19 September 2026
INTRODUCTION
Recognised as the North East’s largest scream park, Psycho Path returns for the 2026 haunt season with returning favourites, new attractions and many, many changes. Starting all the way back in 2018 as a singular trail event, they have grown massively to now being a scream park with many different mazes and attractions. You can find the event close to Newcastle in Burnopfield, which is around a 20-minute drive. The event is open on selected nights from September through to early November, usually from 5pm through to 11pm. Tickets are available through most of the year, starting from £33 to the latest release being £48.40, showing the earlier you commit, the better value for money you’ll get!
Psycho Path brings 11 attractions and several shows into this new season, with extensions added to Crawl Space & iScream, a new door to Isolation and even a new maze called Flight Path 666. We attended the preview night which happens in early September each year and below we share a snippet of what you can expect when you visit this year…
KEY INFO
Location – Newcastle
Operational Dates – Select Nights End of Sept – Early Nov
Opening Time – 5pm
Closing Time – 11pm
Cost – £33+ (Phase 1 tickets) – £48.40 (Phase 5 tickets)
Attraction Count – 11 ATTRACTIONS + SHOWS
Time Spent – Full Night Required
Top Tip – Head to Crawl Space & Book a FREE slot before its too late!
THE OVERALL EVENT…
WOO – Roaming Characters | WOO – Uniqueness | BOO – Event Info
Psycho Path is always home to some of the most unique attractions we get to experience each year. Whilst you can find the traditional mazes filled with clowns and typical jump scares, they also have the unexpected experiences that you won’t find elsewhere. Crawl Space is a great example of this, as you have to crawl through most of the maze through its narrow corridors and still find actors who will be out to get you. You also have attractions like Vandalised, where you go into the back of a van, in the pitch dark and get taken away.
One of the weaker elements of Psycho Path is just finding the relevant information to make your time easier and flow better. Whilst they have definitely increased awareness of certain information, it still feels like it needs improvement. They do have an app which you can download however, it was not working on our preview visit and still required some updates for the attractions. Show times were posted ahead of our visit on their Instagram story however, it felt that may have been slightly incorrect too. It is always worth keeping an eye out and trying the app on your visit and we hope this updates before the main season run.
The true highlight of Psycho Path 2026 has to be the roaming characters. They have so many and the interactions will make your visit. From Krampus running wild, to Candy the cheerleader causing chaos everywhere and even Beetlejuice appearing and cream pieing anybody in his path. Our standout characters had to be Tilly the Tooth Fairy, a character who would literally slide into your discussions, spray you with mouthwash and if she likes you, give you your very own tooth! What we know for certain is that you will interact with many of the roaming character team when you visit, whether that’s the nun judging you, the dominatrix spanking you or maybe even Art the Clown getting a selfie with you!
Psychotorium
WOO – Costume & Makeup | WOO – SFX | BOO – Screams
Starting off with last year’s new maze, that being Psychotorium. This attraction is certainly one of the more extreme mazes in the lineup, with you having to sign a waiver prior to entering. Before you get to step inside, you do get an introduction and also have to get changed into your own prison overalls before being processed. You also are given a lanyard which tracks your journey for 2026, called PrisonCam. You then step inside your very own criminal journey, where you get processed, meet some inmates, get caught up in a fight, almost die, and get processed in the morgue before crawling to escape!
What we like about Psychotorium is that each character blends in so well. Between the guests and the actors, by giving everyone the orange overalls, you become more immersed in the story of the attraction and knowing who is a guest and who is an actor can sometimes become difficult to tell. Whilst it may seem very simple on the outside, how it all works is very clever and we love how that blends. What we will say about Psychotorium is the scares are limited. Whilst there are elements of it, it is more a show and theatrical piece instead of your typical jump scare, terrifying maze. Another highlight in Psychotorium has to be the SFX that they used. The lighting in the courtyard with a spotlight is always a favourite, along with the spark machine, not to mention the unique effects that they use that we won’t go into. It is worth noting they do use an electric shock pad inside which you do not have a choice about experiencing, with this year seeming like they are pushing all guests to experience some level of shock.
Ultimately, whilst they do push the limit of what you will experience inside, you do sign a waiver and prepare for the horrors that lie within.
