The 50 Best Farms to Visit in the United Kingdom, Ranked (And the Famous Names That Didn't Make the Cut)
Updated: 4 days ago
On Good Friday 1989, a Yorkshire farming family opened their gate to paying visitors for the first time. Roger Nicholson took £100 that day.
The family later wrote that they had been "in danger of losing our family farm".
In the year to January 2025, that same farm turned over £13.48 million and employed 233 people. It is Cannon Hall Farm, and it tops this list.
So here is the short answer. The best farms to visit in the UK right now are Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley, Hall Hill Farm in County Durham, York Maze, Pennywell Farm in Devon and Glenshane Country Farm in Northern Ireland.
Below are all 50, ranked No. 1 to No. 50 on a 100-point scorecard, across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Planning a day out? There's a great farm within a couple of hours of you. Own a farm? Read it twice. Every entry is a lesson in turning visitors into income.
The short answer: the 5 best farms to visit in the UK (November 2026)
How we ranked them: every farm had to be open in 2026, hold 4.3+ Google stars from 100+ reviews, and be a real working farm. Then we scored each one out of 100 on reviews, press, the experience, story, value and ease. No farm paid to be listed. |
Jump to your region
England, South West: Nos. 4, 10, 18, 23, 24, 31, 42, 45
England, South East: Nos. 9, 12, 13, 38, 41, 43, 46
England, London: No. 35
England, East: Nos. 22, 47
England, Midlands: Nos. 25, 36, 37
England, Yorkshire: Nos. 1, 3, 14, 16, 21
England, North West: Nos. 6, 27, 32
England, North East: Nos. 2, 17, 28
Scotland: Nos. 11, 15, 20, 26, 29, 34, 39, 40, 44
Wales: Nos. 19, 30, 48, 49, 50
Northern Ireland: Nos. 5, 7, 8, 33
Best farm for… (quick picks)
If you want… | Go to | Why |
Toddlers and under-8s | Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, Dorset (No. 18) | Built for under-8s: guinea pig cuddles, pig racing, a splash zone |
A rainy day | Fishers Farm Park, West Sussex (No. 12) | Open 363 days a year, with indoor play and theatre shows |
Full wheelchair access | Whitehouse Farm Centre, Northumberland (No. 17) | Changing Places toilet, three sensory rooms, wheelchair and scooter hire |
A farm stay | Lennox of Lomond, near Luss (No. 34) | Adults-only hot-tub lodges on a working hill farm |
Foodies | Knepp Wildland, West Sussex (No. 9) | The Wilding Kitchen holds a green Michelin star |
A farm-to-table lunch | Riverford Field Kitchen, Devon (No. 24) | A daily-changing organic menu on the home farm |
Wine | Camel Valley, Cornwall (No. 23) | Royal Warrants from the King and the Queen |
Lavender photos | Cotswold Lavender, Worcestershire (No. 36) | About 250,000 plants in rows almost 1,000 feet up |
Sheepdogs | Glenshane Country Farm, County Londonderry (No. 5) | "Sheepdogs at Work" with a fourth-generation shepherd |
Highland cows | Kitchen Coos & Ewes, Dumfries & Galloway (No. 11) | A farmer-led Highland cow safari, then home baking |
Watching cows being milked | Low Sizergh Barn, Cumbria (No. 32) | The café looks down into the milking parlour, daily 3:30 to 5pm |
Pick your own fruit | Cairnie Fruit Farm, Fife (No. 29) | One of Scotland's first PYO strawberry farms |
Pumpkins | Farmer Copleys, West Yorkshire (No. 14) | Farm Retail Association Pick Your Own of the Year 2024 |
A free day out | Mudchute Park and Farm, London (No. 35) | Free entry, 32 acres, Canary Wharf behind the sheep |
Open all year | The Ark Open Farm, County Down (No. 8) | Says it is the only open farm in Northern Ireland open all year |
How we ranked the best farms to visit in the UK
Step 1: the entry tests. A farm had to pass all of these:
Open to the public in 2026, with set hours or bookings (no wholesale-only farms)
At least 4.3 Google stars from at least 100 Google reviews
A real working farm, where visitors see crops or animals being raised. No pure theme parks. No zoos.
Step 2: the 100-point scorecard.
Test | Points | What we looked for |
Google stars | 25 | Sliding scale: 4.3 scores 0, 4.9 or more scores 25 |
Popularity | 15 | Number of reviews, on a log scale, so a 400-review gem isn't crushed by a 10,000-review giant |
Press and awards | 15 | National media and national awards count most |
The experience | 15 | How much there is to do: PYO, tours, animals, mazes, shop, café, stays, events |
Recent reviews | 10 | Is the last year as good as the long-run rating? |
Story and uniqueness | 10 | Century-old family farms, rare crops, something found nowhere else |
Value for money | 5 | "Worth every penny" or "tourist trap"? |
Ease of visiting | 5 | Clear website and prices, booking, parking, toilets, access, more than one season |
Total | 100 |
Step 3: balance. We spread the 50 across all four nations and capped any one type at 12, so it isn't all farm parks. Ties went to the better story.
Step 4: the red-flag rule. A farm with a serious incident on record (an outbreak, a serious injury, a welfare finding) is out. Two farms in our 50, Cannon Hall and Cotswold Farm Park, each had a small, old illness cluster more than a decade ago. Everyone recovered. We disclose them, and they stay in.
A few house rules. No farm paid to be included. Every farm here has 4.3+ Google stars and 100+ reviews, but we don't print each farm's star number. The list was checked on 5 November 2026, and we recheck it every six months.
We use the same method for our other ranked lists: the best farms to visit in Texas, California, Florida and Georgia.
The 50 best farms to visit in the UK, ranked
No. 1: Cannon Hall Farm, Cawthorne (South Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire · Open farm, farm shop and restaurant · Best season: spring lambing (good all year)
Meet pigs and piglets, cattle, Shire horses, llamas and the reptile house. Cheer the sheep race, then eat at the White Bull restaurant and shop the farm shop and deli.
The Nicholson family held land near Barnsley from 1650. Roger was 16 when his father Charlie died, and he built the business that opened in 1989. Channel 5 made it famous with Springtime on the Farm, This Week on the Farm and Cannon Hall: A Yorkshire Farm. Its shop was named Farm Shop of the Year at the 2019 Farm Shop & Deli Awards.
Why it ranks: the biggest review base on our list, top national awards and a story every farmer should know.
No. 2: Hall Hill Farm, Lanchester (County Durham)
England, North East · Open farm and holiday cottage · Best season: spring lambing (March to April)
The tractor and trailer ride is included in the ticket. Bottle-feed lambs, hold chicks, meet Highland cattle and alpacas, and watch the sheep races. Adult tickets are £13.50 and children £12.50 (2026, own site).
