UK's Top Farm Parks

Farm Parks are more than just a great day out - many provide educational resources, and carry out important work conserving rare breeds. Here is a round up of the Farm Parks in the UK. Visit the individual websites for up to date information on opening times, prices and special events. Many are approved by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST), a conservation charity working to restore Britain’s native livestock breeds to their rightful place in our countryside.

• Odds Farm Park, Buckinghamshire
  Cows, sheep, rabbits, pigs and goats. Activities include bottle feeding lambs, milking, tractor rides and there are lots of play areas both indoor and out plus crazy golf. RBST approved.
• Sherwood Forest Farm Park, Nr Mansfield, Notts
  Approved by the RBST, the park contains over 40 breeds as well as Exotic Birds, Wildfowl, Ornamental Ducks, Wallabies, Water Buffalo, Mara and Kune Kune Pigs.
• Fishers Farm Park, Wisborough Green, West Sussex
  Lambs, piglets, rabbits, horses and goats pony , horse & donkey rides, Tractor-trailer Rides, Combine Harvester Rides, Adventure Golf, Giant Slides and the "Fishers Happy Haunting" Ghost Tunnel Ride.
• South of England Rare Breeds Centre, Ashford, Kent
  Meet pigs, goats, lambs and cows, see pig racing, bitterfly tunnel, two adventure play parks and a soft play barn.
• White Post Farm Centre, Farnsfield, Notts
  Hold a baby animal, meet a newt, bottle feed a goat! Events throughout the year plus Sledge Run Experience and soft play area.
• Animal Farm Adventure Park, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
  Donkeys, Shetland Ponies, goats, llamas, Highland and Jersey cattle, and rare breed sheep. There is also a playbarn, adventure playground and land train.
• Matlock Farm Park
  Set in part of a 600 acre working farm, the park has llamas, goats, peacocks and red deer. You can pet rabbits and help feed the young lambs and there are specially designed playgrounds and a go-kart track.
• Mead Open Farm, Billington, Bedfordshire
  Rabbits to cuddle, cows to milk and greedy sheep and goats to hand feed. Combined with go karts, an outdoor log play adventure and sheep racing, plus special events including a reptile roadshows.
• Cholderton Charlies Farm Park
  Rabbits, Sheep, Goats, Exmoor Ponies, Chickens and turkeys and pigs. Plenty of play areas, pig racing and tractor trailer rides.
• Wimpole Home Farm, Royston, Cambridgeshire
  Working farm set amidst both thatched farm buildings and modern farmyards. Home to many rare breeds of sheep, cattle, pigs, poultry, horses and goats. RBST approved.
• Croxteth Home Farm, Liverpool
  Traditional Victorian farmyard home to an important collection of rare farm breeds. Learn about modern farming, see cows, pigs, horses, sheep and a small animals collection. Special events throughout the year.
• Cotswold Farm Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  An unrivalled collection of rare breeds of British farm animals including sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, horses, poultry and waterfowl. Outdoor and indoor animal displays and daily demonstrations.
• Cruckley Farm, Driffield, East Yorkshire
  Around 50 varieties of pigs, cows, oxen, sheep, horses, goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, ornamental waterfowl and farm cats and dogs.
• Cardigan Island Coastal Farm Park, Ceredigion, West Wales
  Donkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, cows, Shetland ponies, Welsh mountain ponies, rabbits and guinea pigs. Plus Australian wallabies, Vietnamese pigs, emus, rhea and llamas. Since it's coastal you could see bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic grey seals, seal pups or harbour porpoises.

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