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UK theme park crowds

October half term 2026:
the quietest UK theme parks, ranked.

Paultons Park is forecast quietest over October half term, a typical day at 36% crowd level, and Thorpe Park busiest at 81%. Across all 7 UK parks the week averages 64%, which is moderately busy.

24 October to 1 November 20267 parksSchool holiday

Every park, quietest first

Most English and Welsh schools break from Monday 26 to Friday 30 October; Scottish schools have their October week earlier, from 12 October.

Quietest day across the UK parks: Sunday 1 November at 52%. Busiest: Thursday 29 October at 69%.

  1. 1Paultons Park quietest Sun 1 Nov at 24% · busiest Sat 24 Oct at 44%36%
  2. 2Pleasurewood Hills quietest Sun 25 Oct at 40% · busiest Wed 28 Oct at 51%47%
  3. 3Blackpool Pleasure Beach quietest Sun 1 Nov at 36% · busiest Thu 29 Oct at 70%60%
  4. 4Chessington World Of Adventures quietest Sun 1 Nov at 56% · busiest Tue 27 Oct at 72%67%
  5. 5Legoland Windsor quietest Sun 1 Nov at 72% · busiest Mon 26 Oct at 81%77%
  6. 6Alton Towers quietest Sun 1 Nov at 70% · busiest Sat 24 Oct at 88%80%
  7. 7Thorpe Park quietest Fri 30 Oct at 74% · busiest Mon 26 Oct at 84%81%

Day by day, across the country

The mean crowd level over every UK park open that day. Weekends and the first weekday of a break are the usual peaks.

  1. Sat2466%
  2. Sun2560%
  3. Mon2666%
  4. Tue2768%
  5. Wed2868%
  6. Thu2969%
  7. Fri3062%
  8. Sat3163%
  9. Sun152%

Frequently asked

Which UK theme park is quietest over October half term 2026?

Paultons Park, forecast at 36% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Sunday 1 November at 24%.

Which is busiest?

Thorpe Park, at 81% on a typical day and peaking on Monday 26 October at 84%.

What is the quietest day of October half term?

Across every UK park we forecast, Sunday 1 November is the quietest day at 52% and Thursday 29 October the busiest at 69%. Each park's own page has its day-by-day figures.

How are these figures worked out?

The crowd level is a forecast of how long the queues will be against each park's own busiest days, built from the queue times we record every few minutes and scored against what actually happened. 100% is the park's peak; under 30% is a quiet day. The window runs 24 October to 1 November 2026 to take in the weekends either side of the break.

Other holidays

The same ranking for every other break we hold a forecast for.

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