The Gibson family arrived in 1925. On 12 April 1981 they simply let people come and see the lambs. It lost most of its animals to foot-and-mouth in 2001 and came back. By 2025 Richard, the fourth generation, had built a global following of over 400,000 for himself and the farm with his videos.
Why it ranks: a two-time national award winner (NFAN Small Farm Attraction of the Year in 2017, then Large Farm Attraction of the Year, reported 2025) with near-perfect reviews.
No. 3: York Maze, Elvington (North Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire · Maize maze grown in a farm crop · Best season: summer holidays to October
Every summer a giant picture is cut into a field of growing maize, and you get lost in it. There are smaller mazes, a tractor ride, a wildflower meadow, the "corniest show" and Hallowscream evenings in autumn.
Owner Tom Pearce was a beef farmer. When BSE meant his herd was killed, he turned a crop into a crowd-puller. Designs have run from a Viking longship in 2002 to a Dalek, Star Wars and Toy Story. The 2026 maze was a 15-acre tribute to Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday.
Why it ranks: NFAN's Farm Attraction of the Year in 2023, and the best farmer-reinvention story in Britain.
No. 4: Pennywell Farm, Buckfastleigh (Devon)
England, South West · Open farm · Best season: spring and summer (open mid-February to October, plus Christmas)
Piggy cuddles, pig racing, bottle-feeding, pony pampering, hand-feeding and a tractor trailer ride, all in the ticket. As the farm puts it: "There's a New Activity Every 30 Minutes!" Picnics are welcome, and everyone books ahead.
Chris and Nicky Murray founded Pennywell in 1989, and it is still family-owned and run. Here is the clever bit: "We deliberately limit the number of tickets we sell each day".
Why it ranks: the highest-rated big farm in the South West, with thousands of glowing reviews.
No. 5: Glenshane Country Farm, Maghera (County Londonderry)
Northern Ireland · Working sheep farm and sheepdog experience · Best season: open all year (booking essential)
Watch "Sheepdogs at Work" on a hill farm in the Sperrins, then step into the Country Barn visitor centre for "Fleece to Fashion" and Irish dance.
Your host is Jamese McCloy, a fourth-generation shepherd and sheep farmer. Tours began in 2019. The farm was one of Tourism NI's original "Embrace A Giant Spirit" ambassadors, and a finalist in two Farming Life Awards 2023 categories, including Farm Diversification. Most visitors come on coach and group tours, but groups of up to 10 can book direct.
Why it ranks: a real farmer, real dogs and a review record few farms anywhere can match.
No. 6: Snugburys Ice Cream, Hurleston, Nantwich (Cheshire)
England, North West · Ice cream farm with flower trails · Best season: summer sunflowers and October pumpkins
Pick from 40+ flavours, then walk the wildflower and sunflower trail with its wicker sculptures. There are goats and a pig, and pumpkins in autumn.
Chris and Cheryl Sadler started making ice cream in their farmhouse kitchen in 1986. Their daughters Hannah, Kitty and Cleo took over in 2016. Since 1998 the farm has built a giant straw sculpture beside the A51 every year: the Millennium Dome, Big Ben, Paddington. The straw Dalek made Guinness World Records in 2015.
Why it ranks: a family brand that turns a roadside field into a new talking point every year.
No. 7: Streamvale Open Farm, Dundonald, east Belfast (County Down)
Northern Ireland · Open dairy farm · Best season: spring and October (Christmas 27 November to 24 December 2026)
Streamvale is a working dairy that runs milking demonstrations, with about 250 cows (Travel Extra, 2025). Visitors meet lambs, goat kids and puppies, feed baby animals, eat ice cream made from the farm's own milk and tackle the play village. October brings the pumpkin patch.
The family has welcomed visitors for over 35 years and calls this "Northern Ireland's Only Open Dairy Farm". Farm owners, note this: a 2024 redesign of the Toy Shed raised sales per head by 97% (Travel Extra). Normal opening returns on 13 March 2027.
Why it ranks: a true dairy with an events calendar that runs from spring lambs to Christmas.
No. 8: The Ark Open Farm, Newtownards (County Down)
Northern Ireland · Rare-breeds open farm · Best season: spring lambs and December (open all year)
Feed and handle sheep, cattle, poultry, llamas and donkeys. Bottle-feed lambs, feed the reindeer, take a barrel or tractor ride, and finish in the Cottage Café and farm shop.
The Donaldson family opened The Ark in 1990, one of Northern Ireland's first open farms specialising in rare breeds. Look out for White Park cattle, Oxford Sandy and Black pigs, and Shetland and Jacob sheep on its 40 acres. It gets over 70,000 visits a year and says it is the only open farm in Northern Ireland to stay open all year.
Why it ranks: over 35 years of rare breeds, year-round opening, and reviewers who call it great value.
No. 9: Knepp Wildland, Dial Post, Horsham (West Sussex)
England, South East · Rewilded working estate with safaris and glamping · Best season: May to July
Join a guided safari with an ecologist. Look for white storks and purple emperor butterflies, and walk among free-roaming cattle, ponies, pigs and deer. Stay over in a treehouse, shepherd's hut or yurt, and eat at the Wilding Kitchen, which holds a green Michelin star.
Is it a farm? Yes, an unusual one. Rewilding began in 2000 on a 3,500-acre project, and the herds are raised for Wild Range meat on the rewilded land. Wikipedia calls it "the first large-scale rewilding project in England". Storks now breed on the estate.
Why it ranks: proof that nature itself can be the crop visitors pay to see.
No. 10: Cotswold Farm Park, Guiting Power (Gloucestershire)
England, South West · Rare-breeds farm with camping and lodges · Best season: February half-term to Easter (lambing); October pumpkins
Meet and feed rare breeds, bottle-feed lambs and goats, and book the Highland Cow Experience to feed and brush the cows. Then camp or stay in a lodge. It is closed 2 to 26 November 2026 and reopens on 27 November for Christmas.
Joe Henson founded the park in 1971 to protect rare breeds of farm animal. His son, BBC Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, now runs it with business partner Duncan, "proud to continue in his wellington-booted footprints".
Why it ranks: a 55-year conservation story with a TV face and a full calendar.
No. 11: Kitchen Coos & Ewes, New Luce (Dumfries & Galloway)
Scotland · Highland cattle and sheep hill-farm tours · Best season: March to April (newborn calves); Christmas tours
Ride a padded, covered trailer on a farmer-led "Highland cow safari". Groom the young cows, watch the herd fed on the hill, meet the Beltex sheep and see a sheepdog at work. Every tour ends with tea and home baking at the farmhouse table. Tours are pre-booked only; the new-for-2026 Covenanters Coo & Ewes tour is £18 (own site).
