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Farms & Petting Farms in Stoke-on-Trent
Feeding time looks different depending which way you drive. Glebe Farm, out at Congleton, is free to get in but you book ahead for the hands-on bits, grooming a Highland cow or walking an alpaca before the café shuts. Closer in, Lakemore Farm Park in Crewe charges from £2.50 and lets you stay as long as you like, animals, a nature walk and mini golf all with no clock running. Blaze Farm & The Potty Sheep, a drive out to Macclesfield, is free entry and built around the seasons, lambing in spring, shearing in summer. For toddlers, Play @ Lower Drayton Farm in Penkridge covers ages 0 to 18 with a four-storey soft play frame indoors and rabbits and goats outside, from £5. Church Farm Tea Rooms in Burton-on-Trent (from £6.50, ages 1+) is a proper longer trip at around 24 miles, with a sandpit, a go-kart track and tea rooms for the sit-down after. Nixon's Farm Shop in Cheadle is the furthest out, about 25 miles, and its weekend play sessions need booking, so plan ahead if that's the one you fancy.
16 places 6 free to visit
FreeBlaze Farm & The Potty Sheep
Macclesfield
Free entry to watch lambing in spring, sheep-shearing in summer, and a nature trail to wander in between.
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FreeCanalside Farm, Shop & Cafe
Great Haywood
Pick your own pumpkins or strawberries straight from the field, then walk the canal towpath before cake in the café.
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FreeCaverswall Creamery
Stoke-on-Trent
A working dairy farm where you buy fresh milk, eggs and ice cream from vending machines, plus a maize maze and pumpkin patch in season.
from £6.50Church Farm Tea Rooms & Childrens Farm
Burton-on-Trent · ages 1+
Hands-on animal petting, a sandpit and a go-kart track, plus tea rooms for when everyone needs a sit down.
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FreeCity Farm
Stoke-on-Trent
Free drop-in visits to meet farm animals, learn where eggs come from, and see how big the different animals really get.
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FreeGlebe Farm
Congleton
Book a proper hands-on animal experience, groom a Highland cow or walk an alpaca, then browse the farm shop before the café shuts.
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Heath House Farm
Stoke-on-Trent
A working garden centre and farm shop with a tea room, gift shop and Sunday lunches near Stoke-on-Trent.
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Intake Farm Campsite
Stoke-on-Trent
A quiet working farm campsite near Stoke-on-Trent where you camp or stay in a glamping pod alongside cows, llamas, goats and sheep.
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from £2.50Lakemore Farm Park
Crewe
Feed the animals, wander the nature walk and have a go on the mini golf, with no time limit on how long you stay.
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Lodge Farm Equestrian Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
Riding lessons, pony parties and Pony Club badges at a proper equestrian centre with its own café.
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Nixon's Farm Shop
Cheadle · up to age 10
Heald Green farm shop with animals, play barn and tea room - book play sessions at weekends.
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Oak Moor Farm
Leek
Meet, feed and walk alpacas on a harness, with a secure paddock if you've brought the dog too.
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from £6.50Oakleys Farm | Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent
A working buffalo farm with a petting farm at weekends, a farm shop and a kitchen serving proper breakfasts and lunch.
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from £5Play @ Lower Drayton Farm
Penkridge · ages 0-18
A four-storey soft play frame with racing slides indoors, plus rabbits, goats and pedal tractors outside.
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from £22Poplars Farm Riding School
Stoke-on-Trent · ages 4+
Riding lessons from £22 for a half hour, with group sessions, private coaching and hacking out for those who've got the basics down.
FreeRed Lion Farm Ice Cream & Cake Shop
Stafford
Watch Jersey cows being milked and Highland calves up close, then feed the animals before ice cream in the tea room.
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Good to know: farms & petting farms in Stoke-on-Trent
Are any of them free?
Yes, Blaze Farm & The Potty Sheep, Canalside Farm, Shop & Cafe, Caverswall Creamery, City Farm and 2 more are free to visit.
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £2.50 at Lakemore Farm Park. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
Which ones are indoor?
Play @ Lower Drayton Farm is indoor, good to keep up your sleeve for a rainy day.
Whereabouts are they?
You'll find farms & petting farms in Macclesfield, Great Haywood, Stoke-on-Trent, Burton-on-Trent, Congleton and 5 more. Every place we list is in or around Stoke-on-Trent, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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