Doll House: The Factory – Extended for 2026
WOO – Concept | WOO – Costume & Makeup | BOO – Actor Utilisation
Doll House is now returning for its third season and with that, it continues to be updated and extended for 2026. The concept of this maze is very cool, as you follow the steps to become a doll and walk around a dark maze path before finding stops along the way which slowly transform you into their world. We did love that the doll host at the front of the maze had a very lifelike doll with haunting eyes that stood out. Inside, there have been some minimal updates however, we do have to mention the actor utilisation feels more stretched than in previous editions of this maze. When promoting more dolls and nightmares, we did not expect to be queueing for one of the stops inside the maze, waiting around 10 minutes. Whilst we hope this was a temporary problem that will be remedied, this is what we experienced, along with a lack of characters elsewhere. The extended route was different from the last season, with a new exit route from what we can remember. With it being a doll’s house, costume and makeup are a big part and the characters again fitted that theme and made you also fit the theme. We love how Psycho Path has an audience that is happy to get a little messy and join in with the fun, something that you wouldn’t find anywhere else in the UK.
Ultimately, not its strongest year but still plenty of fun and a unique attraction!
I-Scream – Extended for 2026
WOO – Actor Performance | WOO – Costume & Makeup | BOO – Storytelling
iScream is one of the longer-running attractions now at Psycho Path and is a fan favourite year upon year. For 2026, they have decided to extend the route so you can enjoy it (or fear it) for just a little longer. As per last year, the attraction is still running backwards, which keeps everything very interesting for guests who have been every season. The clowns inside certainly know their role and play up to it very well. From fun clowns to creepy clowns and just pure scary clowns, each of them mocks and scares you around each corner time and time again. For a very typical clown attraction, the actors do bring it to life and we love to see that. With that said, the story for iScream seems a little lost; outside of going through a number of rooms and getting scared by clowns, there is not much more to it. As with every clown maze, the costumes and makeup play a big part and this also delivers here in this attraction. You see a range of different clowns who create their character, which is shown in their makeup and also their costumes. Another simple use of it but very standout and required when creating a clown attraction.
Our overall verdict shows that iScream remains a fan favourite, and its backwards, extended route makes it enjoyable and more fear-inducing for yet another year!
Cutthroat Island
WOO – Actor Performance | WOO – Enjoyment | BOO – Audio
Cutthroat Island is a pirate-themed horror maze which takes you onboard the mighty ship before meeting the rest of the crew scattered amongst many different scenes and settings. This maze is slightly different from your typical scare attraction, with it being more comedy-based with very few scares. The pirates have their work cut out in keeping you entertained as you walk around, with each character playing their own part. There is a lot of innuendo and dirty humour used, and the pirate theme gives them plenty of opportunities. We loved how up close they get and how nothing is off limits, with us even getting spanked by the local whore character with her whip. One element that would really bring this attraction to life in future years would have to be audio; whilst it is used in maybe two to three sections, it just is not enough when you’re walking around quite a large space with no audio or character interactions. That said, we do love how different Cutthroat Island is and just how enjoyable the whole maze is. If you’re looking to get away from the terrifying clowns or messy dolls, the pirates will keep you in good company!
Cutthroat Island is certainly a maze to take a break from the screams and haunts found inside Psycho Path, but it is not to be missed!
Vandalized – Updated for 2026
WOO – Concept | WOO – Screams | BOO – Audio
Vandalised returns for 2026 and has had some major changes made to it. More vans and more road mean more time to be tortured. One of our biggest bits of feedback from our first time doing this attraction last year was that the van section was limited and the maze element was just a little odd. For 2026, you can forget the maze element, as it has now completely changed. This time, you get in the van and have the kidnappers join you in the back. Pitch black and being ragged around corners, you are left feeling absolutely terrified. This is truly scary; being in the back of a van, not knowing when they are going to turn or what speed they might reach, with only a flimsy seatbelt keeping you secure, it honestly plays on that fear of being kidnapped. If you are unlucky and annoy one of the kidnappers, they might kick you off at random points where you will meet some of the torturers who will make you do some very unusual things. The audio is the lacking part here, with there being none except the sounds of the van’s engine revving whilst you sit terrified. That said, you are not going to get an attraction like this elsewhere in the UK, and it remains a fantastic concept that they have built on for 2026.
Another attraction you should not miss for 2026, especially if you fancy getting in the back of a van to know how it feels to be in true darkness and not know their next move!
Psycho City – Final year!
