Farms & animals in Wirral

Only one of these three is a farm you just turn up to. Tam O'Shanter under Bidston Hill is a free community farm with a cafe, open every day. Church Farm at Thurstaston, the paid one that used to sit alongside it, closed for good in 2025.

Claremont Farm has no animals: it is a pick your own strawberry field above Bebington with a farm shop and cafe, and picking is over for 2026, with next summer's prices not published yet. Nanny Sharon's near Prenton sells booked experiences and not gate entry, the main one a ninety minute alpaca and goat walk at £30 adults, £20 children or £85 for a family.

Farms & animals in Wirral

Tam O'Shanter Urban Farm

Wirral~45 min

★★★★★4.5(1,541)

A free community farm under Bidston Hill: pigs, goats, alpacas and hens, a woodland on the doorstep, and a café doing proper bacon butties. One of Merseyside's best zero-cost mornings.

Free - donations welcomeAges 1-8

Nanny Sharon's Alpaca Farm

Wirral~40 min

★★★★★5.0(197)

A small community interest farm on the edge of Prenton where the main event is a ninety minute alpaca and goat walk: feeding, a lead rope round a woodland trail, then a log fire and a cup of tea in a cabin.

Alpaca walk £30 adults, £20 children, family £85Ages 4-11

Claremont Farm

Wirral~40 min

★★★★☆4.4(1,427)

A working farm on the ridge above Bebington where the strawberry field is the whole attraction: you pay at the gate, walk into the rows, and the price includes the punnet you fill. June and July only.

Pick your own price not currently listedPick your own is June and July, done for 2026Ages 2-11

Farms & animals elsewhere in the North West

Apple Jacks Adventure Farm

Warrington~15 min

★★★★☆4.0(593)

An adventure farm off Stretton Road built for 4 to 12s: tractor trailer rides, zip wires, drop slides, jumping pillows, roller skating and a tent full of inflatables. Despite the name there are no animals to see, and in October it turns into Spooky World's daytime Fun-By-Day.

Day ticketWeekends and school holidays in season; October is Spooky World Fun-By-DayAges 4-12

Knowsley Safari

Prescot~20 min

★★★★★4.5(14,246)

Drive through the reserve from the car, then the sea lion and birds of prey shows. Reviews are split on value, and several warn that families expect a full zoo and find fewer headline animals, so set expectations first.

Adults £26, children £24.50 booked aheadAges 4-11

Chester Zoo

Chester~45 min

★★★★★4.6(48,294)

Excellent, but it is a lot of walking. Reviews rate 5 to 10 as the ideal age and still recommend a pushchair at four. Climbing frames, water play and sand pits break up the distance.

Day ticketAges 4-11

Smithills Open Farm

Bolton~35 min

★★★★★4.7(5,055)

A hands-on farm above Bolton: pets corner, meet-and-greet sessions, tractor and trailer rides, donkey rides and a zoo zone, with activities timetabled through the day. Open every day of the year bar three, and £45 for a family of four.

Children £11.50, adults £13.50, family £45IndoorsAges 4-8

Blackpool Zoo

Blackpool~1 hr

★★★★★4.6(17,786)

Elephants, gorillas, giraffes and sea lions in 37 acres that are actually walkable with primary-age legs - big enough to feel like a full day, small enough that nobody ends up carried.

Book online - cheaperAges 4-11

WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre

Burscough~40 min

★★★★★4.7(3,181)

Otters at feeding time, flamingos, pond dipping and a canoe safari through the reeds in season. One of those places that quietly turns a nature-indifferent child into a nature child.

Day ticket - WWT members freeAges 4-11