Cassiobury Farm and Fishery
WHERE
Rickmansworth
What it’s like
Over 70 species, from tamarins to zebras, on occasional open days you walk into through Cassiobury Park.
The animals are the thing here: tamarins, zebras and kangaroos among more than 70 species, plus rare breed farm stock like Gloucester Old Spot pigs and Soay sheep. There's a kitchen garden and a carp fishery alongside the paddocks and enclosures, so there's plenty to wander past between the animals. It's a working farm and fishery rather than a polished attraction, and that's part of the appeal.
Open days are occasional rather than every weekend, and you sign up to their newsletter to hear when the next one is. That's the catch: you can't just decide on a Saturday morning and go, you'll need to have your name on the list and plan around the date they announce. Worth knowing before you promise the kids a day out.
Getting there is the other thing to sort. There's no visitor parking on site at all. From Gade Avenue it's under ten minutes on foot, which is fine with a buggy on a dry day and less fine with a cool box and a three-year-old who's already tired. If you need disabled parking, there's a bay on site but you have to ring the farm in advance to reserve it.
Plan it as a morning or afternoon rather than a full day, given the walk in and out at both ends. The park walk itself is a decent bit of the outing for little ones, and the animals are the bit older kids will remember.
Facilities
Need to know
- Parking
- On-street parking near Gade Avenue entrance, or the main Cassiobury Park car park
- Wheelchairs
- Disabled parking on site — call the Farm to reserve a bay
- Getting there by bus or train
- Access on foot through Cassiobury Park
- Sign up to the newsletter before you plan anything, open days pop up rather than run weekly
- No visitor parking on site: street parking near Gade Avenue or the main park car park, then walk in
- Blue badge holders need to ring the farm ahead to reserve the on-site bay
- Arrive on foot through Cassiobury Park, roughly ten minutes from the Gade Avenue entrance
Plan your visit
When can we visit?
Open days are occasional, not fixed weekly. You sign up to their newsletter to hear about upcoming dates, so it's worth doing that before you plan anything.
Where do we park?
Nowhere on site for visitors. You park on the street near the Gade Avenue entrance or at the main Cassiobury Park car park, then walk in through the park.
How far is the walk in?
Under ten minutes from the Gade Avenue entrance, on foot through Cassiobury Park.
Can we park on site if we have a blue badge?
There's disabled parking on site, but you have to ring the farm in advance to reserve a bay. Don't turn up expecting one to be free.
What will the kids see?
Over 70 species, including tamarins, zebras and kangaroos, plus rare breed farm animals like Gloucester Old Spot pigs and Soay sheep. There's a kitchen garden and a carp fishery too.
Can we get there without a car?
The farm is reached on foot through Cassiobury Park, and it's under ten minutes from the Gade Avenue entrance.
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