39+ awesome autumn events in Surrey 2025

As summer fades, Surrey comes alive with the colours, flavours, and festivities of autumn.  If you’re searching for the very best autumn events in Surrey 2025, you’re in the right place!  From crisp countryside walks to vibrant festivals and spooky Halloween fun, there’s no shortage of things to do this September and October.

In this guide, we’ve rounded up the top Surrey autumn events and activities, from family-friendly days out and heritage celebrations to food and drink festivals, cultural highlights, and October half-term adventures.  Expect everything from pumpkin-picking and harvest fairs to live music, theatre, and seasonal markets.

So, whether you’re planning a fun-filled family day, a seasonal weekend escape, or simply want inspiration for things to do in Surrey this autumn, we’ve got you covered.

👉 Keep reading for our bumper round-up of the best events in Surrey this September, October, and the October half-term 2025.

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Celebrate autumn in Surrey with a lineup of incredible festivals, from lively music events and riverside fun to scenic walking festivals.  Here’s our guide to the best Surrey festivals in 2025.

• Take a walk in the Surrey countryside as part of the annual Guildford Walkfest (throughout September 2025)
• Relax with a day of food, music and children’s activities by the river at Dapdune Wharf for Guildford’s Wey River Festival (14th September 2025)
• Attend the Guildford Book Festival (14^th – 23^rd October 2025)
• Enjoy the sounds of Guildford Jazz & Soul Festival

Food lovers won’t want to miss these top autumn food events in Surrey 2025, happening across September and October.  From local festivals and farmers’ markets to pumpkin picking and vineyard tastings, there’s something delicious for everyone this autumn in Surrey.

• Enjoy a Surrey beer at the Hog’s Back’s Hop Harvest Beer Festival (Saturday 12^th -14^th September 2025)
• Go pumpkin picking at one of Surrey’s pick-your own farms
• Tickle your taste buds at the Festival of Flavours at RHS Wisley (from 8^th – 12^th October 2025)
• Tantalise your taste buds at the Farnham Food & Drink Festival (Sunday 28^th September 2025)
• Enjoy crispy apples during Orchard Day at Gatton Park in Reigate (5^th October 2025)
• Try a traditional Bavarian beer at the Oktoberfest in Camberley! (24^th – 25^th October 2025)
• Enrol on the Harvest Secret Vineyard Trail & Wine Tasting Experience at Denbies Vineyard (3^rd November 2025) tbc
• Surrey Hills Fire & Food Fair at the Hogs Back Brewery (18^th – 19^th October 2025)

What better way to spend an autumnal weekend than exploring the stunning Surrey countryside?  Enjoy the seasonal colours and crisp air while discovering the best things to do in Surrey this autumn 2025.

Our top autumn activities include:

• Collecting conkers on family-friendly walks
• Visiting Surrey’s top spots to see autumn colour
• Watching the rutting deer in Richmond Park
• Kick through crunchy leaves on autumn hikes in Surrey

• Admiring the red maples and vibrant foliage at Winkworth Arboretum
• Climbing Box Hill for panoramic views
• Wandering through Bushy Park

• Watch the smash hit Steps musical Here and Now at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking (14^th– 18^th October 2025)
• Browse handmade arts and crafts and sample homemade local produce at the Surrey Hills Artisan Market at Painshill Park (20^th and 21^st September 2025)
• Watch motor cars from all ages put through their paces at Brooklands Museum’s Autumn Motorsport Day (12^th October 2025)
• Find out who dunnit in Murder at Midnight at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (30^th Sept –  4^th October 2025)
• Release your creativity by crafting beautiful autumn wreaths at Polesden Lacey (30^th Sept –  2^nd October 2025)
• Visit the Rural Life Museum for Land Rover Day (5^th October 2025)
• Sign up for an autumn foraging course in Caterham (20^th Sept 2025)
• Watch the Great All-England Horse Ploughing Match, Show and Country Fair in Puttenham (Sunday 19^th October 2025)
• Take a dive into the world of science with explosive experiments at Ministry of Science Live at G Live in Guildford (Thursday 30^th October 2025)
• Explore Surrey’s local history, culture and architecture with the Heritage Open Days events (5^th-14^th September 2025)
• Learn the art of clay pigeon shooting at Bisley Ladies’ Day (Monday 22^nd September 2025)

Check out all the spook-tacular Halloween events happening in Surrey at half-term.

• Carve your own Halloween pumpkin
• Find a spooky Halloween event in Surrey
• Scare yourself silly at Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights
• Go to a firework display
• Once upon a Crime at Godstone Park (October half-term)
• Try some spooky crafts at the Rural Life Living Museum (tbc)

Make the most of all the other fantastic things to do in Surrey.  If this is not enough, take a look at our guide to 40 things to do in Surrey with kids

• Follow an art trail at The Sculpture Park in Churt
• Have a hot chocolate with marshmallows in the park
• Meet the animals at the British Wildlife Centre
• Let off steam on the Gruffalo trail at Alice Holt Forest
• Follow the ZooLab Trail at Painshill Park
• Make your own scarecrow

Grab your calendar and start planning your perfect autumn in Surrey!

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