Itchen Valley Country Park will be offering some spooky surprises and ghostly goings-on over the half-term holiday.

Youngsters will be able to check out the spooks on the Hallowe'en trail, solve the clues and win a creepy prize.

The tricky trail will run all week from this Saturday to Sunday, November 2, 11am-3pm. The cost is £2.

On Sunday, Raggity Witch will be in High Wood Barn at the park and there will be spooky decoration workshops.

During half-term there will also be a three-day programme of organised activities for children aged six to 11.

Activities will include games, art and an autumn discovery walk. The days run from 9.30am to 3.15pm and the cost is £42.

On Hallowe'en night, storyteller Michael O'Leary will be telling ghoulish tales in High Wood Barn.

Call Eastleigh Countryside Service on 023 8046 6091 for details of events.

Elsewhere in the borough, there will be a chance to ride the ghost train at Netley's Royal Victoria Country Park on Saturday or join in some Hallowe'en fun at Bursledon's Manor Farm Country Park during half-term.

Ring 0906 6822001 for details of Hallowe'en events.