Wizard time awaits as Harry Potter heads to Lakes Aquarium

The greatest wizard on the planet will arrive on the platform of Lakeside station in the beautiful Lake District, on October 27, as he makes his way to the fabulous Wizards on Windermere event at the Lakes Aquarium, running between October 27 and November 2. Harry Potter lookalike, Luke Williams, described as the most realistic Harry Potter in the world, will be using his uncanny resemblance to Daniel Radcliffe to bring magical moments into the lives of children and adults alike.

Luke, who also has an uncannily accurate Harry Potter voice, will show off his superb magic and balloon modelling skills, as well as mingling with families arriving for Wizards on Windermere.

Inside the Aquarium, enthralling creepy creature talks are being staged throughout the thrilling event, to offer exciting insights into the lives of toads, frogs and scary spiders living at the attraction.

Families will be able to create their own creatures in creature-themed craft activity sessions and facepainting will also be available between October 28 - November 1.

On October 27 and also on October 28 and 31, everyone will go bats, as the Furness Bat Group provides introductions to their nocturnal creatures. On November 1 and 2, it’s the turn of Furness Owls, who will bring their wise old feathered friends to the Aquarium to captivate visitors of all ages.

There’s a mystical quiz trail and lots to see and do each day, ranging from watching the magical performance of diving ducks foraging underwater for food, to enjoying the technical trickery of the attraction’s Virtual Dive Bell.

Cups and sorcery will also be served up in Oscars, a café with a superb Windermere lakeside location and views. To give everyone an appetite for Halloween, the menu will be supplemented with delights such as pumpkin soup, Halloween eyeball pizza, ghost toast, pumpkin bread pudding, Halloween frothy punch and screaming spice and Tarantula cookies.

Admission is £8.50 for an adult, £5.50 for a child aged 3-15 (children under 3 enter for free), £7.00 for OAPs and £25.00 for two adults and two children (other family tickets are available for families with 1-4 children). Online purchase from Lakesaquarium.co.uk provides at least a 10% discount.