UK theme park crowds
October half term 2026:
the quietest UK theme parks, ranked.
Pleasurewood Hills is forecast quietest over October half term, a typical day at 39% crowd level, and Thorpe Park busiest at 97%. Across all 7 UK parks the week averages 72%, which is busy.
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: Saturday 24 October at 16%. Busiest: Wednesday 28 October at 89%.
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.
- Sat2416%
- Sun2516%
- Mon2631%
- Tue2731%
- Wed2889%
- Thu2981%
- Fri3074%
- Sat3167%
- Sun149%
Frequently asked
Which UK theme park is quietest over October half term 2026?
Pleasurewood Hills, forecast at 39% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Saturday 24 October at 16%.
Which is busiest?
Thorpe Park, at 97% on a typical day and peaking on Wednesday 28 October at 100%.
What is the quietest day of October half term?
Across every UK park we forecast, Saturday 24 October is the quietest day at 16% and Wednesday 28 October the busiest at 89%. 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.