Thorpe Park unleashes Fright Nights® 2025 – bigger, darker and deadlier than ever before
- Monday September 1st 2025
- Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights® returns for 2025 and promises to be bigger, darker and more terrifying than ever before. Running on selected dates from 3rd October to 2nd November 2025, from 10am – 9pm, guests can expect a playground of fear, with a twisted line-up of scare mazes, live entertainment and scare zones designed to drag guests to their darkest limits.
This year, the park will transform once more into the UK’s ultimate Halloween destination. Guests will step into Lucifer’s Lair, where the devil himself will throw a petrifying party, as every pleasure comes with a price…
NEW! The damned are invited to linger in the all-new Purgatory Town, Thorpe Park’s first-ever speak-to-scare zone, where the seven deadly sins are brought terrifyingly to life. For the first time, visitors will be able to have conversations with the restless spirits that haunt the streets of the Park, experiencing live-action interactive encounters that are as chilling as they are unique. Unlike the big jump scares that thrill and terrify in Thorpe Park’s iconic scare mazes, this new zone will delight and frighten nervous newbies as well as seasoned screamers.
Each sinister resident of Purgatory Town embodies one of the seven deadly sins, from the gluttonous Gravedigger, who feasts beyond reason, and Captain Wrecked, driven mad by greed, to the wrathful Little Dread, fuelled by fury, and the envy-ridden Boulevard Maggot, forever coveting what’s not theirs. With more twisted souls lurking in the shadows, waiting to be discovered, they’re dying to meet you.
Venture into the cursed village of Mawkin Meadow, where the infamous Crows perch, waiting patiently for their next victim. You’ll discover their origins but beware, once you’ve seen them, you can never unsee. Dark forces collide at Creature Campus, where in a reckless bid to tighten her grip, Medusa has sparked a creation she can’t control. This year the students face their darkest hour as a horde of monsters tears the campus apart, leaving her empire in tatters.
The bass pounds, the strobes flash and the dancefloor becomes a prison as DeadBeat cranks the volume higher and the terror deeper, dragging you to a party where the music doesn’t just move you it consumes you. As the night spirals out of control every beat of the drum pulls you closer to the creatures lurking in the shadows. You may think you can keep up with the beat but once you’re in, there’s no way out.
The cinema doors open once again, but this silver screen holds even darker secrets and a more terrifying dimension. Step into Trailers, where this year regular moviegoers are in for a shocking surprise as two new nostalgia-filled horrors make their debut. From evil experiments to forbidden forests, no fear goes unnoticed as you find yourself trapped in a never-ending loop of terror with no escape.
The Toymaker has returned, and her factory doors are ready to creak open once more. Innocence is ripped apart as twisted toys and nightmarish dolls come to life before your eyes in Stitches. With every step, you feel their glassy eyes tracking your movements, desperate to add you to her sinister collection. In her fear-fueled factory of horrors, you may find yourself stitched into the madness forever.
For those feeling lucky, Survival Games has returned, and the stakes have never been higher. Stuck within a deadly labyrinth; your only hope is to fight tooth and nail through as murderers lurk in the shadows and merciless traps snap shut without warning. Every corridor leads to another test. In this blood-soaked contest, there are no winners… only survivors.
For those daring enough to face their fears, maze entry is available through the Fearsome Four package, offering access to multiple mazes in one terrifying run from £70 including park entry or from £36 when added to an existing booking. One Shot tickets are also available for those taking their first steps into the unknown.
Guests looking to extend the horror can book an overnight on-site stay at Thorpe Shark Cabins, with exclusive Fastrack perks, breakfast and scare maze access, it’s the ultimate way to experience Fright Nights!®
Don’t miss out on the most anticipated event of the year, summon your courage and embrace the darkness at Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights® - The Home of Fear.
Tickets available now at thorpepark.com. Park tickets from £36 when booked in advance online.
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For more information please contact:
01494 413170
Notes to Editors
About Thorpe Park
Brave yourself to experience the UK’s tallest, fastest and most weightless rollercoaster – Hyperia, with Thorpe Park’s thrilling set of seven rollercoasters boasting a combined height of over 860ft. Brace yourself against an average of 4.5gs per coaster and get ready to twist and turn through 23 inversions all at Thorpe Park, Europe’s most intense theme park experience.
