If you’re looking for a family day out to go pumpkin picking, we have selected five locations that are close to Wakefield!
1) Farmer Copleys Pumpkin Festival, Pontefract
The popular Farmer Copleys has planted 130,000 pumpkin seeds, so they’ll have pumpkin plants of every shape size and colour, to ensure you find your perfect pumpkin. There will be Storytime with the ‘Not so Wicked Witch’ and the Pumpkin Princess is looking for her perfect pumpkin. Tractor barrel rides, face painting, fairground rides and more!
Opening Dates:
Pumpkins available to pick 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 19th – 31st October 2019
Open daily 9:30am – 4:30pm
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Prices:
Off-peak £2.00, peak £4.00, pumpkins to be paid for unless booking VIP package
Ravensknowle Farm, Pontefract Road, Pontefract, WF7 5AF
2) Redwood Farm, Ardsley Reservoir
Locally owned, friendly farm selling pumpkins and situated at the side of the reservoir!
Opening Dates:
19th – 31st October 2019
10am – 4pm (check their facebook page for opening days)
Other Details:
Prices:
No entry fee
Haigh Moor Road, Tingley, WF3 1EE
3) Swithens Farm, Rothwell
Locally owned, working farm with farm shop, café, playbarn and petting farm. A scary tractor ride will take you through the haunted woods to pick your pumpkin and then off to the picnic area to pimp your pumpkin.
Opening Dates:
19th, 20th, 26th – 31st October 2019
10am – 4pm
Other Details:
Prices:
£4.00 per pumpkin including the tractor ride, haunted woods & pumpkin carving (entrance to the farm is in addition to these prices)
Swithen’s Lane, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0BT
4) Cannon Hall Farm Pumpkin Festival & Wizardry School, Cawthorne
Cannon Hall Farm Pumpkin Festival invites young witches and wizards to join the fun of our Wizardry School. The Pumpkin Patch is returning once again and young witches and wizards will get to ‘graduate’ if they complete the challenges. There are thousands of pumpkins available for visitors to pick – and expert carvers will be on hand to help families create the perfect spooky lantern.
Opening Dates:
19th, 20th, 26th – 31st October 2019
10:30am – 6:30pm
Other Details:
Prices:
From £10.95 includes pumpkin (for children), all day access to the farm, outdoor adventure play and indoor soft play
Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4AT
5) Poskitt’s Farm, Eggborough
Opening Dates:
Pumpkin picking Saturday & Sunday from 12th October 2019 and 26th October – 30th October 2019
Open 10am – 5:30pm
Other Details:
Prices:
No entry fee
For more details on activities and events running over October Half Term click here
