One of Britain’s most haunted castles is gearing up for its biggest ever Halloween Festival with a pledge to satisfy scare-seekers of all ages.

Visit during daylight hours and Muncaster Halloween Festival will entertain the whole family with spooky fun but stay after darkness descends and expect the scare factor to reach new heights.

Muncaster Castle is a natural home for Halloween with tales of ghostly goings on stretching back centuries.

Watch in awe as Muncaster Castle lights up for Halloween, with raucous music and holograms dancing across the ancient building.

This year’s famous Halloween Festival runs from October 22 to October 30 with witches, ghosts, ghouls, zombies and other creatures of the night gathered for your spooktacular delight.

There will be a Scary Maze as well as more spooky entertainers than ever before. There’s the return of the Big Top with Halloween circus shows, circus skills workshops, Sister Silvester’s Silent diabolical discos and more.

In the extensive gardens you can tackle the Zombie Shootout – take on the undead armed with nothing more than a water pistol. And have your face painted to match your spooky costume, enjoy the Trick & Treat Trail or release your horrific artistic flair with Ragtag Arts.

There will be a Twilight Owls Show at 7pm each evening, and viking storytelling, fire-juggling and much more add to the atmosphere and fun.

For full details see www.muncaster.co.uk/