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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.
- Fishers Farm Park, Wisborough Green, West Sussex
Three times award winning attraction with a huge variety of animals, Ice-Skating, Toboggan Run, Combine Harvester Rides, Adventure Golf, Ghost Tunnel Ride, Jumping Pillows, Theatre Shows, Climbing Wall, and the BRAND NEW Jolly Jumbos playbarn.
- 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.
- 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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