Getting your wellies on and visiting the local farm is always a great time for young children, a combination of mud and animals and you can’t go wrong.

Over Farm Market 01452 521014 or www.over-farm market.com

Meet a water buffalo, donkeys, pot-bellied pigs and greedy goats
(animal feed available). PYO fruit and themed trailer rides at certain
times.

Water Hall Open Farm, Hertfordshire 01438 871256

A small open farm offering hands-on encounters with furry friends including rabbits, guinea pigs, sheep and goats.

Old Dairy Farm Centre, Northants 01327 340525 or www.old-dairy-farm-centre.co.uk

Enjoy crafts, walks in the fields with grazing sheep and a small museum of bygones. Special events include lambing weekends (small charge).

Foxburrow Farm, Suffolk 01394 380113

Visit a wildlife haven within a working arable farm. Activity days
for 6-12yr olds during the school holidays, (booking required).

Hungersheath Farm, Shropshire 01630 674261 or www.hungersheathfarm.co.uk

Farm shop with play area and pick your own fruits in summer.

Cornish Camels, Helston, Cornwall 01326 231119

See the resident camels, wallabies and rheas, follow the farm trail and have fun in the giant sandpit and play area.

Stonebridge City Farm, Nottinghamshire 01159 505113

Find a variety of farm animals, including some giant snails. There are animal paddocks, a play area and wormery.

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