hello,

i have 2 son age 5 and 3, and 5 months old daughter and just to know any animal farm or park that i can bring them during this school holiday.

nasa

Graves Park is great for kids & there's also Heeley City Farm. :thumbsup:

Heeley Farm is ok but they don't have loads of animals, the pigs are cool (if you like pigs)

Graves Park, Heely Farm or Whirlow Farm.

I think there is a kiddies farm at Chatsworth too, but you have to pay and it is a bit far away.

Graves Park is good, and there's Butterfly World at Anston/Aston (sorry, always get those two place mixed up!)
That's quite good - farm yard animals and tropical creepy crawlies aswell. There's also a playground, a cafe and a picnic area.
And if you want to go a bit further, there's Sundown Pet's Corner out at Rampton.

Doh, anyone would think I have kids...

I dont think sundown pets corner has animals anymore?

The buttefly place is realy good, they have leaf cutter ants and iguanas running about the place. When we went you could hold the giant cockroaches, giant millipede and a tarantula (though why you would want to is beyond me). They also had a birds of prey "show" where bloody great big eagles swoop towards a screaming child holding a bit of stewing steak.

was fun.

[i] They also had a birds of prey "show" where bloody great big eagles swoop towards a screaming child holding a bit of stewing steak.

was fun. [/B]

Now That Sounds like entertainment :lol:

Originally posted by beansforyou
Now That Sounds like entertainment :lol:

We were hysterical, it was so funny, the poor little kids looked terrified.

Originally posted by beansforyou
I dont think sundown pets corner has animals anymore?

OMG I love Pets Corner! Can't wait to take my kids there!

Originally posted by nick2
I think there is a kiddies farm at Chatsworth too, but you have to pay and it is a bit far away.

We went to the kiddies farm at chatsworth a couple of years ago and it was a rip off, we got charged about £7 just to see a few animals that you can see in any field.

The prices in the ice cream/gift shop were also a rip off.

There used to be a small farm type thing at Wentworth garden centre, about 25p to get in and 40p for a bag of food to feed the animals, they had pigs, goats, ponies, chickens, rabbits.

Originally posted by beansforyou
I dont think sundown pets corner has animals anymore?

I managed to avoid going to this place for many years by telling people it was a pet cemetry.

The Chesnut Centre near Castleton http://www.ottersandowls.co.uk/ is well worth a visit. It's a drive out but there are plently of animals to look at particularly Otters and Owls. It's in a great setting and would be worth taking a picnic and making a day of it. I'm a big kid and really enjoyed it here.

i agree about the butterfly place!it's excellent.also there's cannon hall in barnsley which has a farm amongst other things!
there aren't that many 'pets' at sundown these days!mainly birds!

Chatsworth isn't a rip off ,it's fantastic, about £3 - £4 pound each,family tickets also available. Selection of farm animals, fish you can feed,and guinui pig handling times.But there is also a fantastic wooden climbing frame,slide tree house adventure play area.There is a lot of water and sand based play,so take your own buckets and spades and spare clothes.It can get busy in school holidays, so I would suggest going in a group(which may also be cheaper) as it is hard to keep an eye on 3 kids when it's busy.I would agree that the cafe is a rip off,so take a picnic.Also the only toilets are at the entrance so that can be difficult to get to from the play area.
The otter and owl sanctuary is o.k but not a patch on chatsworth.I think Whirlow Hall farm has Fayre soon, that is also quite good.
If you want a free day out,just go for a walk in the country.
I live in Bradwell, you can walk up my road go past chickens(sometimes ponies),see horses,sheep,cows and goats.Obviously theres no guaratees how close to the path they are,but it's good to see them in thier homes.There are also two parks,and four pubs, and a fantastic chippy!

Try Cannon Hall, a great day out for all ages. Lots of animals, good play area for children. Great Hall to wander around. Large restaurant and shop. Only about 30 mins from Sheffield. We went last summer hols, was only £2.50 entrance. Good value. They have a web site.

chestnut centre is gr8 but often busy there is all a donkey sanctuary out that way as well that has a little t room & child friendly donkey activities (pin the tail no wrong forum).
no pets @ sundown -went on sunday last.

white post out ollerton way is fantastic if u have a car went 3 weeks ago.

graves is nice & cheap - is the cafe open??

it's surpising i know all this considering my kids 20 now, but we still visit them all.

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thanks guys,

gosh! with this a lot of info...:hihi: it kind a mixs up...so where is exactly this Butterfly world??? Aston ??

hope u can give me further information.tq

m1 juntion 31. head for worksop at the roundabout.
go through first major set of light (Todwck) big pub something Lion on corner.
at the next big set of lights represented by a petrol station on your left filter left. go under bridge u should then start to see signs, the centre is on the road u r on but abour 10 minutes max away. have a nice day.

Click here for Butterfly House Website (http://www.butterflyhouse.co.uk/about_directions.htm)

Click here for Chestnut Centre (Otters & Owls) (http://www.ottersandowls.co.uk/chestnutcentre.htm)

I miss going to places like Graves Park, although they always give me a terrible urge to buy pets.

Must...resist...

The rose garden cafe at Graves Park has reopened, and there are piglets only a few days old at the rare breeds centre there (and a red deer fawn, some older piglets and, as usual, dozens of ethiopian goats)

Haven't been to Heeley city farm for a while, they have fewer animals, but then again Graves park has 40 different kinds of chicken, which is interesting if you are a chicken breeder.

The butterfly house rocks, although the 'falconry' display isn't much cop, but the ferret roulette is a blast for the kids (and they all love ferrets).

If you want a little drive out there is a gem of a place called Borckholes farm at Blaxton/branton in Doncaster, its just off the M18 got a large horse riding school on one side and loads of animals (ostrich's, raccoons, usual farm stuff, rhea's, zebra)

Had a very enjoyabvle afternoon there