Walton Hall & Gardens
The reliable default: gardens, a children's zoo, a big playground and plenty of room to run. Pay for parking, nothing else.
Farmer Bertie's
- Cost
- Pay for what you pick, prices not listed
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Where
- Warrington, Cheshire
- Weather
- Mostly outdoors
- Booking
- Walk in, except the ticketed Pick of the Patch weekend
Closed until April. The fields close after the last pumpkin day on 31 October, and tulips are planned for April 2027. The self-serve vending hut for milk, eggs and cakes stays open all year. Check the official site before you set off.
Farmer Bertie's is a family farm on the A574 in Glazebury, directly opposite Bents, and for most of the year its public face is a self-serve hut selling milk, eggs, cakes and milkshakes seven days a week. Three times a year the fields open, and that is when it becomes a proper outing.
Spring is tulips, and the farm plans to open the tulip field again from mid April 2027. Strawberry picking usually runs from mid June to late July, weather permitting, with containers provided and the fruit weighed at the end. October is the pumpkin patch, 22 acres of home-grown pumpkins with Halloween props dotted about and food and drink on site.
The pumpkin opening weekend, Pick of the Patch on 10 and 11 October, is the only ticketed part: £2 plus a booking fee gets you first go at the field, with live music and marshmallow toasting, and a later golden-hour session from 3pm to 5pm. After that it is walk-in. The pumpkins themselves are priced on the day, and the website does not say what they cost.
What it costs: Pick of the Patch (10 and 11 October 2026, the only ticketed pumpkin days) is £2 plus a £1.09 booking fee per person, under-2s free. Pumpkin prices are not published. Strawberries are weighed and paid for at the end.
Know before you go
- Pumpkins 2026: Pick of the Patch on 10 and 11 October is ticketed, then 17 and 18 October and the run-up to Halloween from 24 October are walk-in. Hours are 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
- The field is natural grass and soil, flat but muddy after rain. Wellies, and think twice about the pram.
Seasonal: Tulips from mid April, strawberries mid June to late July, pumpkins in October. Check before travelling.
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