Farms, zoos & wildlife parks

Enjoy 100 acres of beautiful countryside 12 miles from central London. Not-for-profit enterprises include social care, education, farm visits, family camping, outdoor celebrations and seasonal events. Open Everyday from 9:00am. Explore 100 Aker Wood for free. Enjoy food at the cafe or kiosk. At weekends the Adventure Playground is open as is the SEND Pavilion. You can feed the animals and book petting... Read more

A community zoo based in the historic Cedars park in Waltham cross Hertfordshire. Familiar favourites such as meerkats and owls are just some of the animals found here alongside the strange more unusual creatures such as zorilla and tenrecs, there is lots to discover. The zoo gives visitors the opportunity to get up close to Meerkats, Owls, skunks, small bird species, rabbits, Armadillos and various reptiles and minibeasts. Tickets are just £2.40 pp with unlimited entry all day.

Covering 175 acres Church Farm produces the widest range of free range meat and naturally grown fruit and vegetables. Church Farm is open to the public everyday from 9.00am to 5.00pm 365 days a year. It is free to visit and free to park. Collect a free map and buy some food to help feed the animals, enjoy our woodland play area, indoor Little Farmers barn or relax in our Farm Cafe.

Discover a land of giant dinosaurs and meet fantastic real life farm animals along the way. Junior explorers can go dino-spotting from the tree-tops viewing tower or take on the caveman challenge to unearth ancient fossils at the dino-dig! Get up close and personal with our farmyard animals, from bouncing bunnies to cute guinea pigs, find them all at cuddle corner. Don't forget to sing along at Gully's musical farm.

Closed during winter. There are sheep, goats, ducks, geese, turkeys, Hungarian Woolly pigs and cattle too! Enjoy walking amongst the paddocks to see the animals grazing or maybe take advantage of the feeding stations and see them up close. Children can play in the sand pits, bounce around on the tractor tyres and climb up and over the wooden tractor. There are free regular tractor rides around the... Read more

Hertfordshire Zoo (fornmally Paradise Wildlife Park) is home to over 800 exotic wild animals including being the only zoo in the UK to home five different big cat species. The zoo look after one of the largest collection of small Monkeys in the UK as well as the largest Anaconda. Plus, don't forget to check out one of the many different animal talks, feeds and shows every day.

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With the National Trust's goodwill and encouragement, the redundant 18th century barn was transformed into Hill Farm Barn "Walk in Café" supplying the area with a charming and educational rest stop for walkers, cyclists, horse riders and families. A beautiful cafe with local produce and the added bonus of gorgeous farm animals.

Hill Barn Farm closes for winter on the 27th November and... Read more

The Farm offers children the opportunity to see, learn about and interact with farm animals through activities such as bottle-feeding lambs, hand-feeding sheep and goats, grooming ponies and stroking rabbits. There are loads of other fun things to do from Go-Karts and Crazy Golf to Digger Village and Shaggy's Cove as well as the huge indoor Shaggy's PlayWorld and Topsy Turvy Towers outdoor adventure playground.