ONE of the most popular autumn activities in the UK is pumpkin picking, with many farms offering tickets throughout October. Pumpkin patches have become increasingly popular among families in the UK, where you can not only pick them but have photoshoots and even decorate them. 11 Pumpkin picking is hugely popular in the UK now, coming from the US Credit: Getty Here are 11 of the best from all over the UK for you to visit this year.
Kenyon Hall, Warrington Tickets for Kenyon Hall are already on sale, with more than 20,000 pumpkins expected to grow on their patch this autumn. Family photo shoots with professional photographers can be booked on certain days as well, while there's also a maize maze and fruit picking on site too. Entry tickets start from £2.
95 for adults and children; infants under 18 months go free. Read more on pumpkins ENCHANTING TRIP Fairytale village a few hours from UK where you can spend night in pumpkins BREW-TIFUL Starbucks is adding pumpkin spice latte to its menu a MONTH earlier than usual The patch will be open from September 28 until October 31, although there are limited dates left. 11 Kenyon Hall lets you book pumpkin photo shoots too Credit: Kenyon Hall Farm Balgone Barns, North Berwick, Scotland Scotland 's largest pumpkin patch promises to let everyone "experience the countryside and Halloween to its fullest".
More than 60,000 pumpkins are growing on the site across more than 10 acres. Prices for the pumpkins depend on the weight. There is also a spooky haunted trail stretching 2km around Balgone Barns' lake, while visitors can toast marshmallows at the Crooked Cauldron.
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Pumpkin Paintball, Seasonal Slingshot and an apple cannon add to the Halloween activities available for families to enjoy. The patch is open on selected days between September 28 and October 31. Tickets can be booked online for up to £8.
99 per person. 11 Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park even has a fairground and pumpkin paintball Credit: Avon Valley Tulleys Farm, Crawley, West Sussex Tulleys Farm declares itself to be the UK's number one pumpkin festival, with more than a million pumpkins grown across 100 acres of farmland. Live roaming characters ox wizards and scarecrows can be seen mingling among the pumpkins.
Street food stalls and a pumpkin bar serving cocktails and beers enhance the experience, while live music will be performed at Pumpkin Nights shows. Tickets are available online for selected dates between September 28 and October 31. Day time tickets range from £5-8, while evening tickets range from £8-12.
11 Tulleys Farm calls itself the "no.1 UK pumpkin festival" Credit: Tulleys farm Mr Pumpkin, Derby Located just outside of Derby in Morely, Mr Pumpkin has become a favourite for pumpkin pickers since it first opened in 2017. They have more than 90,000 pumpkins planted for visitors this year from more than 40 different varieties.
A pumpkin trail will also be raising money for the air ambulance, with more than £12,000 raised in recent years. The event is running on most dates between September 29 nd October 31. Tickets are £2.
50 for adults, kids up to the age of 15 go free. 11 Mr Pumpkin is free for kids up to 15 Credit: Mr Pumpkin Spilman's Farm, Thirsk This family-run farm in Yorkshire has more than 125,000 pumpkins ready to be picked on the 25 acre patch. Tickets, which cost £7.
50 per person, will grant each guest £5 to spend on either pumpkins or Spilman's activities. It also allows visitors to watch the family-friendly show Fright Delight. Twilight picking evenings are back for another year too, with live music, a bar, street food and cosy fire pits.
The patch is open on weekends from September 30 until October 31. 11 Spilman’s Farm has more than 125,000 pumpkins to choose from Credit: Spilmans Manorafon Farm Park, Abergele, Wales North Wales' largest selection of pumpkins is also home to a pumpkin carving tent for visitors to decorate their veg on site. A mad scientist's trick or treat show, creepy crawly handling, walkabout characters and the "horrid hallows" all add to the farm's spooky Halloween atmosphere.
There's also street food, a shooting range, a slime lab and special pumpkin festival nights, with a bar for adults and live music. Tickets are £15.30 for adults and £16.
20 for children if you book ahead, with one pumpkin per child's ticket included. Pumpkin fest will be running on a select few dates in October. 11 Manorafon Farm Park even has pumpkin festival nights Credit: Manorafon Farm Park Pumpkin Moon, Kent Pumpkin Moon has three different locations in Kent - Maidstone, Faversham and Rainham.
There is street food and drinks available, while fancy dress is actively encouraged by those who run the patch. Everyone needs to book before visiting, with prices from £3.75.
It will run for the weekends of September 5-6 only in Faversham, following by all of the farms from September 12 - October 13, and then October 19 - 31. 11 Pumpkin Moon is found at two Kent locations Credit: PA:Press Association Whitehouse Farm, Morpeth From October 21-19 this Northumberland farm will be changing its name to Frighthouse Farm and running a Halloween 'spooktacular'. As well as pumpkin picking, there'll be Magic Merlin’s School, with Halloween themed games and prizes to be won.
There's also a walkway of terror a spider’s lair, catacombs, a bat chamber and an eerie grave yard. A fancy dress contest will see the winner claim a gift voucher to use at the farm, while visitors can get up close and personal with owls and critters. Tickets are available for £15.
45 for adults and children and the event will run from October 12 to October 31. 11 Morperth's Whitehouse Farm won't just have pumpkins Credit: Whitehouse farm Forage Farm, Glamorgan This South Wales pumpkin patch comes with pigmy goats, pigs, alpacas, tractor rides, pumpkin catapults, an interactive maize maze and face painting among many attractions. There's also a hay bale tower and plenty of other picture perfect backdrops to create lasting memories with.
The patch will be open on select weekends - October 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 and 26-30, as well as October 25 and 31. After dark pumpkin picking experiences are also available. Daytime tickets cost £9 per car, while evening tickets are £6 per person.
11 Forage Farm in Glamorgan has lots of attractions along with pumpkin picking Credit: Forage farm shop Arnprior Farm, Glasgow Scotland 's "original" pumpkin festival will run for more than three weeks in October this year, with more than 20,000 pumpkins to choose from. As well as pumpkins, they have a quad pod ride, pumpkin cannon, bale mountain, an indoor hay barn, face painting, bouncy castle, lots of photo opportunities and a polytunnel shop. Read more on the Scottish Sun OH BOY Stuart Hogg's girlfriend Leonna Mayor reveals pregnancy after star's stalking trial A NEAR MISS Scotland spared thunder hell as weather map shows UK to be battered by storms There's also a selection of food and drink each day including Loops and Scoops' infamous churros, Skinners of Kippen burgers and pumpkin soup, pizzas, hot chocolates, Lous home baking and Gin fizz.
The event runs from October 9-29 and tickets start from £15.70, including a pumpkin voucher. What is it like to go pumpkin picking? Mum Catherine Lofthouse took her boys to a pumpkin picking patch - here's what you can expect.
With one million pumpkins over 300 acres, Cattows Farm in Leicestershire rebrands itself as Halloween Farm every October and attracts thousands of visitors from across the UK. The family-friendly fun starts from the moment you arrive - even the entrance tent is decorated to the max, with spooky spiders hanging down and pumpkins columns setting the scene. I took my four-year-old during unseasonably warm weather at the start of October and it was lovely to see all the little ones running round the pumpkins in their costumes, which would normally have to be covered by coats at this time of year.
Although my little one took one look at the huge skeletons by the door and the dark inside and decided he'd rather stay out in the sunshine..
