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Looking for a fun-filled Easter holiday event for the whole family? Look no further than Beetle Bank Farm! With a range of exciting activities happening throughout the event, there’s plenty to keep everyone entertained.
Join the feathery fun on Wednesday 27th March and Wednesday 3rd April with Gosling Raptors, where you can get up close and personal with some beautiful owls.
For those who love rugby, Rugby Tots will be there for one day only on Thursday 28th of March, or take part in some football fun with Speed Test UK on Monday 25th March and Monday 1st April.
Unleash your artistic side with our fun range of Easter crafts, including painting your pot and planting a sunflower, making a hatching Easter chick, designing and drawing your own Easter egg, and even creating your own Easter bonnet! And for those who love animals, there’s plenty to see and do, from feeding our adorable lambs to taking a wander around the farm with some of our walkable animals.
Don’t forget to take part in our wildlife quiz, Easter word hunt, and Easter games, where you can burn off that Easter energy with egg and spoon races, sack races, and more!
Book your tickets through our website today for an Eggtastic time!
Hesketh Farm Park is set in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. As Dales’ weather can be unpredictable they have a large cosy, undercover barn. There’s loads to do including feeding and stroking the animals, having fun in the giant sandpit or playing hide and seek in the straw maze. They have a small cafe and they also host parties.
NO NEED TO BOOK
Bolton Abbey, Skipton BD23 6HA. Tel: 01756 710444
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm is a working farm and charity just one mile from Leeds city centre with animals, gardens and woodlands to discover. A charity established in 1980, admission is just £3 for adults, 50p for children and free for under 2s. Memberships available for year-round unlimited visits.
Open daily 10am-3pm.No need to book. Dogs welcome if kept on a lead. Parking available.See FAQs before visiting: https://www.mvuf.org.uk/contact-us/faq/
Tel: 0113 262 9759Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugar Well Rd, Leeds, LS7 2QG
A family run farm, providing an excellent farm shop. You can take a walk around the outside animal area and feed the animals (£1 per person), they even have Alpacas!. There is also an indoor sandpit and small play area (£2 per child) with ride-ons and Little Tikes slide etc for children. There is lots of free parking and a special picnic area.
Animal opening times Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm, Sundays and Mondays 10am-3pm.
None Go Bye Farm Shop, Otley Old Rd, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5HZ. Tel:0113 284 2206
Indoor, Outdoor & Animal Fun! Fantastic family day out nr York.
Towthorpe Grange, York, YO32 9ST
Here at Swithens Farm, we have a huge range of animals for you to see and interact with. Your little ones, and probably you also, will be happy as the pigs in muck as you get involved with feeding and learning about the care and husbandry on a real working farm. We have a whole host of stars for you to meet including cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, donkeys, llamas, alpacas, emus, meerkats, rabbits and guinea pigs.
Open Thursday- Sunday
SPRING 2023: Every Staurday and Sunday. Lamb feeding at 11am & 3pm. Calf feeding at 11:30am & 3:30pm. All included in your farm entry tickets.
Swithen’s Lane, Rothwell, Leeds LS26 0BT. Tel: 0113 282 8828
Explore Temple Newsam house, enjoy a picnic in the grounds, have fun in the adventure playground or meet the animals on the farm. Don’t miss the special school holiday and seasonal events throughout the year. Accessible site. Cafe & toilets facilities.
House Open Tuesday-Sunday, 11am -4pm, Home Farm, Daily, 10am-5pm (closed on Mondays during term time and bank holidays)
Home Farm : Come along and wander through the historic cobbled yards and outbuildings to find out what working life was like at Home Farm. Get up close to your favourite farmyard friends including lambs, piglets, geese, guinea pigs and loads more! On special event days enjoy crafts, activities and demonstrations suitable for all the whole family.
Admission charge for house & farm. Free entry to under 5s. Access to the gardens, woodland and estate (including play area) is free.