Neale and Janet McQuistin built the visitor side after a decade of farm policy changes, moving to "a less intensive and more sustainable farming system".
Why it ranks: a textbook small-farm diversification with near-perfect reviews.
No. 12: Fishers Farm Park, Wisborough Green (West Sussex)
England, South East · Adventure farm park · Best season: all year (spring for lambs)
Animal encounters and handling, horse and tractor rides, pony rides, animal racing, theatre shows, soft play and water play. It is open 363 days a year, and it is aimed at children up to about 12.
Tim and Trina Rollings opened Fishers to the public in June 1990. They now run it with their son Tom and his wife Katie, and the next generation began training in 2020. It was named Large Visitor Attraction of the Year at the Beautiful South Awards in 2021.
Why it ranks: three generations, an award shelf and a near-perfect rating from thousands of families.
No. 13: Chapel Down, Tenterden (Kent)
England, South East · Working vineyard and winery · Best season: September to October (harvest)
Take a guided wine tour and tasting, try a cheese-and-wine pairing and lunch at The Swan restaurant.
Wikipedia describes Chapel Down as the largest producer of English wine, with over 950 acres under vine. Its Rosé Brut won Platinum at the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Why it ranks: the largest producer of English wine, with strong reviews to match.
No. 14: Farmer Copleys, Featherstone, Pontefract (West Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire · Pick your own, farm shop and café · Best season: October (pumpkins), April (tulips), late summer (sunflowers)
Pick pumpkins in October, tulips in spring and sunflowers in late summer. Eat at the Moo Café or stay in The Farmhouse holiday let.
Ernest Copley bought Ravensknowle Farm in 1967, and the farm shop opened in December 2003. Around 120,000 people came to the 20th Pumpkin Festival (Yorkshire Post). In 2024 the Farm Retail Association named it both Large Farm Shop of the Year and Pick Your Own of the Year. Read our Farmer Copleys case study.
Why it ranks: the most decorated PYO farm in the North, held back a little by grumbles about festival-day food prices.
No. 15: Briarlands Farm, Blair Drummond (Stirling)
Scotland · Farm park on a working cattle and hay farm · Best season: spring lambs; autumn pumpkins and Bonfire Night
Tractor and trailer rides, animal feeding and handling, alpacas and giant tortoises. Add jumping pillows, a zip line, mazes, mini go-karts and the Farmer's Den café. Dogs aren't allowed.
Robin and Mary Inglis, a third-generation farming family, opened the farm park in 2006 from a few play structures beside their strawberry tunnels. It had a record 82,000 visitors in a year. Robin told The Courier the farm park "makes more than five times as much as the farm itself". Strawberry picking ended after 2025, and the farm says Farmer Robin has now retired.
Why it ranks: the clearest proof on this list that the visitor side can outearn the farm.
No. 16: Ryedale Vineyards, Westow (North Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire · Real growing vineyard, winery tours and B&B · Best season: June to October
Tour the vineyard and winery, taste wine and cider with cheese, or stay in the B&B. The wine is made by hand in a converted cow byre. It's open Tuesday to Saturday.
Stuart and Elizabeth Smith run the family vineyard, which started in 2006, and the family says it was "once the most northerly commercial vineyard in the UK". In 2015 it was named Winemaker of the Year by the Mercian Vineyards Association.
Why it ranks: a near-perfect rating and a "vines in Yorkshire" story you'll want to tell at dinner.
No. 17: Whitehouse Farm Centre, Morpeth (Northumberland)
England, North East · Open farm · Best season: spring (closed for winter; reopens 11 February 2027)
Hand-feed the animals, hold small animals in the petting barn and ride the tractor and toboggan run. Numbers are capped, so book ahead. There is a Changing Places toilet, three sensory rooms, and wheelchair and scooter hire.
Keith Slater launched a small farm park here in 1997. Visitors grew from about 20,000 a year to about 100,000, and turnover topped £1 million in 2017 (Bdaily).
Why it ranks: the accessibility leader on our list, and reviewers say it's "Well worth the cost."
No. 18: Farmer Palmer's Farm Park, Organford, Poole (Dorset)
England, South West · Open farm for under-8s · Best season: summer (maize maze), Halloween and Christmas
Meet the animals, cuddle guinea pigs, cheer the pig racing and ride the tractor trailer. There are go-karts, soft play, a splash zone, Straw Mountain, a seasonal maize maze and the Dinosaur Roar Trail.
"The Palmer Family welcome you," says the farm. Reviewers say it is small and best for under-7s, which is exactly the point: little legs, short walks, big smiles. The award wall is long, with Dorset and South West tourism wins.
Why it ranks: a farm park built around toddlers, with a long list of tourism awards.
No. 19: Foel Farm Park, Brynsiencyn (Isle of Anglesey)
Wales · Small working family farm park · Best season: spring (bottle-feeding lambs); open 14 February to 1 November
Ride the tractor and trailer to see the Shire horses, bottle-feed lambs and calves in season, and try pony or mini-quad rides. Then make chocolate at the Siocled Môn workshop. The views run over the Menai Strait to Caernarfon Castle and Snowdonia.
Foel calls itself a "small working family farm", and reviewers say the farmer himself drives the trailer ride. It won a Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice award in 2024 and features on Visit Wales' list of farm attractions families will love.
Why it ranks: a genuine small farm with chocolate-making and castle views nobody else offers.
No. 20: Arbikie Highland Estate, Inverkeilor (Angus)
Scotland · Distillery on a working farm · Best season: book experiences ahead (check dates)
Walk the crops and botanicals, then taste. Or take the sustainability tour of the fields, polytunnel and green hydrogen setup, join a cocktail class, or have afternoon tea above Lunan Bay.
The Stirling family has farmed here for four generations. The distillery, owned by brothers John, Iain and David Stirling, opened in 2013, making spirits field to bottle from the farm's own potatoes, peas, wheat and rye. It made Scotland's first commercial potato vodka in 2014 and the first commercial Scottish rye whisky in over 100 years in 2020. It became a B Corp in 2025.
Why it ranks: the most complete "grown here, made here" story in Scotland.
No. 21: Brymor Ice Cream, Jervaulx, Masham (North Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire · Dairy ice cream farm · Best season: summer (open all year)
Choose from a huge range of farm ice cream, meet the cows and calves, donkeys, rare sheep and Highland cattle, then try the maize maze and the pick-your-own wildflower meadow.
Dairy farmer Brian Moore started making ice cream from surplus milk in 1984, after milk quotas came in. The name Brymor comes from him. The milk is Guernsey. Paul Hodgson took over from the Moore family in 2015, and a Brymor flavour won three gold stars at the 2022 Great Taste Awards.
