Get the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from back to school news to ways to entertain the kids Everyone loves a good pumpkin for Halloween and it's even more exciting if you can pick your own.
Pumpkin festivals and events are running at various sites in and around Greater Manchester where kiddies can pick their own to take home - and enjoy a host of other activities too.
Most of them have events running across October half term. Here's where you can take the family for some fun. The Dunham Pumpkin Patch is back open this year.
Run by the Hewitt family, they have been growing pumpkins for more than 30 years and for the first time last year decided to welcome in families to enjoy the ultimate pumpkin picking
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