Tam O'Shanter is what a community farm should be: free at the gate, animals close enough to actually meet, and volunteers who let kids linger at the pens rather than moving them along. The alpacas are the celebrities; the pigs do the comedy.
It is an hour's visit rather than a day, which makes it a brilliant pressure-free first farm trip with a baby or a toddler. Bidston Hill starts at the back gate when legs still have miles in them.
What it costs: Free entry. Open daily 9.30am to 5pm, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Free car park just past the farm entrance. Animals may only be fed with food bought on the farm.
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