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Herne Bay Zombie Crawl returns to paint the town blood red

By: Jack Dyson jdyson@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 00:01, 01 November 2018

Updated: 08:41, 01 November 2018

More than 600 living dead braved the wind and rain to stagger their way through the centre of a seaside town.

Organised by the BayPromoTeam, the Zombie Crawl returned to Herne Bay on Saturday evening – two years since the last one.

The family-friendly event saw hundreds of men, women and children dress up as the likes of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, ghoulish Oompa Loompas and Negan from the Walking Dead.

Pennywise the dancing clown from Stephen King’s adapted novel It was in attendance. Picture: Adrian Bennett (5090164)

Organiser Scott Turner said: “We had a year away, but it seemed like we hadn’t.

“We had people who spent months coming up with their costume ideas. The amount of effort they put in is above and beyond what you’d expect.

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“We were chuffed to have so many come out on a cold, windy, horrible Saturday in October. They were dedicated horror fans.”

The route started at the Clock Tower Plaza and wound its way along William Street, the High Street and Station Road.

Jack, five, and Ethan, eight, with mum Francesca Fairbanks
Many wore tattered clothes and were drenched in fake blood
Denise, Steve and Luca Fasulo all took part on Saturday

Whitstable’s 30-strong drum band – the Samba Pelo Mar – led the procession, which also included a group of acrobatic stilt walkers.

“There was as many people who turned out to watch the zombies as there were in the crawl itself,” Mr Turner added. “That gave it a party atmosphere.”

A Zombie Ball was held afterwards at the King’s Hall, drawing 350 people.

Mr Turner confirmed that the BayPromoTeam already has “one eye” on next year’s crawl.

Hundreds of men, women and children staggered through town. Picture: Adrian Bennett (5090169)

“We heard all evening about how much people missed it,” he said.

“At the moment, I think it will happen next year – I can’t see why not. Whatever we do will be good fun again”

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