Why it ranks: a classic "surplus milk into a destination" story in the Yorkshire Dales.
No. 22: Wimpole Home Farm (National Trust), Arrington, Royston (Cambridgeshire)
England, East · Historic working rare-breeds farm · Best season: spring (open all year)
Meet Shire horses, pigs, sheep, cows and goats, and a Suffolk Punch mare called Joan. See the Great Barn and the Victorian Dairy, then use the play area and the Farm Café. It's free for National Trust members.
Home Farm was built in 1794, and the National Trust calls it "the only in-hand farm of its kind in the National Trust". It opened to the public in 1983. This is farming history you can walk through, still working.
Why it ranks: a working farm built in 1794, with a story no new attraction can buy.
No. 23: Camel Valley, Nanstallon, Bodmin (Cornwall)
England, South West · Working vineyard, tours and tastings · Best season: summer to harvest (open Monday to Friday)
Book a Guided Tour or the Grand Tour and Tasting, then sit on the sun terrace with a glass. It is open year round, Monday to Friday only, and tours must be pre-booked. The Camel Trail cycle path runs right past.
Former RAF pilot Bob Lindo founded the vineyard, and it has made wine since 1989. In 2024 it was granted Royal Warrants from both the King and the Queen.
Why it ranks: a small family vineyard holding one of the highest honours a British producer can earn.
No. 24: Riverford Field Kitchen, Wash Farm, Buckfastleigh (Devon)
England, South West · Organic farm restaurant on the home farm · Best season: book ahead (check opening dates)
Sit at long shared tables on Riverford's home farm for a daily-changing set menu of mostly vegetable organic dishes. One reviewer took "a little walk around part of the farm" after lunch.
The Field Kitchen opened in July 2005 and marked 20 years in 2025. Founder Guy Singh-Watson is described as a "farmer and organic veg box pioneer", and Riverford has grown organically since 1986.
Why it ranks: the purest farm-to-table meal on our list.
No. 25: Ash End House Children's Farm, Middleton, Tamworth (Warwickshire)
England, Midlands · Open farm for young children · Best season: Easter and spring
Feed and pet the animals, bottle-feed lambs, collect a freshly laid egg, then ride a pony and a tractor. A play barn with soft play and bounce pillows keeps the energy going. As one reviewer put it: "Great farm with animals that you can touch, not look at from afar!"
Ash End has hosted birthday parties since 1981 and general visitors since 1986. Some of those first party guests now book for their own children.
Why it ranks: a 40-year favourite that has quietly earned thousands of glowing reviews.
No. 26: Dalscone Farm Fun, Dumfries (Dumfries & Galloway)
Scotland · Farm park with lambing on site · Best season: lambing time (check event dates)
Catch the popular live lambing event, meet lambs and kid goats born on site, and let the kids loose in the play areas. It leans towards play and also keeps wallabies and meerkats.
In February 2026 Dalscone made national news. Fiona, the ewe dubbed "Britain's loneliest sheep" after being rescued from the foot of Scottish cliffs, gave birth to twin lambs here. Manager Ben Best said: "From the world's loneliest sheep to a mother of two." It holds a VisitScotland 5 Star Visitor Attraction award.
Why it ranks: a busy family farm park with a story that made national news.
No. 27: Blaze Farm (Hilly Billy Ice Cream), Wildboarclough, Macclesfield (Cheshire)
England, North West · Working dairy, ice cream and nature trail · Best season: summer (open Wednesday to Sunday)
Eat Hilly Billy ice cream in a tearoom with a picture-window view of the hills. Then walk the nature trail with its tree-stump animal sculptures; the harder route climbs Hield Rocks. Goats, sheep, chicks and a peacock wander nearby. Note: no picnics.
The Waller family makes the ice cream from the farm's own dairy herd. A reviewer sums it up: "Between Congleton and Buxton is the working Blaze Farm, family run".
Why it ranks: cow-to-cone ice cream with one of the best views in Cheshire.
No. 28: Chain Bridge Honey Farm, Horncliffe, Berwick-upon-Tweed (Northumberland)
England, North East · Bee and honey farm with museum · Best season: late spring to September
See bees at work in an observation hive, explore a museum with a replica shop and vintage vehicles, and have tea in a double-decker bus café (seasonal). Then walk to the historic Union Chain Bridge and buy heather honey to take home.
Beekeeping adviser William Selby Robson founded the business in 1948, and the family still restores the vintage vehicles you see. One visitor: "Must do! Great place to visit, well kept museum with lots of historical items."
Why it ranks: a rare crop, a 78-year family story and nowhere else like it.
No. 29: Cairnie Fruit Farm & Mega Maze, Cupar (Fife)
Scotland · Pick your own fruit farm and maize maze · Best season: July to August (berries, maze); October (pumpkins)
Pick strawberries, raspberries, cherries, sunflowers and pumpkins, then get lost in the 6-acre maize maze (mid-July to October).
Pat and Margaret Laird bought the farm in 1969 and started one of Scotland's first PYO strawberry businesses from a trailer. Their son John and his wife Cameron run it now. The maze, cut with GPS into a new shape every year, has made papers in the US. Reviewers do grumble about yearly price rises.
Why it ranks: a Scottish PYO pioneer with a maze that changes shape every year.
No. 30: Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol (Vale of Glamorgan)
Wales · Working vineyard, hotel and restaurant · Best season: check tour dates
Take a vineyard and tasting tour, eat at the Roots restaurant and stay the night. The vineyard calls itself "a working vineyard, boutique hotel, restaurant and wedding venue all in one".
The first vines went in back in 1986. Ryan Davies bought the estate in 2010 and opened a 26-room hotel in 2019, claiming the UK's first vineyard with a dedicated hotel. It was making about 10,000 bottles a year under the Cariad label at the time (The Drinks Business, 2019).
Why it ranks: our Welsh vineyard pick, with a bed at the end of the tasting.
No. 31: The Newt in Somerset, Bruton (Somerset)
England, South West · Luxury estate with orchards, cider, farm shop and hotel · Best season: check the website
Explore formal gardens, orchards and woodland, join a garden tour, taste the cider, eat at The Farmyard and shop the farm shop. There's also a Roman villa, the Beezantium bee attraction, a spa and a hotel.
Koos Bekker and Karen Roos bought the Hadspen estate in 2013, and The Newt opened in 2019. Its operating company reported turnover of £22.43 million and 531 employees in the year to March 2024. See how it charges premium prices in our Newt case study.
Why it ranks: the top end of British agritourism, and a masterclass in story-led pricing.
