EXPERIENCES & ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY OPEN:👇
Take a look below at the activities we have available on a daily basis. Please note these are all small & exclusive experiences with a small fee - they need pre-booking (our Farmers Trail is FREE to visit ).
Open everyday 10am - 4pm
Get up close and personal with our Farm animals at Blacker Hall Farm! The Little Farmers Trail is our FREE farm experience with animal feeding, petting, outdoor games, activities, and seasonal events. Fun for all ages. We have lots of animals for you to meet including pigs & piglets, goats, lambs & calves, rabbits, and ducks and chicks! The Little Farmers Trail is FREE to visit and we also have some very exciting exclusive experiences that you can book to do at certain times throughout the day. Find out more below.
CALF BOTTLE FEEDING
Meet out baby calves and give them their bottle of milk.
DONKEY GROOMING
Spend half an hour meeting & grooming our three lovely donkeys.
FUN WITH THE GOATS
Friendly, funny and cheeky - spend some time with some of our goats.
£10 per person Book here >>
MINI PONY GROOMING
Groom out tiny duo - spend time with our two shetland ponies; Bandit and Bob!
SMALL ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
Head to our farmers barn to meet some or our smaller animals on your visit.
TRACTOR WEEKEND
21ST & 22ND SEPTEMBER
Enjoy Fordsons, Fergies, Field Marshalls and a whole lot more as we welcome a superb collection of tractors and agricultural machinery for our weekend of tractor fun! A great event for any tractor enthusiast which will support The Yorkshire Air Ambulance. We're inviting all our Tractor friends to bring theirs along to the show so they'll be lots on display for you to walk around and get up close to see these BIG Machines in all their glory!
PYO WILD FLOWERS
NOW OPEN 10AM - 4PM |
£4.00 TO FILL A BOTTLE
Take a trip through our wild flower patch with a colourful array of wild flowers ready for happy pickers! Explore the hidden delights of our wild flower patch for some escapism and discover our many varieties of fresh seasonal flowers! Suitable for all ages.
MEET OUR ANIMALS:
Our friendly farm animals include, pigs, ponies, sheep, goats, cows, donkeys, chickens & ducks, guinea-fowl and small mammals…the list goes on and on!
Our flock of baby Lambs
Breed: Texels, Mules, Suffolks
Jack & Jill
The Kunekune piglets
Heather
The donkey foal
Nancy
The Donkey (Heather's Mum)
Norman
The Donkey
Pedro
The Boer/Anglo Nubian Kid (baby goat)
Pongo
The Boer/Anglo Nubian Kid (baby goat)
Pickle
Breed: British Land race
Pickles Piglets
Breed: British Land race
Bruno, Walter & Frank
Our rare breed Valais Blacknose Sheep
Bonnie & Clyde
Our two pygmy goats
Rabbits
Breed: French lops
Hens & Chicks
Breed: Allsorts!
Mildrid
Breed: Boer Goat
Thorin
Breed: Boer Goat
WE'RE PROUD TO FARM HERE IN YORKSHIRE
We're incredibly proud of our farming heritage here at Blacker Hall. We are fifth generation farmers and our family farm supplies 100% of the pork and over 80% of the beef we sell. We wanted to introduce you to some of our farm animals whilst you visit the Café and Farm Shop and share some of our farming knowledge with you and your little ones through fun activities and games.
A GREAT PLACE TO PLAY
Our large picnic field in the great outdoors - decked out with giant logs for climbing, swings and more. The outdoor area is located behind the Barn Kitchen with a new entrance from our courtyard it's a great place for children to play, watch the animals and enjoy a picnic in sunshine over the summer.
JOIN US FOR LUNCH
We have three great dining options around the Farm Shop each offering different menus and type of service for you to choose from. Visit our Courtyard Kitchen in the Farm Shop and enjoy a take-away street food inspired menu with hot and cold sandwiches, burgers, loaded fries, homemade cakes, coffees and more. Sit back relax and enjoy full table service in our Restaurant - The Barn Kitchen. If you visit on weekend don't miss our new pizza kitchen serving artisan wood-fired pizza for lunch! Take a look at our menu's here >
TRAIL, TREASURE HUNT, GAMES & ACTIVITIES ...
Along with meeting the animals on our trail we also have games and activities for your little ones to get involved with including, bird watching, colouring, and different crafting activities available throughout the year.
