39+ awesome autumn events in Surrey 2024

Here’s our bumper guide to the brilliant autumn events in Surrey that you really won’t want to miss!

As we see out the end of summer, it may seem like doom and gloom, but there’s plenty going on in Surrey in September and October.  In our guide we’ve done a round up of the top upcoming autumn events, plus some fun things to do in October half-term.

Autumn really comes into its own in Surrey and brings a fantastic choice of seasonal activities to get out and enjoy.  You’ll find family fun days, heritage events, foodie festivals, and cultural celebrations. Plus, a whole pile of leaf-crunching, conker-bashing autumn fun.

So, whether you’re looking for things to do in September and October or activities for half-term and Halloween, we’ve got something for you.

Read on to check out our round-up of awesome events in Surrey for autumn 2024.

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From foodie festivals to book months, there’s a whole load of things to do in Surrey this autumn.  Here’s a pick of the best:-

• Take a walk in the Surrey countryside as part of the annual Guildford Walkfest (throughout September 2024)
• 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 2024)
• Attend the Guildford Book Festival (6^th – 20^th October 2024)
• Enjoy the sounds of Guildford Jazz & Soul Festival (4^th September – 17^th October 2024)
• Tantalise your taste buds at the Farnham Food & Drink Festival (Sunday 29^th September 2024)

Foodies in Surrey are going to love this tantalizing choice of food events happening locally in September and October.

• Enjoy a Surrey beer at the Hog’s Back’s Hop Harvest Beer Festival (Saturday 13^th -15^th September 2024)
• 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 9^th – 13^th October 2024)
• Enjoy crispy apples during Orchard Day at Gatton Park in Reigate (6^th October 2024)
• Try a traditional Bavarian beer at the Oktoberfest in Camberley! (tbc)
• Enrol on the Harvest Secret Vineyard Trail & Wine Tasting Experience at Denbies Vineyard (2^nd November 2024)

What better way to spend an autumnal weekend than in the glorious Surrey countryside.  Take yourself out to enjoy the seasonal colour.

• Collect conkers
• Visit our pick of the best places to see autumn colour in Surrey in 2024
• See the rutting deer in Richmond Park
• Kick through some leaves on an autumn walk in Surrey

• Admire the red maples at Winkworth Arboretum
• Climb Box Hill
• Have a wander through Bushy Park

• Watch the smash hit musical 101 Dalmatians at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking (8^th– 12^th October 2024)
• Browse handmade arts and crafts and sample homemade local produce at the Surrey Hills Artisan Market at Painshill Park (21^st and 22^nd September 2024)
• Watch motor cars from all ages put through their paces at Brooklands Museum’s Autumn Motorsport Day (9^th October 2024)
• Release your creativity with wreath-making at Polesdon Lacey (1^st– 3^rd October 2024)
• Visit the Rural Life Museum for Land Rover Day on 6^th October 2024
• Sign up for an autumn foraging course in Caterham
• Watch the Great All-England Horse Ploughing Match, Show and Country Fair in Puttenham (Sunday 20^th October 2024)
• Take a dive into the world of science at Ministry of Science Live at G Live in Guildford (Saturday 26^th October 2024)
• Explore Surrey’s local history, culture and architecture with the Heritage Open Days events (6^th-15^th September 2024)
• Learn the art of clay pigeon shooting at Bisley Ladies’ Day (Monday 23^rd September 2024)

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

What are your must-do autumn events in Surrey for 2024?

We’d love to hear your comments below.

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