With Halloween soon upon us, a popular October tradition in the United States and Canada is picking your own pumpkin and its getting more and more popular in the UK each year.
Here’s some of the best pumpkin patches in the UK for 2024.
Wales
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire Pumpkins
This is a great spot for families to choose their own pumpkin at their expansive patch.
Not only do they have a pumpkin patch, kids can explore the spooky hay-bales, and visit the wooded area for a Halloween experience as well as our pumpkin barn with Halloween surprises!
Open: Every weekend from 10.30am to 5.30pm – starting Saturday 30th Sept and through October also extra weekdays 25th October to 30th!
Price: £8 per car
Address: Greenacre Market Garden Old Amroth Road Llanteg Pembrokeshire SA67 8QG
Tel: 07563900306
Email: greenacremarketgarden@outlook.com
Web: Pembrokeshire Pumpkins
Greenacre Market Garden
Greenacre Market Garden is a great place for families to get into the Halloween spirit. From pick your own patches, great photo opportunities and fun activities, make sure not to miss this one out if you are in Pembrokeshire.
Address: Greenacre Market Garden Old Amroth Road Llanteg Pembrokeshire SA67 8QG
Tel: 07563900306
Web: Greenacre Market Garden
Swansea
Gower Fresh Halloween
At Gower Fresh they have prepared a week of fun and spooky celebrations for the whole family. This year they will be open for pumpkin picking on 4th of October. In 2023 they have prepared a range of new activities, new characters and spookier than ever experiences, and a host of spooky goings-on this half term
Address: Poundffald Farm, Three Crosses, Swansea SA4 3PB
Dates: October 4th – 27th
Tel: 01792 712071
Email: info@gowerfreshchristmastrees.co.uk
Web: Gower Fresh
Vale of Glamorgan
Forage Farm at the Penllyn Estate
This is one of the favourite spots pumpkin picking in South East Wales at the stunning Penllyn Estate in the Vale of Glamorgan. Along with picking pumpkins, kids will also enjoy the tractor rides, face painting, maize maze and the delicious food on offer in their restaurant and farm food hall.
Dates: 14th October – Sunday 31st October
Price: £8.50 per car – Pumpkin Prices Start From £2!
Address:Penllyn Estate, Llwynhelig, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan CF71 7FF
Tel: 07535391872
Email: pumpkins@foragefarmshop.co.uk
Web: Forage Farm Shop
Vale Pick Your Own
Another favourite in the Vale of Glamorgan is Vale Pick Your Own. From white mini Casper pumpkins to pink Porcelain Dolls, there’s plenty of interesting varieties all nestled within 25 acres for you search for!
This Halloween, along with pumpkin picking, you can get lost in their Scarecrow Maze and lots more including Twilight pumpkin picking!
Address: Greenland Farm. Bonvilston, Vale of Glamorgan
Price: £6.00 per car
Email: info@valepickyourown.co.uk
Web: Vale Pick Your Own
England
Bristol
Avon Valley Adventure Park
This October you can pick your own pumpkin to take home and carve ready for Halloween! This is the South West’s Biggest PYO Pumpkin Extravaganza! Grab a wheelbarrow and roam through the massive home grown pumpkin patch to pick your perfect pumpkin.
Address: Pixash Lane, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1TP
Web: View event website
Open:30th September, 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th October
Price: £4.99 per person
Gloucestershire
Cotswold Farm Park
Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park’s Pumpkin Patch returns for 2023 with thousands of pumpkins are ready to be picked. Kids will love the new pumpkin crafting tent this year along with the family selfie stations and there are even dog-friendly activities.
Access to the Pumpkin Patch is included in the Farm Park admission ticket, or can be purchased separately, with the option to purchase your favourite pumpkins to take home, additionally, from £1 each.
A free face painter will also be on hand from 11am every day for those that would like to transform into classic Halloween characters and kids will also love the twists and turns of the spooky towering corn in the Maize.
Address: Cotswold Farm Park, Guiting Power, Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 5FL
Open: Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October, along with all days between 26th and 31st October
Tel: 01451 850307
Web: https://cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk/seasonal-events/pumpkin-patch/
Surrey
Crockford Bridge Farm Shop
At Crockford Bridge Farm Shop you can choose from a huge selection of beautiful home grown pumpkins – all shapes and sizes! They are one of Surrey’s largest growers of Pumpkins and are renowned for the high quality of their crop which is painstakingly harvested by hand every year.