No. 32: Low Sizergh Barn, Sizergh, Kendal (Cumbria)
England, North West · Organic dairy farm, farm shop and café · Best season: all year (milking daily 3:30 to 5pm)
Order a coffee and look down from the café gallery into the milking parlour, daily from 3:30 to 5pm. Fill a bottle at the raw milk machine, shop the farm shop and walk the free half-mile farm trail to the pond. There's camping too.
This is an organic, grass-fed, raw-milk dairy. As one reviewer put it: "Get farm fresh organic milk with cows in the barn next to you."
Why it ranks: watching milking from a café is rare in the UK, and here it happens daily.
No. 33: Laganvale Farm, Lisburn (County Antrim)
Northern Ireland · Working farm with maize maze and PYO pumpkins · Best season: late August to October; December (Christmas trees)
Meet sheep, goats, cows, horses and pigs. Walk the summer maize maze, pick pumpkins from late August to October and choose a Christmas tree in December.
The farm sits inside the Lagan Valley Regional Park, an easy hop from Belfast. It is small, local and seasonal in the best way, with a calendar that gives families three good reasons to come back each year.
Why it ranks: a true working farm with a strong rating and a three-season calendar.
No. 34: Lennox of Lomond, near Luss (Dunbartonshire)
Scotland · Farm stay with farm tours and lambing · Best season: spring (lambing)
Stay in an adults-only lodge with a hot tub and Loch Lomond views, bring the dog, and join a farm tour or a lambing experience.
The Lennox family runs a hill farm near Luss that is home to 1,100 Blackface sheep. Kay runs the tourism side with her husband Dougie and her parents, Bobby and Anne, who appeared in the first series of BBC's This Farming Life. In 2022 Farmers Weekly reported a contract worth about £30,000 with a US tour company. See our guide on how to start a farm stay.
Why it ranks: our top Scottish farm stay, on a real working hill farm.
No. 35: Mudchute Park and Farm, Isle of Dogs (London)
England, London · City farm · Best season: check opening times (free entry)
Meet sheep, pigs, alpacas, lambs and goats on 32 acres, with the Canary Wharf towers rising behind them. Entry is free, and about 250,000 people visit a year (Tower Hamlets Council, 2026).
The Mudchute Association has run it since 1977. In March 2026 the council approved a new 30-year lease to 2055. The charity says it still faces "significant financial challenges", so a donation or a café stop goes a long way.
Why it ranks: the best free farm day out on our list, in the heart of East London.
No. 36: Cotswold Lavender, Snowshill, Broadway (Worcestershire)
England, Midlands · Lavender farm and distillery on an arable farm · Best season: July (open mid-June to early August)
Walk the lavender fields and wildflower meadows, follow the Beechwood Trail, and watch oil being extracted in the distillery. The 2026 season ended on 5 August; it reopens in mid-June 2027.
The family has farmed around Snowshill for about 60 years and still grows wheat and barley. They planted the first lavender by hand in 1999. Now there are about 45 acres and around 250,000 plants of more than 35 varieties, almost 1,000 feet above sea level. It won Best Visitor Attraction at the North Cotswolds Awards 2024.
Why it ranks: the most photogenic six weeks in English farming.
No. 37: Bluebell Dairy Ice Cream Farm, Spondon, Derby (Derbyshire)
England, Midlands · Dairy ice cream farm with Highland cow experiences · Best season: all year (Christmas tractor ride)
Meet the dairy cows, sheep, alpacas and goats, and book a Highland Cow Experience or afternoon tea with the Highland cows. At Christmas the Candycane Express tractor ride runs from 28 November to 24 December 2026.
The Brown family's roots at Brunswood go back to 1953. Now in its third generation, the family launched its own ice cream in 2008, turning the dairy's milk into the reason people drive over.
Why it ranks: the East Midlands' best all-year farm day out.
No. 38: Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking (Surrey)
England, South East · Large working vineyard with tours and land train · Best season: check tour dates
Tour the vines, take the land train, taste the wines and shop the farm shop.
Wikipedia calls Denbies the largest vineyard in England, with 265 acres under vine. The White family planted from 1986, and the estate draws about 300,000 visits a year.
Why it ranks: big-estate wine tourism done at scale, an easy trip from London.
No. 39: Craigie's Farm, Deli & Café, South Queensferry (Edinburgh)
Scotland · Pick your own fruit farm, farm shop and café · Best season: June to August (PYO), October (pumpkins), spring (tulips)
Pick strawberries and other fruit and veg in summer, pumpkins in October (1 to 31 October in 2026) and tulips at the Scottish Tulip Festival in spring. There's a deli and farm shop, a café and the Little Farmers adventure park.
The farm is part of the Rosebery Estate. John and Kirsteen Sinclair took over in 1995, and the farm shop started as one table in 1988. Today it gets about 260,000 visitors a year. Expect queues on busy days.
Why it ranks: Edinburgh's big PYO farm, with something to pick in every season.
No. 40: The Highland Cow Experience, Jedburgh (Scottish Borders)
Scotland · Highland cattle experience · Best season: check booking dates
Get up close to Highland cows on a farm in the Borders. The experience is run as "Jacksons at Jedburgh" at Kersheugh Farm, described as "a working family farm".
Visitors give it a near-perfect rating. If Kitchen Coos & Ewes is too far west, this is the Borders' answer.
Why it ranks: a top-rated Highland cow visit on a family farm in the south of Scotland.
No. 41: The Garlic Farm, Newchurch (Isle of Wight)
England, South East · Specialist garlic farm, shop and restaurant · Best season: check the website for tours
Taste your way round the farm shop, eat in the restaurant, take a woodland walk and meet the Highland cows. Tour the Arreton Valley on foot or by tractor, or stay over.
This is a family-run business built on one rare crop.
Why it ranks: a one-crop farm that became a whole day out.
No. 42: Roskilly's, St Keverne (Cornwall)
England, South West · Organic Jersey dairy farm with ice cream · Best season: summer
Eat ice cream and fudge, dine in the converted milking parlour, shop the farm shop and walk to the ponds and woods. The farm invites you to "Take a peek at a real, working, organic Cornish dairy farm".
It is a proper farm, so expect mud. Some reviewers mention basic outdoor toilets.
Why it ranks: organic Jersey ice cream on the farm where it's made, on the far end of the Lizard.
No. 43: Castle Farm, Shoreham, Sevenoaks (Kent)
England, South East · Lavender, hops, sunflowers and pumpkins · Best season: July (lavender), October
Walk the lavender fields (late June to late July), join a spring or autumn Farm Discovery Tour, and visit the farm shop, open all year.
Castle Farm has "Five generations of family farming" and calls itself "The UK's largest lavender farm". The lavender business started in 1998. Produced in Kent reported it winning Small Farm Shop of the Year.
Why it ranks: a five-generation farm that sells more than one season.
