Before our holiday to Turkey we had one week of the Easter holidays to amuse ourselves. Not one for wanting to sit around and do nothing if the weather is nice, we decided to take a trip to a local farm with Munchkin’s school friend and her mum.
Sacrewell Farm is in Thornhaugh, Peterborough and just takes us about 15/20 minutes to get there. So we do tend to visit regularly. The farm is an educational trust and in 2013 it was awarded a Certificate of Excellence by TripAdviser.
This time the girls were excited as we had heard a new play barn had opened so they wanted to go test it out. Once we arrived at the farm we headed straight for the play barn. The girls loved it and Bee had the time of her life climbing everywhere…..not so good for me as I had to chase her around as she is still only little.
We had booked a tractor ride so we didn’t stay in the play area for too long. As it was Easter, the tractor ride included an Easter egg hunt which the girls joined in. Bee, however, did try to eat the plastic eggs that were left around for the children to find and exchange for a prize. The hunt was just a short walk through some trees, with signs hinting where the eggs were and at the end there was an Easter Bunny who gave you a chocolate bunny. You could also have your picture taken with the bunny. This is one thing that did slightly disappoint me…to actually get a copy of the picture you had to pay £8, after having paid for the tractor ride and for joining in on the hunt. I have no issues with paying….but £8? A fiver would have been more reasonable.
After the tractor trip we decided we would have some lunch. Although there is a cafe we had taken our own picnic. The farm does have areas throughout where you can sit and eat; we ended up just staying by the cars as it was nice and quiet and had our little picnic there…and Bee of course enjoyed running around!
Then it was time to visit the animals. The girls were slightly disappointed as they were not able to feed the animals; on previous visits we were able to buy food at reception and give to the animals around the farm. But they didn’t let that spoil their enjoyment.
We were even treated to a display by one of the peacocks.
One of the features of the farm is that it has an 18th century watermill which you can walk around and have a look at. There is a current project ongoing to get it working again as part of their 50 year celebrations so will be visiting again once that is done.
You can teach the kids a bit of history as the rooms all have furniture from the past so the kids can see how past generations lived.
All in all we had a lovely day out and would recommend a visit. We are looking forward to visiting again once the watermill is running!
Looks like you had a great day out. My in laws own a farm so this would be a busman’s holiday for us (as they say)!
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I love farms! I can’t visit them enough with the boys…and I love the watermill, so interesting for them to see! Glad you had fun!
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What a great trip out – my 2 year old would believe all his dreams had come true if he got to ride on the back of a tractor!!
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My children love the excitement of visiting a farm, so much to see and do!
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looks like a great place for a day out x
Looks like you had a great day x
What a great farm – I do love going on a family day out to different farms, they’re always a lot of fun. What a treat to see the peacock display his feathers like that! x
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oh fab looks like you had fn, we love the farm and wow what a fab peacock
This farm looks amazing! We are not too far from Peterborough so i am bookmarking this place for a visit in the summer holidays 🙂 x
This looks like an interesting day out, I must admit. Farms can be great fun.
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This looks like a great day out for the whole family x
What a great day out, Baby would love it there x
I love a day out at the farm. Looks like you got the chance to see lots of animals even if you weren’t able to feed them.
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Looks a great place to visit, nice weather too. Seeing the watermill next time sounds good too.
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Oh wow what a wonderful looking farm! x
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I love these farms geared for children. In fact we are off to one today to have a look around. A tractor ride sounds brilliant. As for the photo you could buy, I never ever buy these sorts of photos. I think they are all too expensive.
What a fabulous day out. That peacock is beautiful
Looks like you had a fantastic day. My little boy adores our local farm.
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That looks like a great day out, lots of peacocks seem to be strutting their stuff lately #Countrykids
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Farm visits are always fun. Love places where you can get a taste of how it would have been in its hey-day. Really brings history to life. #CountryKids
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That must be how our water wheel looked once upon a time. Now it is a feature in one of our stone walls! Looks like a lovely day out except for the the bunny photos which I agree sound well over the top. Thank you for sharing on Country Kids
A visit to the farm is such a lovely day out for kids – especially with all the extra fun like an easter egg hunt. #countrykids
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so many lovely things to see!!! brilliant pictures, love the proud peacock x #countrykids
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Looks like fun! Love that weather. All we are having lately is a gloomy sky. #countrykids
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That looks like such a fun day out. My children love tractors and would this. Thanks for sharing xx
I love the last photo of the flower, it’s gorgeous 🙂
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This looks like a great farm lots of different things to do. Good selection of animals, always a hit with my lot 🙂 And, that peacock is beautiful. #CountryKids
What a great farm and so lucky it’s close by. Great photos #CountryKids
Oh it looks fabulous. We have a farm near us too. That reminds me I need to book a day in my diary for us to go again. It’s near and free entrance so a no-brainer really.
So glad that there are still farms around despite how capitalised we’ve got. The Irish in me loves them.
Liska xx
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Sounds like a lovely day out #countrykids
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That looks like a lovely place to visit – we have a farm like that near us and we love it x
This looks like a great place to visit and what awesome photos of your day too. #countrykids
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Wish we had this kind of place near us. I need to look for more things to do for Hayden.
Thanks for sharing.
Lotte xo
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What a fab day out. Looks like a lovely place to visit
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A great day out, but you are right to begrudge the £8!
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