With Halloween just around the corner, Govia Thameslink Railway has a whole host of wonderfully spooky ways to make the most of the half-term break and has published a reimagined special edition route map called the ‘Trainsylvania’ Map which makes for a brilliant Halloween railway guide.

The special guide sees the rail operator highlight 10 pumpkin patches alongside 8 spooky stops across its network, making for some fabulously fun activities for the half term from picking a pumpkin or getting out and about at some spine-tingling destinations.

The spooky sites can be found on Thameslink, Great Northern and Southern networks from Cambridge and Peterborough to Brighton and Polegate, and a whole host of locations between, all of which are located within a short walk or taxi ride from a Govia Thameslink Railway station.

One location on the map is Brighton’s haunted West Pier with reports of sightings of a pale ghost or Tulley’s Farm in Crawley, which hosts a Pumpkin Festival unlike any other! The map offers lots for families to do, or why not enjoy some after-dark fun using the mystic map with friends?

Pumpkin Patches:

On the Thameslink Network:

• Willows Activity Farm, AL4 0PF and is a 14 minute taxi from St Albans City Station
• Tulleys Pumpkin Farm, RH10 4PD and is 14 minute taxi from Crawley Station
• Stanhill Farm, DA2 7HD and is a 5 min taxi from Swanley Station
• The Pop Up Farm, AL3 8HT and is a 17 min taxi from St Albans City Station
• Hill Farm PYO and Farm Shop, PE7 3UA and is a 20 min taxi from Peterborough Station

On the Southern network:

• Bocketts Farm, KT22 9BS and is a 7 min taxi from Leatherhead Station
• Priory Farm, RH1 4EJ and is a 4 min taxi from Nutfield Station
• Sharnfold Farm, BN24 5BU and is a 10 min taxi from Polegate Station

On the Great Northern network:

• Milton Maze Pumpkin Patch, CB24 6AE and is a 6 min taxi from Cambridge North Station
• Pumpkin Farm, CB24 9NG and is a 6 min taxi from Cambridge North Station

Spooky Stops: 

On the Thameslink network:

• Tower of London, EC3N 4AB and is a 16 min walk from London Bridge Station
• Brighton West Pier, BN1 2FL and is a 18 min walk from Brighton Station
• Peterborough Cathedral, PE1 1XS and is a 13 min walk from Peterborough Station
• Peterborough Museum, PE1 1LF and is a 6 min walk from Peterborough Station

On the Southern network:

• Pluckley Village, TN27 and is a 18 min taxi from Ashford International Station
• Preston Manor, BN1 6SD and is a 10 min walk from Preston Park Station

On the Great Northern network:

• Christ’s College, CB2 3BU and is a 26 min walk from Cambridge Station
• Corpus Christi College, CB2 1RH and is a 25 min walk from Cambridge Station

To find out more about the ‘Transylvania’ map or to download it, please click here.

Jenny Saunders, Customer Services Director at GTR, said:

“We know from Google trends analytics that searches for local pumpkin patches and haunted houses soar between 16 and 29 October, so we wanted to inspire our customers with a choice of destinations to visit this Halloween season, which are all easily reachable by train.”