offers for consuming out are often 2 for 1 or 50% off meals. Mix that with a visit to the cinema and also you’re positively going to make some large financial savings!
Change into a Member
One other nice technique to save on cinema tickets is to change into a member. Most of us both have a cinema that we favor (comfortable seats are non-negotiable for some, others fee theirs in response to the popcorn). Or there’s a cinema that’s closest or best to get to. Whichever it’s, take a look at their membership offers:
Odeon’s membership schemes are known as both myOdeon or myLimitless. Each offer you financial savings on movies, food and drinks. MyOdeon is free and lets you unlock Saver tickets however MyLimitless prices £14.99 a month. For that you simply’ll get cash off all movies and invitations unique viewings. Take a look at the membership offers right here.
Cineworld additionally presents limitless cinema for round £9.99 a month (at some greater cinemas, membership prices £15.99 a month). This lets you see any movie, any time, as many instances as you want, in addition to 10% off snacks and drinks. They’re additionally at the moment providing a free tastecard which suggests you get much more cash off offers included within the worth.
Lastly, keep watch over websites like Groupon. They recurrently provide discounted cinema tickets. On the time of writing, they’re providing 40% off Odeon tickets.
House Leisure
If Autumn for you means cosy nights in below a blanket, curtains closed and a heat drink in hand, then right here a couple of methods to remain entertained without cost.
Freeview
Freeview isn’t new, however generally it helps to do not forget that it’s a actually good technique to watch TV – lots of TV –  for FREE.
Freeview and FreeviewPlay offer you entry to over 40,000 hours of on demand leisure without cost. The platform has over 700 boxsets, round 70 normal channels, 15 HD channels and a very good search perform.
watch? Go to the web site and it’ll take you thru the steps it’s essential learn how to observe Freeview. A lot of TVs include it preinstalled as of late, however so long as you’ve acquired both a TV aerial or a wi-fi connection try to be good to go. Alternatively, you possibly can obtain the app and likewise watch in your PC or laptop computer
JustWatch
For those who’re like us, you’re starting to really feel a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of subscription providers that are actually out there. It began with Netflix, then Amazon Prime, Disney+, Paramount, Hulu…. the checklist feels prefer it’s rising day-after-day.
For those who’re on a finances however can’t determine which service to decide on, a fantastic free web site and app is JustWatch. On JustWatch you possibly can seek for your favorite motion pictures and TV exhibits and discover out the place they’re out there. Okay, so it’s unlikely your entire faves can be on one channel or service, however you would possibly discover that almost all are on Hulu for instance, so that you’ll know to not waste your cash on the others.
How typically have you ever heard a couple of programme or movie from a buddy or learn a evaluate, however forgetten the place to observe it?  JustWatch can help! It’ll inform you the place to go and even inform you the place to discover a movie without cost. It might be that Tornado, that 90s basic, is on the market on Prime for £3.49 however really it’s displaying without cost on Channel 5 in every week’s time.
Free Netflix Video games
Do you know which you could play video games without cost on the Netflix App? To get entry you will want a subscription* however Netflix is branching out and providing extra and completely different content material.
In the intervening time they solely provide 10 video games however they are saying they need to construct a library of video games. There’s even a pair Stranger Issues themed video games!
To get to the video games, open the app in your cellphone and scroll down the homepage. Look out for the row that’s devoted to video games. Once you faucet on the sport you need to play, you’ll get some directions, together with a short description of gameplay and some display screen photographs.
*Speaking of Netflix subscriptions, when was the final time you checked yours? A lot of us are paying unnecessarily for UHD and a number of screens. It can save you £5 a month/£60 a yr if you happen to downgrade from the Premium to the Normal plan. And don’t overlook, you possibly can cancel your plan at any time if you happen to really feel you’re simply not getting the use from it anymore.
Comfortable Autumn everybody. Whether or not a change within the climate makes you need to get out and kick leaves or leaves you eager to hibernate, get pleasure from! We’ll again with extra earlier than Christmas.
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