Open Farm Sunday

Including tours, welly-wanging & tractor rides. Excludes Northern Ireland

Get your wellies ready, round up your herd and get moo-ving because on Sunday 8 June, over 220 farms will open their gates for the LEAF (Linking Environment & Farming) Open Farm Sunday event.

To find out if your local farm is participating, use this Farm Finder – it lists all the info for each farm's event, including opening times and how to book. Entry to each farm differs, although many will require you to book pri­or to attend­ing and spaces may be limited.

The majority (about 90%) are free, however some may charge for activities, car parking, or a nominal entrance fee, which you can check on the farm's event listing. If no entrance fee is mentioned on the website, it shouldn't be charging, although it's best to check with the farm before you trot on down. 

Some of the activities taking place at farms include:

• Tractor and trailer rides

• Guided farm walks

• Farm machinery demonstrations

• Meeting the animals, including sheep shearing and milking demonstrations 

• Bug hunts

• Soil science and worm charming

• Welly-wanging

• Learning about wildlife on farms

• Seeing how farmers farm with nature

Each farm is unique with different farm activities, wildlife, landscapes and the like, so it's worth taking a look at the event and farm descriptions to see what's available.

For an idea of what you can expect on the day, here's a YouTube video produced by Open Farm Sunday on last year's event:

Open Farm Sunday 2024

See our cheap days out ideas and things to do with the kids round-up for more inspiration.