As Spring is among us, we’re going to want a lot of activities to keep the kids happy over the Easter Holidays and the weekends, so here we’ve lined up some of the best and most exciting Farm Parks in the East Midlands.
Farm Parks are great family days out, plenty of fun and involve cute furry friends. These adventures out will make amazing memories and teach your children some important lessons about wildlife and caring for nature!
Farm Parks
Paradise Found Educational Farm Park
We offer a complete visitor experience where adults and children can get to meet and interact with many different species of animal, bird and reptile.
We integrate the animal experience with hands-on play time for children, with an onsite cafe inside the barn offering an array of refreshments to eat inside or alfresco making it a great day out for families.
West Lodge Rural Centre Park Farm
An open farm and garden centre based on a working family farm which can be seen at work throughout the seasons. Cows, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and horses are kept as well as rabbits and guinea pigs in the cuddle corner.
Indoor and outdoor play areas are available too! 3 miles of nature trails, taking walkers through 70 acres of conservation award-winning farmland containing interactive sculptures. Various events are held throughout the year including lambing, Easter egg hunts, treasure trails, sheep shearing, harvest festival, Halloween and Christmas – Join us this Spring!
Rectory Farm Eyebrook – Wild Bird Feeds
Producing wild bird seed is a part of the family farm business based in Great Easton, using as many homegrown ingredients as possible – as well as buying seed you can take a walk around our beautiful farm.
We are pleased to invite the public to share the farm with us. The best way to do this is to take advantage of the permissive footpaths which have been created at Rectory Farm between the village of Great Easton and Eyebrook Reservoir. Excellent views are possible from vantage points over the reservoir and across the Welland and Eyebrook valleys.
Gorse Hill City Farm
This working farm is a registered charity that looks after over 100 animals across 20 acres. Visitors can meet all the residents and learn all about taking care of them! In 2011 the farm also became a Rare Breed Survival Trust (RBST) approved city farm looking after rare or native breeds of pigs, goats, cattle and sheep. Animal feed can also be bought to give to the smaller members of the farm family!
Take a walk around the wildlife garden and pond and then let the children play in the outdoor play area while you unpack the picnic! There’s a gift shop with plenty of pocket money items to purchase and an education room that’s available to hire.
White Post Farm Centre
From cute chicks to sheep racing there are lots for animal lovers to enjoy at the White Post Farm Centre.
Entertaining families for twenty years, this year-round attraction offers a slice of farm life whatever the weather. Come prepared to meet, and fall in love with, a variety of farm animals from chickens, pigs, wallabies, cattle, cows, llamas, ponies and donkeys.
Manor Farm and Woodlands
Situated in acres of beautiful countryside just outside the Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire border is the Manor Farm and Woodlands.
Make the most of the nature trails, living willow structures and lake in their stunning woodland setting, which is quite a sight as you move through the seasons. Visit the delightful donkeys and a large collection of owls from around the world, which you can also hold – if you’re lucky!
The heated indoor play barn is the perfect place to banish the cold and any excess energy!
Stonebridge City Farm
This community project is free to visit and a perfect antidote to city living with its lush gardens, nature walks and access to farm animals. Meet cows, goats, ducks, sheep and ponies and hold bunnies and guinea pigs in the petting barn.
Take a packed lunch if you want to make the most of the open space, or eat in the café. You can buy homegrown fruit and veg in the shop and feed to give to the animals.
Ferry Farm Country Park
Everyone loves baby animals, and at Ferry Farm Country Park you can get close and cuddly with cute farm favourites! Children can bottle feed lambs, hold piglets and stroke baby donkeys, as well as cuddle rabbits, guinea pigs, chicks, mice and gerbils!
Out in the grounds, there’s more farmyard fun to be had, from frolicking in the adventure playground to riding the tractors. Ride zip wires, have a go on the assault course, jump on the trampoline or ride the pedal go-karts!
Floralands Farm Park
Being down on the farm is all about enjoying animals, outdoor space and nature, which is exactly what you get at Floralands Farm Park.
Visit donkeys, pigs, sheep, pygmy goats and alpacas before climbing, swinging and sliding on the exciting play equipment and have a go on one of the ride-on pedal tractors.
Twinlakes Park
Twinlakes Park is the ideal attraction if you’re looking for non-stop action and adventure!
The theme park has lots of rides and attractions across different zones including the Labyrinth Venture Zone where you can scale the thrilling heights of Gladiators Galleon or The Icarus Sky Flyer! Smaller ones will love the Mercury Mini Coaster or enter the Labyrinth itself for a host of twisty, turny family fun, and the Dragon water park for a splashing good day!
Stonehurst Family Farm and Museum
This authentic, working family farm has been going for 60 years and offers all visitors a warm and friendly welcome. Pull on your welly boots and get ready to get stuck into a farming way of life! Collect the freshly laid eggs; meet the animals and even hold the baby ones!
There’s a fantastic nature trail around the site to maximise your time in the great outdoors, you can go pond dipping, enjoy a pony or a tractor ride and then have a play in the playground. Included in the ticket price is the entrance to the motor museum, which has a fantastic collection of vintage and classic cars for all the motor enthusiasts!
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