No. 44: Scottish Lavender (Tarhill Farm), Kinross (Perth and Kinross)
Scotland · Lavender, wildflowers and distillery · Best season: summer bloom (check dates)
Walk the lavender and wildflowers on a family-run farm, join a guided tour and see where the oil is distilled.
Owner Rory Irwin is a former Scots lawyer who came home to the family's Tarhill Farm. He distils lavender oil in a copper alembic still (Oxford alumni feature, 2024). Visitors rate it very highly.
Why it ranks: Scotland's best-rated lavender visit, with a career-change story.
No. 45: Healey's Cornish Cyder Farm, Penhallow, Truro (Cornwall)
England, South West · Cider orchard farm · Best season: late summer to autumn
Take a guided or self-guided cider-making tour, taste cider, gin, wine and jams, and ride a tractor through the apple orchards. There's a petting farm and a restaurant.
The Healey family moved to Penhallow in 1986 and marked 40 years in 2026. It is still "proudly family owned", with more than 3,000 apple trees, and Beer Today calls it the UK's third-largest independent cyder maker.
Why it ranks: a 40-year family orchard you can tour by tractor.
No. 46: Middle Farm, Firle, Lewes (East Sussex)
England, South East · Working family farm, cider collection and farm shop · Best season: check events
Play in the hay barn, walk the farm trail, meet Nellie the shire horse, then visit the cider barn with its "unique national collection of cider and perry". Finish at the award-winning farm shop and tearoom.
Middle Farm is a 625-acre working family farm at the foot of Firle Beacon, with "Six generations of farming" behind it. The Sussex Express has celebrated 65 years of Middle Farm.
Why it ranks: a real working farm with a national cider collection under one roof.
No. 47: Snettisham Park, Snettisham, King's Lynn (Norfolk)
England, East · Working farm with red deer safari · Best season: spring (lambs)
Hand-feed red deer on the deer safari. Then bottle-feed lambs, feed calves and goats, collect eggs and take a pony ride.
In a region short on great farm visits, Snettisham Park is a steady, honest day out near King's Lynn.
Why it ranks: the East of England's best hands-on working farm visit after Wimpole.
No. 48: Bellis Brothers, Holt (Wrexham)
Wales · Farm shop and pick your own · Best season: summer PYO and pumpkin season
Pick your own in summer and at pumpkin time, then shop the farm shop. Check the website for this year's PYO dates before you go.
The farm says strawberries have been "synonymous with the Holt area of Wrexham for more than a century". What began as a farm shop has grown into a garden centre, a restaurant and pick-your-own fields.
Why it ranks: Wrexham's PYO farm, with a century of strawberries behind it.
No. 49: Cantref Adventure Farm, near Brecon (Powys)
Wales · Farm park, riding centre and stays · Best season: February lambing to Easter; October pumpkins
Bottle-feed lambs at Easter, cheer the pig racing, pick a pumpkin in October and go pony trekking from the riding centre. Stay over in the campsite, pods or cottages with hot tubs. In November it opens at weekends only.
Owner Gwen Evans' family-run farm park is in the Brecon Beacons and says it has welcomed over 500,000 customers. In its 21st year it won the Sustainability Initiative Award at the National Farm Attraction Awards (2025).
Why it ranks: our Brecon Beacons pick, with a national award for doing it sustainably.
No. 50: Great Wedlock Farm & Deer Park, Gumfreston, Tenby (Pembrokeshire)
Wales · Farm with deer buggy safaris · Best season: check before you go
Ride a buggy safari among the deer on a farm just outside Tenby.
One important note: the farm was put up for sale in late 2025. Check it's open before you go.
Why it ranks: strong reviews and the only farm safari on our list in south-west Wales.
The famous names that didn't make the cut
Some of Britain's best-known farm days out aren't here. Most simply failed one of our entry tests. Here's why, on the record.
Diddly Squat Farm Shop, Chadlington, Oxfordshire. Jeremy Clarkson's 1,000-acre farm is real and Britain's most famous. But visitors get a shop and outdoor food area, with no farm tour, and reviews often mention long queues. Our test asks that visitors see farming happen.
Godstone Farm, Surrey. Out under our red-flag rule. In late summer 2009 an E. coli O157 outbreak linked to the farm infected 93 people, most of them children. 17 children developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome, and none died. An independent investigation led by Professor George Griffin reported in June 2010. This is a statement of record, not a comment on the farm today.
Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park, Suffolk. The rare-breed farm is real, but polar bears, arctic foxes and big cats make the wildlife park a main draw. Our no-zoos rule applies.
Folly Farm, Pembrokeshire. An adventure park and zoo, with giraffes, lions, rhinos and a vintage funfair.
The Big Sheep, Bideford, Devon. Home of the famous sheep race, but it calls itself a "multi-award-winning Theme Park", with a roller coaster.
Daylesford Organic Farm, Cotswolds. Just below our 4.3-star Google bar, and the visitor offer is mainly a shop and café.
Norfolk Lavender, Heacham. Just below our 4.3-star Google bar.
Brogdale, the National Fruit Collection, Kent. A wonderful story, with 400+ cherry varieties, but just below our 4.3-star bar.
Mary Arden's Farm, Warwickshire. Closed to general visitors since 2024; it is now an education centre only.
Cream o' Galloway, Dumfries & Galloway. The visitor centre's closure was announced in 2023. Its successor, The Ethical Dairy, has only 26 Google reviews, below our 100 minimum.
Yew Tree Farm, Coniston, Cumbria. Herdwick sheep and a Beatrix Potter link, with superb ratings, but only 79 Google reviews. We'll recheck it in six months.
The Ice Cream Farm, Tattenhall, Cheshire. A Guinness record holder as the world's largest ice cream shop, with a real farm-to-cone story from 1986. But today it's led by the parlour, play areas and escape rooms, and we couldn't confirm visitors see farming.
Near misses worth a trip anyway: Monk Park Farm near Thirsk, Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park and Bocketts Farm Park in Surrey.
What the UK's top 50 farms teach every farm owner
Own land in Britain, America or Canada? This is the part that pays for your time.
Lesson 1: The visitors can earn more than the farm
Robin Inglis at Briarlands said the farm park "makes more than five times as much as the farm itself". That is not a fluke.
Across England, 72% of farm businesses had a diversified activity in 2024/25, and those farms earned an average of £31,100 from it (Defra). Caution: that figure includes letting buildings and solar, not just tourism.
Look at the orange bar. Sport and recreation is the third most common activity, yet earns the least: £3,600. Lots of farms let people in. Few charge properly.
Reality Check: The farms in our top 50 don't just open a field. They sell a full day: animals, food, a shop, an event. If you're curious what that really earns, read how much agritourism farms make before you spend a penny. |
Lesson 2: The demand is already here
In 2024, visits to farm attractions in England rose 11%, the biggest rise of any attraction type. Visits to all attractions rose just 1.4% (VisitEngland).
