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The school holidays are now in full swing! We have Small animal petting sessions and horse rides on daily until 3rd September. We have host 2 fantastic experience day and they children had so much fun 🙂 We still have spaces available on our upcoming Farm experience days and Horse day for beginners. For more information please contact Marie on 01515481524 or education@acornfarm.co.uk ????

Our summer holiday activities will begin on Monday 17th July with small animal petting session everyday until 3rd September! Horse rides will run everyday from Monday 23rd July until 3rd September! We will have craft activities and story time with Marie on various days throughout the summer!

Are you looking for activities for the kids in the school holidays? We will be running some of our popular Farm experience and Horse day for beginners days! For more information or to book please contact Marie on 0151 548 1524 or education@acornfarm.co.uk

We have some exciting plans to share with you!

For some time now we have been aware that our farm building (which was built back in 1987 when Acorn Farm was created) is no longer suitable for the number of visitors which we now receive. So we have ambitious plans to build a new “farm hub” which among other facilities will provide a much larger shop and cafe and better toilet facilities with improved accessibility for all (Visitors, service users and staff)

Now seems to be the right time to try to make this long held dream into a reality.

KMBC who are our landlords have for a number of years wanted to reconfigure our farm site by relocating the Moses paddocks to an adjoining site. This in turn would release the current Moses paddocks site and adjacent fields for commercial development which will bring much needed income into the Borough.

Following much discussion, it was agreed that if Acorn Farm agreed to this then KMBC would fund the installation of the services and facilities currently on the Moses paddocks onto the new site. This includes paddocks,fences,animal shelters,paths and the water supply) As our lease didn’t have long to run, we thought we had better agree!

We are nearly ready to move some of our animals on to the new site. KMBC have been very accommodating in extending the date as to when this move needs to take place and we are grateful to them for this.

Meantime we have had plans drawn up for our new farm hub building. DKArchitects in Liverpool have been extremely generous with their time and expertise in helping us to develop our ideas and incorporate them into the building design.

If you would like to see the proposed design, please see the link below.

https://www.dk-architects.com/wp-content/uploads/Walk-Through-1.mov

Once you have viewed the design we would be very interested to receive your feedback and suggestions.

BUT (there is always a but!)

We need to raise a substantial sum of money before our dream can come true.

It has always been our philosophy to keep all of our charges to a minimum so that EVERYONE can afford to visit Acorn Farm and give their kids a great day out. However, this means that we don’t generate large profits which can be invested back into the farm to fund improvements.

If you would like to help us fundraise to reach our target, we would be so grateful. Please contact Becky on admin@acornfarm.co.uk with your ideas.

Together we can safeguard the future of Acorn Farm so that we can continue to serve the community for generations to come.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Hip Hip Horray! Half term is nearly here! From Saturday 27th May-Sunday 4th June we will be running our holidays activities everyday! Small animal petting will run every 30 minutes from 10.30am with the last session at 3.30pm. Horse rides will run from 1.30pm-3pm. Tickets will be available to buy from the kiosk!

On Saturday 6th May Kathy gave birth to 8 piglets! Both mum and piglets are doing well! We are hoping she will bring them out to say hello soon 🙂

We are open all Coronation bank holiday weekend 10am-4pm. We will have small animal petting sessions from 10.30am and horse rides from 1.30pm. Tickets are available to buy from the kisok 🙂

A massive welcome the new arrivals at the farm! 2 male alpacas 🙂 We would like to send a big THANK YOU to Stuart Baldwin at SED Services for kindly donating them to us

Pearl gave birth to boy/girl twins on Sunday 16th April! They are doing well and settling in at the farm. How beautiful are they 🙂

We will be running small animal petting session on Monday 17th April and Tuesday 18th April. Sessions will begin at 10.30am. Tickets will be available to purchase from the shop. Normal admission prices apply.

We would like to send a big thank you to everyone that bought a ticket for our Easter Raffle. The raffle has now been drawn and the winner has been contacted!

We will be selling raffle tickets for the chance to win our Acorn Farm Easter hamper! Tickets will be on sale until Tuesday 4th April. Costs are £2 per strip or 3 strips for £5.

The hamper will include a home produced piece of meat, freshly laid eggs, sausage, bacon, beef burgers, home made ice-cream, lots of easter goodies, Acorn Farm souvenirs and a family pass for the farm

We are open all Easter Bank Holiday weekend 10am-4pm. We have small animal petting session from 10.30am and horse rides from 1pm. Tickets are available to purchase from the kiosk (normal admission prices apply)

We will have small animal petting and horse rides running everyday through the Easter holidays from Saturday 1st April-Sunday 15th April! Petting sessions will begin at 10.30am and horse rides from 1.30pm. No booking is necessary, tickets will be available to buy from the kiosk.

On Wednesday 12th April we will be hosting one of our sell out Farm Experience Days, to book a place or for more information please email Marie on education@acornfarm.co.uk or call 0151 548 1524.

We will have small animal petting sessions and horse rides on daily until Sunday 19th February. Small animal petting sessions run from 11am and horse rides from 1.30pm. Tickets are available to buy from the kiosk when purchasing admission.

We will have craft session on Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Friday 17th February. There is a small additional charge for this activity!

Story time with Marie will run on various days in the sensory garden!

Please ask a member of staff for more details 🙂

We will be running sessions of our small animal cuddle sessions. Session times will be 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am and 12pm. Tickets will be available to buy from the shop. Normal admission prices apply 🙂

Our school holidays activities will start from Saturday 11th February-Sunday 19th February. We will have small animal petting session on everyday from 11am-3pm. Horse rides will also run everyday from 1.30pm-3pm.

We have a Farm Experience Day taking place on Thursday 16th February. For more information or to book please email Marie on education@acornfarm.co.uk or call on 0151 548 1524.

We have story time and crafts running on various days and times throughout the school holidays 🙂 

Our Santas Grotto will be open Saturday 10th December and Sunday 11th December, 12pm-3pm.

Tickets are available to buy now from the shop or can be purchased on the day!

We will be holding a Halloween Fun Day on Friday 28th October from 10am-3pm. We will have lots of games and prizes, a spooky haunted house and a fancy dress competition! Normal admission prices apply. Tickets for games and the haunted house will be available to purchase on the day

THERE WILL NO HORSE RIDES ON 20TH & 21ST AUGUST.

Unfortunately due to staff shortages we will not be running small animal petting sessions on Sunday 19th June. This will not affect petting sessions on Saturday 18th June, they will run as normal every 30 minutes from 10.30am. Horse rides will run as normal both days. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.