12 Best Children's Farms In Staffordshire

Staffordshire's farm listings run twelve deep, though a quirk inflates the number: two of the entries — the play barn and the pumpkin patch at Lower Drayton — are really one farm wearing two hats. Ash End House Children's Farm near Tamworth tops the ratings at 4.7 and is the most traditional of the group: small animals, feeding sessions, wellies advised. National Forest Adventure Farm at Burton is the big-ticket day, with a summer maize maze and adult entry listed at £7, while Trentham Monkey Forest stretches the category entirely — sixty acres of woodland where Barbary macaques roam loose around the footpaths, which no petting barn can compete with for sheer spectacle. Seven of the twelve venues have indoor cover, a better wet-weather ratio than farms usually manage, and alpaca walking at Burntwood gives the county something for older children who consider themselves beyond tractor rides. None of the twelve lists free entry, so budget for admission wherever you land.