Scotland's numbers are just as striking. Scottish agritourism and farm retail was worth £292.9 million in 2024/25, past its £250 million 2030 target, which VisitScotland says was reached five years ahead of schedule.
My forecast, and it is only a forecast: with England's old delinked payments capped at just £600 in 2026 and 2027 the final year, more farms will open their gates in the next few years. The early movers will get the reviews first. If you farm north of the border, read our Scottish farm support analysis.
Lesson 3: Start small, but start
Cannon Hall took £100 on its first day in 1989. In the year to January 2025 it turned over £13.48 million with 233 staff, and a Yorkshire Post headline says turnover has now passed £14 million.
Hall Hill began in 1981 by letting people see the lambs. Whitehouse launched "a small farm park" in 1997 and grew from about 20,000 visitors a year to about 100,000.
Field-Tested Play: Pick one thing you already have (lambs, a crop, a view) and open for one weekend. Count the cars. Ask every family what they'd pay to come back. Our farm readiness checklist walks you through it. |
Lesson 4: Build a signature that changes every year
York Maze cuts a new design into its maize every summer: a Dalek, Star Wars, Attenborough. Cairnie's maze makes papers in the US. Snugburys builds a new straw giant beside the A51 every year.
Each gives the press a new story and past visitors a reason to return. That's the heart of the signature experience formula.
Field-Tested Play: Make your signature something you can refresh cheaply each year. A maze is a crop. A straw sculpture is straw. Start with our guide to starting a maize maze. |
Lesson 5: The farm shop is the engine
Britain has an estimated 1,581 farm retailers selling about £1.4 billion a year and employing 25,000 people (Harper Adams University research for the Farm Retail Association, 2022).
On our list, Cannon Hall's shop was Farm Shop of the Year in 2019, and Farmer Copleys won Large Farm Shop of the Year in 2024. Visitors come for the animals. They spend in the shop.
Reality Check: Farm shops are rated as shops for business rates, even though farm buildings are exempt. Read how your farm shop or café could pay zero business rates and see how Roots Farm Shop grew to 50 staff. |
Lesson 6: Small changes in the shop make big money
Streamvale redesigned its Toy Shed in 2024. Sales per head rose 97% (Travel Extra).
No new barn. No new animals. Just a better layout. The fastest money is in what visitors buy on the way out. Here are the upsells that can double your revenue without more visitors.
Lesson 7: Sell the farmer, not just the farm
At Glenshane, visitors meet Jamese McCloy and his working dogs. Kitchen Coos ends every tour with tea and home baking at the farmhouse table. At Foel, reviewers love that the farmer drives the trailer himself. Hall Hill's Richard built a following of over 400,000 for himself and the farm by 2025.
People don't fall in love with a car park. They fall in love with a family, and they write reviews about people. See how reviews turn small farms into tourist destinations.
Lesson 8: Protect your reviews by capping the crowd
Pennywell deliberately limits tickets each day. Whitehouse caps visitor numbers. Both sit high on this list.
Now look at Craigie's and Cairnie. Both are much-loved, busy farms, but Craigie's lost points on queues and prices, and Cairnie on price grumbles.
Reality Check: One sold-out Saturday with long queues can cost you more in reviews than it earns at the till. Sell timed tickets online and stop when you're full. |
Lesson 9: Fill the quiet months
The Ark stays open all year. Low Sizergh's milking happens every day. Many farms here run Christmas events: Hall Hill's Santa, Bluebell's Candycane Express, Cotswold Farm Park's Christmas on the Farm.
Farm stays help too. Airbnb says UK guests' farm-stay bookings were up 14% year on year in summer 2026 (Airbnb's own data). Lennox of Lomond signed a tour-company contract worth about £30,000. Start with our guide to Christmas on the farm.
Opening your UK farm to visitors: questions to ask first
This is general information, not legal advice, and mostly about England. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have different planning and licensing rules, so check locally. Take these questions to the right people before you open.
Ask your council's planning team:
Will my season go over 28 days? In England, temporary use of land is allowed for up to 28 days a year without planning permission (14 for markets). Camping isn't covered, except at festivals.
Can I run a pop-up campsite? Class BC allows up to 60 days a year and up to 50 pitches, with on-site toilets and written notice to the council before each season.
Can I convert a barn into a shop, café or recreation space? Since May 2024, Class R allows up to 1,000 sq m per farm to change to a flexible commercial use. Up to 150 sq m you notify the council; above that you need prior approval. Listed buildings are excluded. Our post on what to do with an old barn has ideas.
Ask your council's environmental health and licensing teams:
Have I registered my food business? You must register at least 28 days before trading in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's free.
Do I need a licence to sell alcohol? In England and Wales, for one-off events, a Temporary Event Notice covers fewer than 500 people for up to 168 hours, with at least 10 working days' notice and a £21 fee.
Do my animals need a licence? Wallabies or meerkats may bring zoo licensing into play. Ask whether your attraction needs an animal activity licence or a zoo licence. The answer depends on your animals and how you charge.
Ask yourself about animal contact (the biggest risk):
Have I followed the industry Code of Practice on animal contact at visitor attractions, from the Access to Farms partnership and endorsed by HSE?
Do I have running water, soap and paper towels? HSE is blunt: "Alcohol gels and wipes are not a substitute for hand washing on farms."
Are eating areas well away from where animals are touched?
Why so strict? Remember Godstone in 2009: 93 people infected. Read our petting zoo handwashing guide.
Ask your insurer:
Does my farm policy cover paying visitors, events and animal contact? (Tell your insurer about any new activity.)
Employers' liability insurance is compulsory once you employ staff (close family only is exempt), with at least £5 million of cover. Fines can reach £2,500 for every day you're not insured. See what agritourism insurance you need.
Ask your accountant:
Will my farm shop pay business rates? Farm buildings are exempt, but farm shops are rated as shops. Small business rate relief removes rates on a rateable value of £12,000 or less, if it is your only property.
A lesson from Bloopy Durians in Malaysia
I'm the founder of Bloopy Durians in Bentong, Malaysia. Durian seasons run December to February and June to August, and we welcome visitors from all over the world.
Many companies send their staff and management to us. Visitors arrive by four-wheel-drive adventure. We supplied durians for a Mayor of Kuala Lumpur tourism event, and KL City Hall gave the team a plaque. We've been featured in Bloomberg News and Asahi Shimbun.
Here's what ties it to the UK farms. Glenshane fills its diary with group bookings. Cannon Hall built a following that watches it on TV. Our version is a WhatsApp list of loyal customers who buy durians whenever they're in season. It has become a reliable source of income.
