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.
Kenyon Hall Farm
Warrington, Cheshire
This is a proper working farm rather than a petting zoo: the draw is the award-winning farm shop, the cafe, and picking your own from nearly 20 crops between June and August. Strawberries and raspberries are the headline act, with sweetcorn and sunflowers carrying late summer.
Picking is ticketed per person, adults and children alike, and strawberry sessions need booking a day or two ahead. Everyone gets a decent handful of produce included, then you pay for what else you pick. The free play area by the cafe - swings, slide, old tractors to clamber on - buys you a peaceful coffee afterwards.
The calendar does a lot of work here: a maize maze and sunflower trail in summer, a pumpkin festival in October, welly walks in winter. Locals treat it as four different days out.
What it costs: Pick your own tickets are per person: strawberries £5.95-£6.95, other crops £3.95-£4.95, plus a £1 booking fee. Under 18 months free. The ticket includes around 300g of produce but is not redeemable in the shop.
Know before you go
- Strawberry tickets are only released 1-2 days ahead and are non-refundable, so watch the website rather than planning weeks out.
- The play area is free with no booking - they just ask you buy a drink or snack while the kids are on it.
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