Address: New Haw Road, Addlestone, Nr. Weybridge, Surrey KT15 2BU
Open: Saturday 30th Sept – Sunday 15th Oct (closed on Mondays).
Tel: 01932 853 886
Web: www.crockfordbridgefarm.co.uk
Secretts
Secretts Farm in Surrey is a sprawling farm growing an estimated 30,000 pumpkins in their fields. There are tractor and trailor rides to take you into the pumpkin fields ready for children to pick for Halloween.
As well as picking your own pumpkin during their pumpkin week there are a range of activities on offer.
Address: Chapel Lane, Milford, GU8 5HU
Tel: 01483 520500
Web: www.secretts.co.uk
Open: 21st – 29th October 2023
Garsons Esher
Garsons Esher is one of the largest pick your own farm in the UK offering more than 30 different crops grown over 150 acres, and in October its famous for it’s pumpkin fields.
Pick up a wheelbarrow and start the enchanted pumpkin farm experience, making your way to a magical orange sea.
Enter the pumpkin tunnels and step into the magical world at the Pumpkin Parade.
Address: West End Lane, Esher, Surrey
Open : 7th – 31st October
Price: £3.00 per person
Tel: 01372 464389
Web: www.garsons.co.uk/pyo-farm
Essex
Foxes Pumpkin Patch and Maize Maize
The Pumpkin Patch is the original pick your own patch collection in Essex and has been operating since 2015. They operate the biggest and best pumpkin patches in Essex.
At Foxes they have two pumpkin patches in Essex for 2023 in Colchester and Basildon which open on the 30th September.
Address: Green Lane, Aldham (just off main road Halstead A1124) , Colchester , CO6 3PR
Wash Road, Noak Bridge , Basildon , Essex , SS15 4BP
Open: from the 30th September
Web: https://www.foxesfarmproduce.co.uk/pumpkin-patch
Hatter’s Farm Pumpkin Patch
Hatter’s Farm Pumpkin Patch returns for 2023 and is bigger and better than before. They have over 200,000 pumpkins across 50 different varieties to choose from at their patch and kids will love the entertainment on offer which includes Hatter’s Fun House (tickets include entry to the clown-themed indoor maze), face painting, pumpkin cannons, hot food and drinks, maize maze, and much more.
Address: Hatter’s Farm, Takeley, Bishop’s Stortford, CM22 6NP
Open: 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, and 21st to 29th of October
Price: From £2.00
Web: https://www.hattersfarmpumpkins.co.uk/
Warrington
Kenyon Hall Farm
Their 2023 pumpkin picking season will run every day from the 2nd October where there will be 15,000 pumpkins available in their outdoor pumpkin patch. Pumpkin-tastic photo backdrops are also available.
Address: Kenyon Hall, Winwick Lane, Croft, Warrington, WA3 7ED
Open: From the 2nd October
Price: Entry tickets cost £2.95 for adults and children;
Tel: 01925 763646
Web: www.kenyonhall.co.uk/pumpkins.html
Yorkshire
Piglets Adventure Farm
At Piglets Adventure Farm there is so much on offer for Halloween during their Pumpkin Festival and this year is bigger than ever before including Ghost Pumpkins and Atlantic Giant Pumpkins. Pick your own free homegrown pumpkin for every full paying child aged 1 and over – it’s packed full of spooky family fun.
Address: Towthorpe Moor Lane, York, YO32 9ST
Tel: 01904 499700
Web: www.pigletsadventurefarm.com
Open:October 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, and then every day from 28th — 31st 2023
Farmer Copleys
At this pumpkin patch – a 30 minute drive from Leeds you will find a patch with over 250,000 pumpkins containing 40 different varieties to choose from. You can also enjoy a Tractor Ride, Bird of Prey Shows, Archery, Vintage Rides, Storytime, Magical Mr Zen, Face Painting, Riverside Paint A Pot, Daily Fancy Dress Competition, Photo Opportunities Galore, plus loads more.
Dates: Various dates in September and throughout October
Price: From £6.00 for entry
Address: Farmer Copleys, Ravensknowle Farm, Pontefract Road, Pontefract WF7 5AF
Web: farmercopleys.co.uk
Kent
Beluncle Farm
In October this family run farm open to the public and hold their annual pick your own pumpkin event. With an extensive range of pumpkins and squashes in many sizes and colours on offer which makes for a colourful Halloween.
