Statfold Scream Park - Review 2025
Statfold Scream Park is a brand-new event and is comprised of two main Areas. Firstly – the main event hub which is where the three scare attractions are based, and secondly the “Haunted Fairground" which is located on the other side of the car park.
On media night we started in the Fairground, which is based in the National Fairground Museum. This building is home to some lovingly restored traditional rides, and before the scares we were able to enjoy these as much as we liked. The rides and arcade machines operate on a token basis meaning guests can do as much or as little as they like.
Inside the museum there were several roaming clowns who were clearly having fun with guests. We’re not sure whether they were here just for the media night, but they were a fun addition to the event.
When it was time to do the scares, we headed into the old train museum part of the venue. As we walked in the museum it was spookily lit with some basic Halloween decoration and atmospheric lighting. From here the path leads out to a courtyard where there was a bar, live music and a choice of food options.
We started the scares with Clowns of the Corn, a maze that does exactly what it says on the tin. The park have repurposed their summer maize maze and put some clowns in it. There are a few simple theming elements throughout, but this maze was more about trying to find a path out whilst avoiding the clowns. With the creepy carnival music throughout and some great hiding spaces for the clowns, we had several jump scares along our path.
Coming out of the Clowns, we immediately headed to The Offering – another outdoor attraction set in some secluded woodland. The long route took us through the land owned by a desperate coven of witches and the theming and props, as well as the nearby trees and bushes, provided multiple spaces for actors to hide and jump out on us. This meant we encountered many exciting scares and could hear groups ahead and behind us also screaming in the darkness. This really was a jump in quality from the clowns, so we were very excited to see what the final attraction would be like.
And this is where we have some issues. End of the Line is set in a virus ravaged future, and we were asked to board a vintage steam train that would take us to sanctuary. It was fantastic to experience the train, but sadly nothing happened along the way. There was some narration on the speakers (that we couldn’t really hear as people were talking) and apart from two air cannons/bangs, absolutely nothing happened. We kind of expected we were going to get dumped somewhere and must walk back but the train circled round and went back to (and through) the station we started from. We began to wonder if that was it and then we saw a tunnel on the platform that was pumping out theatrical smoke and loud music.
Once off the train we had to queue to get into the finale, but none of us were expecting the intensity of what we were about to experience. The finale was a temporary maze that mixed loud music, strobe lighting and lots of smoke to create a terrifying experience that left us all a bit shaken. The actors throughout were the liveliest of the night and the path seemed to go on forever. Although the maze looked quite basic in design and build, it certainly provided the frights we had hoped for and left us laughing as we stumbled back out into the night. After the calm and serenity of the train journey, this was a complete 180 degree change in direction, and left us all shaken as to how crazy the ending was!
All in, for the first year we think Statfold Scream Park has got off to a great start. Clearly, they don’t have a huge budget to build massively detailed sets in marquees, but it is clear there is passion to scare, and we think over years this event will just go from strength to strength. We will certainly visit again!
On media night we started in the Fairground, which is based in the National Fairground Museum. This building is home to some lovingly restored traditional rides, and before the scares we were able to enjoy these as much as we liked. The rides and arcade machines operate on a token basis meaning guests can do as much or as little as they like.
Inside the museum there were several roaming clowns who were clearly having fun with guests. We’re not sure whether they were here just for the media night, but they were a fun addition to the event.
When it was time to do the scares, we headed into the old train museum part of the venue. As we walked in the museum it was spookily lit with some basic Halloween decoration and atmospheric lighting. From here the path leads out to a courtyard where there was a bar, live music and a choice of food options.
We started the scares with Clowns of the Corn, a maze that does exactly what it says on the tin. The park have repurposed their summer maize maze and put some clowns in it. There are a few simple theming elements throughout, but this maze was more about trying to find a path out whilst avoiding the clowns. With the creepy carnival music throughout and some great hiding spaces for the clowns, we had several jump scares along our path.
Coming out of the Clowns, we immediately headed to The Offering – another outdoor attraction set in some secluded woodland. The long route took us through the land owned by a desperate coven of witches and the theming and props, as well as the nearby trees and bushes, provided multiple spaces for actors to hide and jump out on us. This meant we encountered many exciting scares and could hear groups ahead and behind us also screaming in the darkness. This really was a jump in quality from the clowns, so we were very excited to see what the final attraction would be like.
And this is where we have some issues. End of the Line is set in a virus ravaged future, and we were asked to board a vintage steam train that would take us to sanctuary. It was fantastic to experience the train, but sadly nothing happened along the way. There was some narration on the speakers (that we couldn’t really hear as people were talking) and apart from two air cannons/bangs, absolutely nothing happened. We kind of expected we were going to get dumped somewhere and must walk back but the train circled round and went back to (and through) the station we started from. We began to wonder if that was it and then we saw a tunnel on the platform that was pumping out theatrical smoke and loud music.
Once off the train we had to queue to get into the finale, but none of us were expecting the intensity of what we were about to experience. The finale was a temporary maze that mixed loud music, strobe lighting and lots of smoke to create a terrifying experience that left us all a bit shaken. The actors throughout were the liveliest of the night and the path seemed to go on forever. Although the maze looked quite basic in design and build, it certainly provided the frights we had hoped for and left us laughing as we stumbled back out into the night. After the calm and serenity of the train journey, this was a complete 180 degree change in direction, and left us all shaken as to how crazy the ending was!
All in, for the first year we think Statfold Scream Park has got off to a great start. Clearly, they don’t have a huge budget to build massively detailed sets in marquees, but it is clear there is passion to scare, and we think over years this event will just go from strength to strength. We will certainly visit again!
we had a great time, we did the Train twice! The Train inside really felt like an episode from Tales of the Unexpected, crazily I mentioned this aloud and a passenger managed to reel off the entire episode of that Tales from the Unexpected! An eerie journey in the dark on a steam train, very unique! The clown maze was fun as we kept walking into dead ends. Turns out it was a real maze, the clown music was good theming. Funfair was also Fun! Overall we had a fantastic time. going forwards they probably need a handful of more actors in the clown maze and The Offering and also tell the actors to ramp up the scares a bit more. Fire breather was nice performance too.
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