Easter may be late this year but that means that Spring will have well and truly Sprung by the time the holidays are here. Make the most of the bank holiday and time off school to take an outdoor break and enjoy the season at its best.
Book at one of thousands of farm sites across the UK listed on Pitchup.com and get up close and personal to cute baby animals, learn exactly where your food comes from and even help out with some essential jobs around the farm.
To help decide which of the many farm sites to stay at, the experts at Pitchup have chosen a selection of rustic and charming stays with availability this April including over Easter weekend – all searchable and bookable in one place.
GO EAST FOR ANIMALS GALORE IN NORFOLK
Head to the UK’s eastern extremity to set up camp under Norfolk’s big skies and spend daytimes exploring the neighbouring farm park (additional entry fee applies). During lambing season, bottle-feeding takes place 3 times a day, and guests can come and go as many times as they like on a single ticket. Join in with a deer safari, calf-feeding and egg-collecting by day, and look out for tawny owls and red kite overhead.
The spacious camping field and amenities are kept clean and neat, with plenty of hot water and a handy mini-market has all of the essentials available on site. Good pub grub is on offer at the Rose & Crown pub a short walk away, or head to the farm park tearoom for breakfast, light lunches and homemade cakes.
Price: From £21 per night including 2 people. Book: pitchup.com
FARMYARD FUN IN CUMBRIA
Head to Cumbria to join in with a variety of seasonal activities at Farm and Fell Campsite including live lambing from 1st April to 30th May.
There’s a packed daily programme of farm experiences, with two lamb feeding slots every day (2pm and 8pm), as well as kids, calves, chicks, piglets and ponies to meet.
This busy working farm covers 200 acres of Yorkshire Dales plus 4,000 acres of the Howgill Fells, with low-intensity rearing of Galloway cattle, rare breed Berkshire pigs and native fell sheep (Herdwick and Rough Fell). It’s a site for BYO holidaymakers with pitches for tents, touring caravans and motorhomes. There’s no electric hookup but there is mains water, toilets, hot showers and a waste disposal point as well as an on-site kitchen providing breakfast, lunch and evening meals plus a farm shop – both obviously fully stocked with ingredients from the farm to go straight onto your fork!
Price: Grass pitch from £25 per night. Book: pitchup.com
COUNTRYSIDE IN COMFORT – HERTFORDSHIRE
Holidaymakers can immerse themselves into the Hertfordshire countryside while enjoying all manner of creature comforts at Foxholes Farm, staying in a fully-furnished safari tent or camping pod.
All guests enjoy free entry to the onsite farm park, where children and grown-ups can meet alpacas, lambs, pigs, goats and other farm animals. Glampers can witness the miracle of life up close with a ringside seat in the farm’s dedicated lambing barn, and feed some of the other four-legged residents.
With several beautiful lakes dotted around the grounds, there are plenty of views to admire- stock up on fresh produce at the farm shop (all guests also enjoy a handy discount) for a first barbecue of the year. All of this wholesome countryside goodness awaits just five minutes out of Hertford, with Hatfield House only a 20-minute drive away.
Price: From £545 for two nights (up to six people). Book: pitchup.com
HOP TO IT! HOLIDAY WITH GIANT RABBITS IN HEREFORDSHIRE
Giant rabbits, pygmy goats, chickens, sheep, and Indian runner ducks await guests at this peaceful site in rural Herefordshire. With a choice of charming shepherd’s huts as well as classic camping pitches, it’s ideally located for long countryside walks, canoe trips on the River Wye, castle visits and outings to the many excellent cider producers along the Herefordshire Cider Route.
The two neighbouring huts are a great family option as one has a double bed, the other has two singles and guests of all ages are welcome to join in with feeding (and cuddling!) the various animals on site.
Price: From £30 per night (up to four people). Book: pitchup.com
To book any of these sites, or search among the 6,000 others listed on the platform, go to pitchup.com
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