Best pumpkin patches near London for a family day out
Stock up on seasonal veg, find a perfect photo backdrop and get Halloween-ready with our roundup of the best pumpkin patches near London
Best pumpkin patch for filling a whole afternoon: Foxes Farm Produce
The only way is Essex with Foxes Farm Produce, a 40-minute drive away from Stratford, in Basildon (there’s also a location in Colchester). You can pick your own or choose from ready-cut pumpkins, climb on a straw bale sofa, pose for photos with Fergie the tractor and enjoy wheelbarrow rides. Tickets must be pre-booked and start at £4.
Read more ...Best pumpkin patch by day or night: Tulleys Farm
Take your pick from the 150,000 (or thereabouts) pumpkins on offer at Tulleys. In addition to daytime picking, there are PYO pumpkin nights for a spookier evening atmosphere.
Read more ...Best pumpkin patch for Halloween fun: Priory Farm
Priory Farm is the place to check out for spooky Halloween antics, with tractor-trailer rides to the pumpkin field and a mystery to solve on the Discovery Walk trail. Or, choose your perfect pumpkin at the Pumpkin Palace.
Read more ...Best pumpkin patch for wheelbarrow play: Stanhill Farm
Half an hour’s drive from Peckham, you’ll find 150-acre Stanhill Farm, where you can gather pre-cut pumpkins into your wheelbarrow (and yes, give your toddler rides for half an hour, at least. Start working those arm muscles in preparation now). The Pumpkin Patch is the perfect spot to capture those perfect Instagram-envy snaps every other parent seems to manage, all the time.
Read more ...Best pumpkin patch to hang out with animals: Bocketts
Bocketts isn’t a pumpkin-picking farm per se; it’s a really fabulous farm with animal petting and feeding sessions, pig racing, goat milking, pony rides, tractor rides and an outdoor adventure playground and soft play. No wonder it’s a favourite destination for primary school trips. Head over during Witches and Wizards Week (21 - 29 October), where kids can enjoy reptile hangouts, science and slime shows, a spooky trail and a pumpkin village with hundreds of homegrown pumpkins.
Read more ...Best pumpkin patch for little ones: Crockford Bridge Farm
Rather than a typical PYO setup, Crockford Bridge Farm near Weybridge, Surrey, features a US-style pumpkin marketwhere you can choose from a large selection of squashes and pumpkins on display (which means no trekking through acres of land with over-exhausted babes).
Read more ...Best pumpkin event: Poundsbridge Farm
This working sheep farm in Tunbridge Wells turns pumpkin extravaganza each October with a week-long PYO pumpkin event (tickets will be pre-sold this year).
Read more ...Best with multiple locations: Pumpkin Moon
Pumpkin Moon has locations near Maidstone and Rainham, where you can choose from over 80 types of pumpkin and squash. The Rainham location has a Maize Maze nearby, a 10-acre, pumpkin-shaped maze with sunflowers too.
Read more ...Best for pumpkin lovers: Secretts
Secretts hosts an annual Pumpkin Week. Dress to impress and remember to post a picture of your spooktacular costumes on social media if you want to take part in the fancy dress competition, and stick around for a warming feast of pumpkin soup, barbecue sausages and more once you've chosen your orange orbs. It's sure to be a fun-filled, pumpkin-tastic event for the kids to enjoy.
Read more ...Best in Maidstone: Milebush Farm
With loads of colourful squashes and pumpkins, Milebush PYO in Maidstone is one for those close to Kent. The pumpkin patch opens the first week of October and no booking is required, just turn up. Don't forget to come back in winter for a Christmas tree.
Read more ...Best for the total experience: Garsons
A 25-minute drive from Putney or Wimbledon, you’ll find 155 acres of glorious pick-your-own farmland at Garsons, plus a farm shop and garden centre. You can snap up apples, spinach, carrots, beetroots and squash along with the obligatory pumpkins.
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