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Pumpkins by Torchlight & Silent Disco – 18 Oct
Key details
When:
Date:
Time:
18th Oct
18:00 - 21:00
Where:
Rougham Sunflower and Pumpkin Field
Just north of Junction 45 of the A14,
3 miles east of Bury St Edmunds
Pricing:
Free entry and no booking needed to visit the Pumpkin Patch
Reserve your Silent Disco Headsets
Adult £6
Child under 16 £4
Headsets have now Sold Out, but we will run a waiting list on the night.
Pumpkins at Nighttime and Silent Disco
Step into the Rougham Pumpkin Patch after dark and experience the autumn evening in a different way. From 6–9pm on Saturdays 18th and 25th October, the field will (hopefully!) be glowing under the moonlight and you are invited to bring a torch and wander among the pumpkins to find your perfect one.
Alongside the pumpkins, the evening will be filled with seasonal treats, cosy corners and the twighlight Silent Disco (for those who want to enjoy it and quiet for those who don’t).
You are welcome to stay on the patch between 5pm and 6pm, but we may ask you to move if we need to rearrange the picnic area where you are sitting.
Food and Drink
Keep your energy levels up with:
What The Peck serving their delicious Suffolk fried chicken
Bad Boi Burritos and their toasted burritos using fresh, local ingredients
Roots&Co providing coffees, teas and warm drinks
GeeGeeBakes – Delicious cheesecakes, crumbles and sweets
Melting s’mores around the firepits
Twinkling lights add a magical glow to the picnic area, where benches will be available to pause and savour the festival atmosphere. You’re welcome to bring your own picnic if you prefer.
Children (and grown-ups!) can clamber over the big bale pyramids. Dogs are very welcome in the picnic area, though we kindly ask that they don’t join you in the pumpkin patch itself (as during the day).
Free entrance and parking, as always.
No booking needed to come to the patch.
Silent Disco
Pump up the fun with music and movement from our Silent Disco, and with three channels to choose from, everyone can dance to their own beat.
Headsets are limited and must be booked in advance to avoid disappointment:
Adults: £6, Children under 16 years: £4.
Headsets have now SOLD OUT.
However, we will run a waiting list on the evening at the Pumpkin Payment Tent. Add your name to the list and when headsets are returned, you can hire them then and there; payment by card.
For those who don’t want any music, you’ll be pleasantly impressed by how you won’t be bothered by any!
Pumpkins will be on sale throughout the evening as usual, so you can head home with your seasonal pick after an unforgettable autumnal night outdoors.
Get dressed up and/or wrap up warm, put on your wellies (depending on the weather), bring your torches and come and enjoy the gorgeous autumn evenings at Rougham Estate.
Important information
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How it Works
01
Come to the Rougham Pumpkin Patch between 6pm - 9pm
If you have been here during the day, you can stay here between 5pm and 6pm, but please be aware that if you are sitting in the picnic area we may ask you to move as we set the area up for the evening event.
02
Food and Drink available
There will be food available from What the Peck and Bad Boi Burritos.
S’mores and marshmallows will be available to buy and toast on the fire pits – please keep a close eye on your children in this area.
Roots&Co will be selling drinks including beer and prosecco.
Card payment is preferred for all food purchases.
03
Silent Disco Headsets
If you have booked your Silent Disco headsets please come to the Pumpkin Pay tent, let us know your name and the number of headsets booked.
If you have not booked any headsets, we will be running a waiting list. When headsets are returned/become available we’ll call your name.
Payment by card.
The disco will have 3 different channels of music to select from.
From experience last year, the headsets work in the pumpkin patch, but we can’t guarantee how far into the patch the music will reach.
04
When you have finished with your headsets, please return them to the Pumpkin Pay tent
05
The pumpkin patch is open as normal
You are welcome to search the pumpkin patch for pumpkins by torchlight. Payment for pumpkins is made in the payment tent as normal.
Card payment preferred.
06
Dogs are welcome in the picnic area and in the small doggy pumpkin patch.
In previous years we have allowed dogs into the main pumpkin patch but unfortunately there were too many complaints about the mess left.
07
Enjoy your time here, with or without music. Gates close at 9pm.
Rougham Sunflower and Pumpkin Field, north of A14, Junction 45
Note - this is the postcode for roundabout at Junction 45 on A14. From there follow the signs on the roadside and see the diagram below.
There is ample parking on grass.
The pumpkins are in the same field as the sunflowers and pumpkins in 2024.
The field is just east of Bury St. Edmunds, easily accessible from the A14 and clearly sign-posted from Junction 45.
From the Eastbound Carriageway:
- turn right at the roundabout at the end of the A14 slip road
- go up the north carriageway of Sow Lane
- fully around the roundabout at the top
- back down the south carriageway of Sow Lane
- turn left off Sow Lane into the grass parking.
From the Westbound Carriageway
- turn left at the end of the A14 slip road
- drive under the bridge
- straight over the first roundabout
- go up the north carriageway of Sow Lane
- fully around the roundabout at the top
- back down the south carriageway of Sow Lane
- turn left off Sow Lane into the grass parking.
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