WOO – Screams | WOO – Actor Performance | BOO – Audio
One of the longest-running mazes at Psycho Path is Psycho City, a post-apocalyptic maze where, for 2026, you can have one last rampage with its inhabitants who occupy the wasteland. Whilst it remains unchanged from previous seasons, it holds a large space and has many buildings and scenes that you will experience and go through. This was one of the mazes we screamed the most in and wanted to move quickly through to escape the horrors within. We were terrified by the introductory character, with her hellish look and the interaction we had really bringing this land to life and immersing you in their story. This is sadly another maze which lacks on the audio front, but with it also lacking in previous seasons, we could see that it would not change for its final year; hopefully, its replacement will deliver something more atmospheric. That being said, the actors really do bring Psycho City to life, and for its final season, they delivered. You meet lots of different types of horrors, from gas-mask children to a crazed vicar, and even inhabitants just trying to get by.
We know for sure this will be a missed attraction at Psycho Path in 2027, but we have loved having the opportunity to experience it over the last few years, and it is certainly worth one last rampage before it is gone for good!
The Darkness
WOO – Concept | WOO – SFX | BOO – Storytelling
The Darkness was a new attraction last year, introduced when the crops they planned to use did not grow as expected. This was a creation that happened after our visit last year and therefore was our first chance to experience it. This is a hooded maze, meaning you do not get to see anything and you have to wear a bag over your head (or two, for complete darkness, it seems). The attraction is limited in what it can deliver, but the concept of these hooded attractions is usually what stands out. There was no story at any point; it was more of a dark walkthrough with some raised flooring, drops, and a few special effects along the route. These effects were one of the better elements of The Darkness; however, the attraction just fell short, in our opinion, of what Psycho Path can bring. We know that the event likes to bring new ideas to the table, and this is certainly different from the other attractions they have; however, it is their weakest maze by far.
Ultimately, you can miss The Darkness if you do not have the time for everything else. However, if you are scared of the dark, uneven surfaces, and the odd scare, then this might be for you!
Other Attractions…
Psycho Path grows each and every year, and now with more mazes, attractions, and shows to see, you are not going to be able to get it all done in a single visit. We unfortunately had to miss out on Crawl Space due to personal reasons; however, Monnika is a true standout from Crawl Space, who can often be found outside ready to sign you up and let you meet the family!
Sadly, the new attraction, Flight Path 666, was not ready, which is to be expected during previews, but hopefully it will open during the main season and we look forward to trying it ourselves on a future visit! Equally, we did not try Isolation, as the teases on socials of what the new door contains showed it was not for us; however, from previous visits, we know it can be a lot of fun—just be prepared to enter the unknown!
New for 2026 was also Psycho Path VR, where you can play a timed VR game. It is nice to see this simple addition added, and we hope they expand on this with their own custom creation for 2027.
Neurotica Hospital was the new stage show that has taken over the indoor area, featuring a range of performances from fire acts and aerialists to character shows. It is all hosted by a drag queen named Sissy Slayer to keep you entertained when you want a break from the rest of the chaos. They do have an opening and closing show, which you should make sure not to miss, but for those wanting less time in the attractions and more entertainment, the sheer variety will certainly keep you busy throughout the evening!
There is still so much to talk about with Psycho Path 2026; they have so much going on, and so much that will for sure only get better during their Halloween season. They have plenty of food and drink offerings, along with the new VIP area in the Blood Bar called Bite Club.
This year, on top of the main stage show entertainment, we are happy to see they expanded on the overall entertainment. They have now provided a reason to hang around the bottom end of the site where Doll House, Vandalised, and The Darkness sit. Here you can find a sound and light show called Origin of Evil, a cube that sits in the middle of the area which periodically starts a mini light and sound show.
Scattered around, you can also find three Meet & Greet areas, including one to see Hellytra, the resident disciplinarian.
Overall, Psycho Path 2026 is bigger and more chaotic than ever. We think they adapt and learn from the previous year, always trying to outdo themselves. Whilst we didn’t get to experience the new maze, we know we have more to look forward to on a future visit, and everything else was a lot of fun as a whole. You won’t find anything as crazy as Psycho Path in 2026!
Thank you to Bernice and the Psycho Path team for inviting us to preview what is to come for the season. The main season starts on Saturday the 26th, and you only have until the 1st of November to get your visit in.
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