Address: Beluncle Farm Cottages, Stoke Rd, Rochester, Kent ME3 9LU
Tel: 07526 734293
Web: www.pyopumpkins.com
Leicestershire
Cattows Farm
There are over 300,000 pumpkins to choose from across 40 different varieties at this popular patch including the unusual warty goosebump pumpkins and dinky munchkin pumpkins.
Dates: Open daily, 9am–5pm throughout October 2023
Price: Free entry, pumpkins cost from £1.50
Address: Cattows Farm, Swepstone Road, Heather, Coalville LE67 2RF
Web: cattowsfarm.co.uk
Lincolnshire
Bells Pumpkin Patch
With nearly 1,000,000 pumpkins harvested each year all of which
are grown on this family farm in Lincolnshire. Bell’s is one of the UK’s biggest pumpkin patches. There is also a huge pumpkin cannon ‘Herald’ that is always a firm favourite, firing pumpkins across the fields at our 12ft target. The Bounce & Climb, exquisite displays and our vast variety of gourds and squashes are further examples of what is on offer.
Address: Lowfields Road, Benington, PE22 0EE
Open: 14th & 15th, 21st-29th October 2023
Web: https://bellspumpkinpatch.com/
Staffordshire
Trentham Gardens
Explore the Maze for pumpkins nestled within the patch as search for the spiral path leading you to the top of the spooky maze.
From small to large, orange to white, we’ve got pumpkins for everyone to pick! Enjoy a hot chocolate and a toffee apple as you hunt high and low for the perfect pumpkin.
There is also wand and broom making activities in the enchanting gardens to pumpkin carving in the Shopping Village, Trentham offers a variety of activities for the entire family to enjoy.
Address:The Trentham Estate Stone Road Trentham Stoke-On-Trent Staffordshire ST4 8JG
Tel: 01782 646646
Email: enquiry@trentham.co.uk
Web: www.trentham.co.uk/halloween-at-trentham/
National Forest Adventure Farm
The National Forest Adventure Farm is one of the most popular attractions in the local area for good reason offering exciting indoor fun, outdoor adventure and farm animals
But for Halloween it gets even better as kids will love their broomstick training and you can take the pumpkin wagon tractor ride up to their pumpkin patch where you can choose a pumpkin to take home for free!
Address: Postern House Farm, Tatenhill, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire DE13 9SJ.
Tel: 01283 533933
Email: info@adventurefarm.co.uk
Web: www.adventurefarm.co.uk
Kent
Stanhill Farm
At Stanhill Farm grab a wheelbarrow and head down to the patch where you will find a huge array of pumpkins in various different sizes. It is also a great chance for a photo opportunity, surrounded by a sea of autumnal, orange colour!
Address: Stanhill Farm, Birchwood Road, Wilmington, Kent, DA2 7HD
Tel: 01322 669 711
Email: laura@stanhillfarm.co.uk
Open: Open end of October
Web: www.stanhillfarm.co.uk
Suffolk
Undley Pumpkin Patch
At Undley they have a fantastic crop of Pumpkins, Gourds and Squashes to choose from this year from their pumpkin patch. Collect your wheel-barrow on arrival and pick your pumpkins.
There will be an incredible 25 varieties of pumpkins and 36 different varieties of gourds to choose from, with picking direct from the vines.
Address: Pumpkin Patch & Maize Maze, Undley Road, Beck Row, Suffolk, IP28 8BU
Web: www.pumpkinpatchundley.com
Open: Weekends and Half Term in October 2021
Derbyshire
Mr Pumpkin
For 2023, Mr Pumpkin have planted almost 90,000 pumpkins with over 40 different varieties to choose from including the Crown Prince Blue squash and Polar Whites. You can borrow a barrow, and wander round selecting your chosen pumpkins to take home with you. Pumpkins are priced depending on size, from £2 each
Address: Lime Farm, Mansfield Road, Morley, Derby DE7 6JU
Tel: 07967 362215
Web: Visit their website
Warwickshire
Hatton Adventure World
The popular Pumpkin Spooktacular returns to Hatton Adventure World from Weekends from 14th October then 28th to 31st October
There is everything from pumpkin picking on their patch to pumpkin carving, magic and mayhem illusion shows and more.
