Cockfields Farm Park

Cost: £18.95 each listed; events extra
Ages: 1 to 10
Where: Ashton-under-Lyne & Tameside, Greater Manchester
Weather: Mostly outdoors
Booking: Book online - cheapest in advance, and essential for events

Cockfields is a family-run farm park on Lees New Road, right on the Ashton and Oldham border. The animal side is hands-on: hand-feeding cows, llamas, alpacas, goats and sheep in the big barn, bunnies and guinea pigs in Cuddle Corner, and a reptile room with bugs and creepy crawlies. There are meerkats and aviaries too, and a duck pond and nature walk.

Then the play takes over: swings, slides and climbing frames, a jumping pillow, a sand and water area, and a carousel that runs unless it is raining. Tickets are listed at £18.95 each, so check the website for online offers before you go. The cafe runs 10 till 4 and you can bring a picnic, with indoor and outdoor picnic areas.

Know what season you are visiting in. From October the farm runs as the Pumpkin Patch (£21.95 each), and the Christmas train experience from late November is priced as a proper Christmas outing. This year the booking calendar shows no ordinary farm days after early October: the Pumpkin Patch to 31 October, firework evenings from 5 to 8 November, then ticketed Christmas from 21 November, and the farm shut from Christmas Day until at least the end of February.

What it costs: General admission is listed at £18.95 per adult or child, with under 1s £2.95 and concessions £9.95. Online offers appear from time to time, so check before you book. The Pumpkin Patch is £21.95 per adult or child (early bird), Christmas 2026 is £48.95 per adult and £62.45 per child before early-date discounts. All on-site payments are by card only.

Know before you go

Arrive before 2pm: the farm is open 10am to 4pm and last admission is 2pm.
No dogs other than assistance dogs, and do not leave one in the car. And bring a card, not cash.

What’s on at Cockfields Farm Park

Christmas Experience at Cockfields Farm Park

Cockfields Farm Park, Lees New Road, Ashton-under-Lyne · Ashton-under-Lyne & Tameside

Selected dates from 21 November

The full production: the Cockfields Express train to the North Pole, a Christmas Village, a North Pole post office, a private grotto visit where Santa hands over a golden coin to swap for a toy in his toy shop, the Enchanted Forest, biscuit decorating in Mrs Claus's Kitchen, an elf show with Build-a-Bear, and Santa's reindeer stable, then the rest of the farm park for the day. Full prices are steep, but selected early dates are up to 45% off and the discount shrinks as Christmas gets closer.

Full price adults £48.95, children £62.45, early dates discountedBook online early - discounts shrink towards Christmas

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