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31 Aug
The Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Trail at Speke Hall is an outdoor family-friendly trail event where participants can search the gardens for Mega Evolution Pokémon, learn about their powers, and complete challenges. Trail sheets are available on the day, and normal venue admission applies.
17 Oct (next Saturday)
A performance of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde, presented by Don’t Go Into the Cellar. Attendees can have tea or coffee and a sweet treat before watching the show in Speke Hall’s Great Hall.
12 Oct–8 Nov (next week)
Visitors follow an outdoor trail around the grounds of Speke Hall, completing five activities to discover a magic word and reunite the Sorceress of Speke with her lost animal familiars.
10–11 Oct (this weekend)
An immersive Halloween murder mystery at Knowsley Hall, where guests investigate a fictional haunting and murder over drinks and a three-course dinner. The offering also includes an overnight stay and breakfast.
29–30 Oct
Dinners of Diplomacy: Dialogue, Not Division explores the events leading to American Independence and the legacy of Yorktown, hosted by the Countess of Derby.
28 Nov
Jonathan Goodwin performs a one-man stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Gothic thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles. The event includes tea or coffee and a sweet treat before the performance in Speke Hall’s Great Hall.
9 Oct, 14 Oct…
Spooky Speke is an adults-only Halloween event at Speke Hall, beginning with tea or coffee and a sweet treat before a torchlight tour of the house and stories about its former inhabitants.
30–31 Aug
Summer of Play at Speke Hall is a family-friendly event with performance play, hands-on arts and crafts, nature-inspired activities, scavenger hunts, and active games set in the historic outdoor grounds.
31 Aug–5 Sep, 7–12 Sep…
The Hardmans’ Liverpool A Legacy in Light: From Street to Studio is a free photographic exhibition at Liverpool Central Library showcasing Liverpool through the nineteenth-century photographers Edward Chambré and Margaret Hardman's eyes, from evocative pre-war streets to nostalgic studio portraiture. The exhibition compares their vision with city life experiences today and does not require booking to attend. Normal venue admission charges apply.
10 Oct–12 Nov (next week)
Stranger Folk is an outdoor interactive adventure at Speke Hall, played using a free app and inspired by British folklore. Families with children aged 7–12 can explore a story featuring goblins, boggarts and other strange creatures.
The Beatles' Childhood Homes in Liverpool offer guided tours inside the historic houses where John Lennon and Paul McCartney grew up, providing a unique insight into the early lives of the iconic musicians. Visitors can explore preserved rooms and learn about the Beatles' origins through these intimate tours.
20 Oct, 27 Oct
A guided behind-the-scenes tour with Speke Hall’s House and Collections team explores apotropaic marks carved into the Hall’s timber frame and their history as protective symbols.
Speke Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house in Liverpool, renowned for its historic timber-framed architecture, ancient yew trees, and scenic views over the Mersey estuary. Owned by the National Trust, it offers visitors both indoor exploration of historic rooms and outdoor gardens with walking paths.