The heroes and villains are back

Star Walk in the ghoul holidays

Cosplay legends including superheroes, witches, demon hunter, villains, magical Potter stars, princesses, Hocus Pocus, Star Wars legends, Transformers and more are set to invade Trinity Walk shopping centre in Wakefield so get into the spirit this Halloween across two full free days of fun, Halloween Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1.

For the first time ever we’ll have a huge X-Wing fighter inspired by Star Wars alongside movie photo opps with a wizard’s racing broom, platform 9 3/4s and wizarding wand shop inspired by the world of Potter.

There’s a free treat trail both days so encourage the kids to dress up and make Trinity Walk your destination for Halloween.

Iron Man cosplay returns! And if Halloween Saturday wasn’t enough we have an extra large assembly of heroes on the Sunday this year!

Experience our cars/props/free face painting from 10am-4pm and characters 11am-3.30pm (with breaks). It’s all free, but kind donations gratefully received for Wakefield Hospice ideally via cash in official buckets or by card at the charity’s stall.

Come face-to-face with icons from cosplay and costume groups including CPM Entertainers, Stark Industry Entertainment, Magical Moments, UK Garrison, Mos Eisley Misfits, Masquerade, Avengers Universe, Red Cape, Yorkshire Spiderman, Lee B, Amy and more. With vehicles from Coopers Classic Cars, Red Cape, CPM and Back to the 1980s Event and Prop Hire.

Favourite cosplay characters

Across the two days meet various stars including the magical characters from Potter, Iron Man, Groot, Hulk, Demon Hunter Rumi, Deadpool, Thing, Wednesday Adams, Anna, Ariel, Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus, Spidey, Stars Wars legends like Chewie/Stormtroopers/Vader, Bumblebee, Starlord, Batman, Ladypool, Captain Carter, Flash…and more across the two days.

See list for guidance further below.

There’s even a free treat trail for kids in costume, so see below for more.

Don’t forget, be part of this array of characters with free face painting 10am to 4pm both days near Costa thanks to the talented Donna’s Face Painting.

Donations by cash in buckets or contactless card very much appreciated at the face painting station for our charity partner Wakefield Hospice who support families across Wakefield and West Yorkshire.

And there’s more…

Movie cars & props

Potter fans should look out for the Quidditch broom photo opp, wizards’ wand shop and Platform 9 3/4 too!

We’ll also be revving up the action with our huge X-Wing which you can stand by for some awesome pictures (not sitting inside it, Luke will get mad).

We also have Bumblebee Camaro, Lightning McQueen and Pizza Planet van each day.

Times

Reminder, this free event runs 10am to 4pm both days. So there’ll be cars, props and face painting 10am to 4pm.

Characters will be out from around 11am to around 3.30pm with breaks. Cosplay characters wander so will be all over the centre and times will vary, so it’s all just for guidance.

HALLOWEEN SATURDAY

Characters

Superheroes/villains including magical Potter wizards, Iron Man, Deadpool, Captain Carter, Spidey, demon hunter Rumi, Wednesday Adams, Supergirl, Zombie Cap, UK Garrison Stars Wars, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, princess (11am-1pm & 2-4pm), Woody.

Vehicles

X-Wing fighter, Bumblebee Camaro, Lightning McQueen, Pizza Planet.

HALLOWEEN SUNDAY

Characters

Superheroes/villains including Iron Man, Deadpool, Star Lord, Ladypool, Batman, Flash, Thing, Hulk, Groot, Spidey, Sue Storm and more, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Mos Eisley Misfits Star Wars troop, Hocus Pocus witches (11am-1pm) and legendary princesses Anna, Ariel, Snow White, Tiana, Tinkerbell (2-4pm).

Vehicles

X-Wing fighter, Bumblebee Camaro, Lightning McQueen, Pizza Planet.

Free treat trail

Kids are encouraged to dress up as their favourite characters and pay a visit to the various stores hosting our treat bowls – the list will be announced soon.

All kids just need to do is visit with an adult, find the bowl and say to a staff member “Can I have a Trinity treat please?”.

Cue sweet enjoyment with a chocolate/treat*. It’s all while stocks last and only on Halloween, Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1 or until eaten.

*sweet taken/eaten at own risk, may contains allergens including nuts, milk etc.

Characters and cars

Please note that all characters are cosplay and/or mascots and props and cars are fan-made replicas.

This event relies on many volunteers, so all characters, images and posters are for guidance only and all characters, props, cars and timings are subject to change without notice.

So don’t be disappointed if Deadpool gets a cold or Spidey has the flu. Although we do sell Lemsip and Olbas Oil, so…

The weather won’t stop us as we have a large roof – so even if it’s a bit wet, we’ll be on.

Getting here by foot, car, train, bus, plane or spacecraft

We have 1,000 paid for parking spaces on site and you can get your first 2 hours free if you spend £10+ in Sainsbury’s and scan your discount ticket before paying at one of our 5 pay machines or 3 exits barriers. 50p all day parking Sundays.

Coming by bus? Easy – we are 90 paces from Wakey bus station.

If you’re on the train, you can come to either Wakefield Westgate or Wakefield Kirkgate and both are less than a 100 minute walk to us.

We have space to lock up to 100 cycles on site and cycle and motorcycle parking is free.

Coming by spacecraft via outer space? Please kindly crash land your ship on the grass around the back of Burger King and use your new-found alien powers to do only good on planet Earth. Plus, the crash site is near Greggs. Ideal.

Eating and drinking

Yes, please do both here.

We have a Cooplands, Panda Mami, Greggs, Starbucks, Chopstix, Bob & Berts, Little Lotus, Burger King, Costa, Sainsbury’s, Asda Living and Muffin Break. Plus pop-up street food like PG Foods and Pickelicious.

There’s also some great places across Wakey city centre to enjoy too.

Visiting with additional needs

Star Walk is awesome and everyone is welcome. Apart from criminals and anti-social behaviour which as you all now, we have a zero tolerance approach on.

Everyone else, come on down! If you have visitors with additional needs and want to find out more or need a little extra help, just get in touch through our contact us page on the website and we’ll do our best to help.

Star Walk does get busy, but the quietest times are from 10am and just before 4pm. Trinity Walk is a spacious open air centre, with two main malls covered by a high roof. So there’s always a place to find space.

It’s flat and accessible for almost everyone, so pushchairs, mobility scooters and wheelchairs are no problem. We have two large accessible/family toilets, and two main toilets blocks. Baby changing is available in our accessible toilets and in all our coffee shops too.

We’ll always try to help. For example, if you are visiting with a child in a wheelchair, please just go say hi to one of the team in pink/black uniform and we’ll do our best to help get you to the front of a queue if/where possible.