Hesketh Farm Park
ENTRY
from £4
BUGGY FRIENDLY
Yes
What it’s like
Feed the animals, tear round a straw maze and a giant indoor sandpit, then hop on Farmer Chris's tractor and trailer.
This is a proper hands-on farm day rather than a look-but-don't-touch one. Kids get stuck into feeding and stroking animals, brushing pigs, holding guinea pigs and chicks, and depending on the season there's calf feeding or goat and lamb feeding on offer too. There's egg collecting and incubators with hatching eggs, which is the sort of thing that'll get talked about at teatime for weeks.
Outside there's a spider web climbing structure, a wooden agility course, a double zip wire and a rope swing for the ones who want to burn through their energy properly, plus pedal tractors and go-karts for the smaller legs. The straw maze and giant indoor sandpit are the ones to save for when the weather turns, since Hesketh Farm Park has a genuinely huge undercover area covering the animal handling barns, the sandpit, pedal tractors and the maze itself. The tractor and trailer ride with Farmer Chris is worth timing your visit around, though it's cash only, which feels a bit odd when everything else in the shop and café takes card.
It's £8.50 for adults and children alike, with under 2s at £4 and under 1s just £1, so a family of four is looking at a fair chunk of change for the day. Gates open at 10am and last entry is 4pm, with the site shutting at 5pm, giving you a proper full day if you want it. There's a small café doing hot and cold drinks, home baking, sandwiches and ice creams, or you can bring your own picnic and eat it at the tables inside or out. Every child under 14 needs an adult with them at all times, so this isn't a drop-and-run kind of visit.
Parking is free and there's a disabled bay right by the entrance, with most of the farm, including the tractor ride, accessible by wheelchair. Dogs have to stay in the car, or rather they don't, because the farm is firm that only assistance dogs come in and pets should never be left in vehicles.
Facilities
Need to know
- Last entry
- 4pm
- Parking
- Free on site. Disabled parking outside entrance
- Food
- Small café serving hot/cold drinks, home baking, sandwiches, light bites, ice creams and snacks
- Picnics
- Bring your own. Indoors and outdoors with picnic tables provided
- Pushchairs
- Prams welcome. No hire mentioned
- Wheelchairs
- Accessible including tractor rides
- Dogs
- Assistance dogs only
- Parties
- Bring your own party, picnic and cake
- Worth knowing
- Loyalty card: free entry after five paid visits
- Tractor and trailer rides are cash only, everything else in the café and shop takes card
- A loyalty card gets you free entry after five paid visits
- Spring brings lambs and newborns, with baby calves alongside the cows in May
- There's an Easter trail with an egg hunt and prize from 28 March to 12 April
- Halloween brings a grotto and pumpkin carving
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
£8.50 for adults and children. Under 2s are £4 and under 1s are £1.
Do we need to book?
There's no booking link, so it looks like you just turn up on an open day.
What time should we arrive?
Gates open at 10am with last entry at 4pm, so give yourself a proper afternoon if you're paying that entry price.
Is it OK if it rains?
There's a genuinely huge undercover area with the animal barns, the sandpit, pedal tractors and the straw maze, so a wet day isn't wasted.
Can we bring a picnic?
Bring your own, they're happy for you to eat outside or at the indoor tables. Just take your rubbish home with you.
Is there a café?
Yes, a small one doing hot and cold drinks, home baking, sandwiches and ice creams.
Can we do the tractor ride?
Farmer Chris runs a tractor and trailer ride and it's wheelchair accessible, but you'll need cash as cards aren't taken for that bit.
Are dogs allowed?
Only assistance dogs. They're clear that you shouldn't leave dogs in the car either.
Is it wheelchair friendly?
Most of the farm is accessible, with wide flat undercover areas in the two barns, disabled parking at the entrance and a disabled toilet.
Can we book a birthday party there?
There aren't structured parties, but you're welcome to bring your own party, picnic and cake.
Do children need supervising?
Every child under 14 must be with an adult, there's no leaving them to explore alone.
Is there parking?
Free parking on site, with a disabled bay right outside the entrance.
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