People are starting come from further and further away to visit Crockford’s Pumpkin Patch in October.
It has grown in popularity over the last couple of years and been developed in to an activity based event where you can choose, purchase and carve your pumpkins on site. Face painting is available and there is a small play area with slides and a swing and in addition at this timd if year a makesshift playground made out of straw bales. Ours love throwing themselves around this.
The main patch has a wide variety of pumpkins on offer. This is why we go as I love my bizarre, often inappropriate, pumpkins. Most though go for the whole experience and to capture this with a photo on the purpose built pumpkin mound large enough for groups and families to get a photo of them all together surrounded by piles of beautifully ripe, brightly coloured pumpkins displayed on stacked straw bales. It makes for a fabulous photo!
Like Christmas time here, there is a performance based story telling session in the ‘Wonder Wood’ that you can purchase tickets for seperately on their website. This takes place in the woodland backing on to the farm. Depending on the time of day, it can be quite eerie and Halloweenesque, if you like that sort of thing. It is aimed at families though so no blood and gore Jason style!
Check out our pumpkins from Crockford, pretty reasonably priced too.
Due to the time of year, you do need to be prepared for puddles and possibly mud! There is the added incentive for me though ……. a cabin serving hot drinks and Halloween treats!
If you are always looking for fun things to do with the kids in October half term maybe head along and see what you think for yourselves.
There is a charge just to enter the patch even before you buy anything, but if purchasing tickets to the woodland performance, I think this charge is included in that.
The patch is adjacent to the garden centre where you can grab lunch or have a mooch. It has a fab aquarium shop with lots of tropical and marine fish. My boys love looking at these. There is a pet supplies store too, a farm shop, coffee shop and the tiniest soft play area you’ve ever seen. Only suitable for your toddler’s at best I think.
The patch has its own ‘posh portaloos’ on site so you won’t get caught short and plenty of additional parking so you never have too far to walk with your little skeletons.
Crockford Bridge Farm, New Haw Rd, Addlestone, Surrey. KT15 2BU.
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