Visitors flock to Rougham Pumpkins, near Bury St Edmunds, for opening weekend of 2024 Hallowe’en season

Pumpkin season has started again, with patches across the region opening their gates.

Rougham Pumpkins, near Bury St Edmunds, started welcoming visitors on Saturday, for the patch’s fourth year.

The site, just off the A14 at junction 45, boasts thousands of pumpkins, with 20 varieties of pumpkins, gourds and squashes ready to be chosen and loaded into the wheelbarrows on site.

In addition to picking pumpkins, visitors can climb straw bales,picnic, sit on deckchairs, play in sandpits, race on pedal tractors and and play family pumpkin games, as well as enjoying face painting, photo opportunities, food and refreshments.

For the first time this year, Rougham Pumpkins is hosting evening events – on Saturday and October 26 – when the patch will be open from 5.30-9.30pm for a late night pumpkin festival.

Evening visitors are encouraged to bring their torches and wear their Wellington boots as they see the patch adorned with twinkly lights, warm their hands over fire pits, toast s’mores and enjoy the food and drink available.

A silent disco will also be held in the marquee, with headsets – £5 for adults, free for children – available to reserve through the Rougham Estate website. If headsets are still available on the night, visitors can pay £5 to join in.

Rougham Pumpkins is open weekends on October 12 and 13, October 19 and 20 and daily from October 26-31, 9am-5pm.

Meanwhile, pumpkin patches across the county either opened at the weekend or are making final preparations to welcome the public from this weekend.

You can read our round up of 13 pumpkin patches in Suffolk opening this month here.

Get your wheelbarrows ready for seasonal fun in the run up to Hallowe’en.