Address: Hatton Country World, Dark Lane, Hatton, Warwick CV35 8XA
Tel: 01926 843411
Web: Visit their website
West Sussex
Tulleys Farm
At Tulleys the have 60 acres of pumpkins, producing around 600,000 pumpkins! This year they are again offering PYO Pumpkins underneath the moonlit sky with their Pumpkin Nights.
Address: Tulleys Farm, Turners Hill Road, Turners Hill, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 4PE
Tel: 01342 710471
Web: Tulleys
Durham
Down at the farm
Bring your little horrors to our Halloween Spook-fest for some hair-raising half term fun. Visit their pumpkin patch and carve your pumpkin.
Address: Down at the Farm, Stoneygate Lane, Houghton Le Spring DH5 8JG
Tel: 0191 584 1873
Email: bookings@downatthefarm.co.uk
Web: www.downatthefarm.co.uk/activities/seasonal-activities/
Hampshire
Sunnyfields Farm
There will be thousands of pumpkins, squash and other cucurbits to pop into your wheelbarrow and purchase. You can then take them home to carve, paint, or decorate your home into an autumnal space!
If you desire that sundown Halloween twinkle amongst the atmospheric lights, we will be open ’til late!
Dates: From 8am until Saturday 31 October
Address: Sunnyfields Farm, Jacobs Gutter Lane, Totton, Southampton, SO40 9FX
Tel: 02380 861266
Web: Sunnyfields
Hertfordshire
Cammas Hall Farm
There are more than 40 varieties of pumpkin and squash to choose from at Cammas Hall including the Snowman pumpkin and the Knucklehead. Other activities include a maize maze, farm shop and meet the Halloween characters
Address: Cammas Hall Farm, Needham Green, Hatfield Broad Oak, Near Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Web: Cammas Hall
Open: Various dates in October
Scotland
Fife
Cairnie Fruit Farm & Mega Maze
Set in the beautiful Fife countryside Cairnie Fruit Farm & Mega Maze offers a brilliant fun filled day out for the whole family especially in October for Halloween.
They have over 12000 pumpkins of all sizes, shapes and colours. All the pumpkins are great for carving or cooking with and will store for weeks in a cool spot
Web: www.cairniefruitfarm.co.uk
Glasgow
Arnprior Farm
This pumpkin patch at Arnprior Farm is set in is beautiful region of Loch Lomond and less than an hour’s drive from Glasgow. They have more than 20,000 pumpkins can be picked over 12 acres, including giant Cinderella orange pumpkins.
As well as pumpkins, we have a quad pod ride, pumpkin cannon, bale mountain, an indoor hay barn, face painting, bouncy castle, lots of photo opportunities and much much more.
Address: Arnprior Pumpkins, Arnprior, Stirling FK8 3HA
Web: https://arnpriorfarm.com
Price: From £10.98
Open: 3 weekends in October
North Berwick
Balgone Pumpkins
This is Scotland’s largest pumpkin patch with over 50,000 pumpkins in 27 distinct varieties over a huge 10-acre patch. Their 2km haunted trail also looks so much fun but keep your wits about you as all kinds of ghosts and ghouls could cross your path. Before you leave make sure you visit the Crooked Cauldron and get your share of the treats with toasted marshmallows on offer by the lakeside.
Address: Balgone Barns, North Berwick, EH39 5NY
Web: https://balgoneestate.co.uk/pumpkin-patch
Price: From £10 per car
Open: 14th, 15th, 17th (ASN Morning), 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd
(ASN Morning), 27th (ASN Morning), 28th, 29th
Edinburgh
Craigies Farm
A family favourite for families in Edinburgh and surrounding areas is Craigies
Not only do they have Pick Your Own Pumpkins returning, but there will be ‘Spooky Tunnels’ featuring little frights designed especially for our younger visitors!
Filled with exciting and interactive characters, storytellers, games, illuminations, and many more spooky treats, this is Halloween fun for the whole family!
The fields and tunnels will come alive with stunning illuminations, making the perfect photo opportunity.
Dates: October 14th – 29th
Times: 9am – 5pm everyday
Price: Adults £11.00 – Children under 15 £8.00
Tel: 0131 319 1048
Web: www.craigies.co.uk
Address: West Craige Farm, South Queensferry, Edinburgh EH30 9AR