Whatever you grow, build your list. It's the one crop the weather can't take.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best farm to visit in the UK with kids?
Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley is our No. 1 overall. For under-8s, try Farmer Palmer's in Dorset. Hall Hill Farm in County Durham and Pennywell Farm in Devon are superb all-rounders.
What are the best farms to visit in Scotland?
Our top Scottish picks are Kitchen Coos & Ewes, Briarlands near Stirling, Arbikie in Angus, Dalscone in Dumfries and Cairnie in Fife. For a farm stay, try Lennox of Lomond.
What are the best farms to visit in Wales and Northern Ireland?
In Wales: Foel Farm Park on Anglesey, Llanerch Vineyard, Bellis Brothers, Cantref and Great Wedlock (check it's open first). In Northern Ireland: Glenshane Country Farm, Streamvale Open Farm, The Ark Open Farm and Laganvale Farm.
Are there free farms to visit in the UK?
Yes. Mudchute Park and Farm in London is free to enter, and Low Sizergh Barn in Cumbria has a free half-mile farm trail.
When is pick-your-own season in the UK?
Roughly: tulips in April, strawberries and soft fruit from June to August, lavender in July, sunflowers in late summer and pumpkins in October. Dates move with the weather, so check first.
Are UK farm parks open in winter?
Some are. Fishers opens 363 days a year, and The Ark and Wimpole Home Farm open all year. Others close for winter: Whitehouse reopens on 11 February 2027 and Streamvale on 13 March 2027.
How did you choose the 50 best farms, and did any farm pay?
No farm paid. Each had to be open in 2026, hold 4.3+ Google stars from 100+ reviews and be a real working farm. We then scored them out of 100 and balanced the list across all four nations. We recheck it every six months.
Is your farm ready for visitors?
You've just seen 50 farms that turned lambs and crops into income. Could yours, and what should you open first?
Our free Farm Readiness Quiz is the quickest way for a farm owner to see how ready the farm is to welcome paying visitors, and what to fix first.
Want more ideas? My free ebook shows you 150 ways to unlock hidden income from the farm you already have. No new land needed. Just fresh eyes on what you already have.
Go through it with your own fields in mind and circle the ideas that fit. You'll have a shortlist of income ideas before you spend a penny.
P.S. Remember Roger Nicholson's £100 on Good Friday 1989? His family feared they would lose the farm. Instead, they built the No. 1 farm to visit in the UK. Your own first £100 weekend could be closer than you think, and the quiz above is the quickest way to find out.
Stephen Loke of AgritourismSuccess.com, whose farm is featured in Bloomberg News and Asahi Shimbun. This list is independent: no farm paid to be included. Rankings were checked on 5 November 2026; always check a farm's website for opening times and prices before you travel. Information on permissions and insurance is general and is not legal advice.
Sources
Cannon Hall Farm Limited accounts (Endole, from Companies House)
Huddersfield Examiner: suspected E. coli outbreak investigated at Cawthorne farm
Business Durham: County Durham farm attraction scoops national award
FarmingUK: best farm attractions in the UK highlighted at award ceremony (NFAN 2023)
Irish News/PA: 15-acre maze celebrating David Attenborough's 100th birthday
News Letter: Glenshane Country Farm unveils new visitor experience
Yorkshire Post: Farmer Copleys Pumpkin Festival crowd of 120,000
Deliciously Yorkshire: Ryedale Vineyards awarded top industry honours
Emily Estate (UK) Limited accounts (Endole, from Companies House)
Helensburgh Advertiser: Luss farmers reveal agritourism success
Farmers Weekly: Scottish agritourism sector poised for continued expansion (2022)
Love To Visit: The Highland Cow Experience, Jacksons at Jedburgh
Produced in Kent: Castle Farm wins Small Farm Shop of the Year
Brecon & Radnor Express: Cantref Adventure Farm sustainability award
Gov.uk: E. coli O157 report and recommendations from the 2009 Godstone incident
Food Safety News: Griffin report suggests rules for open farms
Stratford Herald: Mary Arden's Farm to remain an education centre
South of Scotland Enterprise: Dumfries family fun farm support
Purdue Exponent (syndicated): dog-shaped mega maze unveiled at Scottish fruit farm
VisitScotland: Scottish Agritourism Growth Tracker 2022 report
Legislation.gov.uk: GPDO Class BC temporary recreational campsites
Legislation.gov.uk: GPDO Class R agricultural buildings to flexible commercial use
Gov.uk: keeping or training animals for exhibition, statutory guidance
Photo credits
No. 1 Cannon Hall Farm: "Cannon Hall Farm shop and car-park" © Wendy North, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 2 Hall Hill Farm: "Hall Hill Farm" © Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 3 York Maze: "York Maze, The Entrance" © Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 4 Pennywell Farm: "Highland Cattle at Pennywell Farm" © Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 6 Snugburys Ice Cream: "The Snugburys Bee" © Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 9 Knepp Wildland: "Rewilded area, Knepp Estate" © David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 10 Cotswold Farm Park: "The entrance to the Cotswold Farm Park" © Mick Malpass, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 12 Fishers Farm Park: "Dovecote at Fishers Farm Park" © Shazz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 13 Chapel Down: "Chapel Down Vineyard" © N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 14 Farmer Copleys: "Farmer Copley's Farm Shop" © Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 17 Whitehouse Farm Centre: "Whitehouse Farm Centre" © Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 18 Farmer Palmer's Farm Park: "Organford, pigs" © Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 22 Wimpole Home Farm: "Wimpole Home Farm" © Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 23 Camel Valley: "Vines at Camel Valley Vineyards" © Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 24 Riverford Field Kitchen: "Riverford Field kitchen" © Anthony Vosper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 28 Chain Bridge Honey Farm: "Visitor Centre, Chain Bridge Honey Farm" © Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 29 Cairnie Fruit Farm: "Cairnie Fruit Farm" © Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 35 Mudchute Park and Farm: "Mudchute Farm" © Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 36 Cotswold Lavender: "Lavender crop at Hill Barn Farm" © Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 38 Denbies Wine Estate: "Denbies Vineyard" © Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 41 The Garlic Farm: "Newchurch: The Garlic Farm" © Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 42 Roskilly's: "Roskilly's Open Farm" © Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 43 Castle Farm: "Castle Farm, Lullingstone, near Eynsford" © pam fray, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 45 Healey's Cornish Cyder Farm: "Healey's orchard" © Lachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 46 Middle Farm: "Jersey Cows at Middle Farm" © Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
No. 48 Bellis Brothers: "Bellis Brothers Farm Shop" © Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, Geograph photo page
Charts and diagrams: original graphics by AgritourismSuccess.com; data sources named in each caption.
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