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Farms & Petting Farms in London
London's city farms are the easy win here, and most cost nothing at all. Vauxhall City Farm sits right by the station with a suggested donation of about £4, Kentish Town City Farm was the UK's first and still runs weekend animal sessions, and Hackney City Farm on Goldsmiths Row has a cafe and gardens for after. Spitalfields, Surrey Docks and Mudchute add goats, pigs and Thames-side or Isle of Dogs walks, all free. For a fuller farm day with rides and play barns, you're looking further out. Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park near Waltham Abbey has a bouncy pillow and teacup rides for under-12s from £7.50, Bocketts Farm Park out at Leatherhead does pig racing twice daily with two play barns for rainy days, and a longer trip out to Luton reaches Woodside Animal Farm, with tractor rides and a soft play barn from £9.50. Toddlers do well at the free London farms; older kids will get more from the rides further out.
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Places for farms & petting farms
from £7.50Bocketts Farm Park
Leatherhead · ages 1-17
Pig racing twice a day, a woodland pony ride and two play barns to fall back on if the sky turns.
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from £1.20Copas Farms PYO The Fruit Fields Pumpkin Picking
Iver · ages 2+
Weekend pumpkin picking across the fields, with a maize maze to get lost in before you weigh your haul.
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FreeFreightliners City Farm
London · ages 0+
Free N7 city farm near Highbury - animals and gardens; closed Tuesdays, donations welcome.
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FreeHackney City Farm
London · ages 0+
Free east London city farm on Goldsmiths Row - animals, gardens and cafe; donations welcome.
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Hanwell Zoo
London
Face to face with meerkats, flamingos, porcupines and lemurs on a small zoo site in west London.
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FreeKentish Town City Farm
London
Free Camden city farm - UK's first - with goats, ponies and weekend animal sessions for families.
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from £7.50Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park
Waltham Abbey · ages 0-12
Farm animals to feed, swan and teacup rides, a giant bouncy pillow and adventure play, all outdoors near Waltham Abbey.
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FreeMudchute Park and Farm
London
Free Isle of Dogs city farm with animals, park walks and a kitchen cafe - proper London day out without the tourist fluff.
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from £1Nathan's Farm
Chalfont St. Giles
Feed the animals, hold a baby chick and go egg collecting at a small petting farm with its own café.
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FreeSpitalfields City Farm
London · ages 0+
Free Spitalfields city farm with goats, sheep, hens and tea hut - Tue-Sun, donations welcome.
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FreeSurrey Docks Farm
London
Free Rotherhithe Thames-side city farm with goats, pigs and a coffee shop - easy South London family stop.
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FreeVauxhall City Farm
London · ages 0+
Free-entry Vauxhall city farm near the station - animals and cafe; suggested donation about £4.
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Good to know: farms & petting farms in London
Are any of them free?
Yes, Freightliners City Farm, Hackney City Farm, Kentish Town City Farm, Mudchute Park and Farm and 3 more are free to visit.
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £1 at Nathan's Farm. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
Whereabouts are they?
You'll find farms & petting farms in Leatherhead, Iver, London, Waltham Abbey and Chalfont St. Giles. Every place we list is in or around London, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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