Home to Hyperia the UK’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, Thorpe Park 2025 will see a year of record-breaking experiences and adrenaline-fuelled adventures for the whole family to enjoy! Prepare to be propelled 0-80 miles per hour in 1.8 seconds on the iconic rollercoaster, Stealth and take on the UK’s first winged-rollercoaster, The Swarm. Endure the searing heat of Nemesis Inferno as you twist through the scorching forces and lava-laden loops of this intense and volatile volcanic rollercoaster voyage before getting a super-soaking from the 85ft plunge of the water ride, Tidal Wave.
*Pre-booking tickets in advance on Thorpe Park’s website is essential to ensure you guarantee your entry to the most thrilling amount of fun you’ll have this year. www.thorpepark.com
Getting to Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park, Staines Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8PN
Train: Staines Station is just 32 minutes direct from London Waterloo
Bus: On open days a shuttle bus runs between Staines Station and Thorpe Park every 15 minutes. Alternatively, both the 950 and 951 buses get you right up to the gates.
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About Merlin Entertainments
Merlin Entertainments is a global leader in location-based, family entertainment. As Europe's Number 1 and the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates over 140 attractions, 23 hotels and 6 holiday villages in 25 countries and across 4 continents. Merlin’s purpose is to deliver memorable experiences to its 67 million guests around the world, through its iconic brands and multiple attraction formats, and the commitment and passion of its c.28,000 employees (peak season).
See www.merlinentertainments.biz for more information and follow on Twitter @MerlinEntsNews.
About Fanta
Do you dare take on the night shift in The Haunted Fanta® Factory?
Fanta® is bubbling back into Thorpe Park with a brand-new immersive experience that’s not for the faint-hearted this Fright Night. Grab your factory pass and step inside the Haunted Fanta Factory, testing your wits with spine-chilling games and a few frights to keep you guessing until the very last sip. Can you save the Fanta®…before it’s too late?
Should you escape the factory, you might even get your hands on exclusive giveaways.
Find us by Nemesis!
About Chupa Chups
Fright Nights at Thorpe Park – Chupa Chups Official Sweets Partner 2025
Kim McMahon, Brand Manager for Chupa Chups at Perfetti Van Melle says, “Chupa Chups has always been about bringing fun and adventure to all moments and there’s no better stage for that than Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights! We’re thrilled to be the official sweets partner for 2025, bringing fans a sweet adventure straight out of Hawkins as part of our collaboration with Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things. Step into the Byers’ Bungalow to taking on the challenge to decode the flashing Christmas lights to unlock exclusive prizes, including limited-edition merchandise. The experience is set to be full of surprises; just like our mystery flavours which guests can sample and discover for themselves across every night of Fright Nights.”
About Chupa Chups
Now an £18 million brand[1], Chupa Chups represents more than the UK’s number one lollipop [2], having forayed into the jellies space in 2024 with the introduction of Chupa Chups Belt and Laces and Sour Bites and Tubes jellies which now lead a £5m sub brand [3]
Chupa Chups, synonymous with the word lollipop, launched in 1958 when inventor Enric Bernat suggested that eating a sweet on a fork was the future for consuming sweets! The name of the brand comes from the Spanish verb “chupar”, meaning "to suck". 60 years on the iconic brand with its world-famous Salvador Dali designed logo is available in over 170 countries, with more than 100 different lollipop flavours. Today it celebrates the fact that a Chupa Chups product is sold every second in the UK[4].
In 2022 the brand replaced its original plastic sticks with paper sticks, a step which will eliminate around 5k metric tons p.a. of plastic globally! And in 2024 its “How to Open” TikTok campaign went viral following Kim Kardashian’s public display of struggling to open her very own Chupa Chups lollipop.
Now, Chupa Chups is more than just the UK’s number one lollipop brand[5] with an incredibly diverse product range of sugar confectionery treats, including soft chews, jellies, bubble-gum, and novelty sweets.
[1] IRI All Outlets & KWP Discounters, 52 w/e 17th May 2025
[2] Circana: IRI All Outlets & Discounters | 52 w/e 19th April ‘25
[3] Circana All Outlets| Sweets by Type – Gums and Jellies & Laces, Lances, Pencils, Belts and Wands, 52 w/e 06 Sept 2025, | Value Sales
[4] Circana All Outlets + KWP Discounters, Sweets and Gum, Value Sales, 52 w/e 8th June
[5] Circana: IRI All Outlets & Discounters | 52 w/e 19th April ‘25
