Find a local pumpkin patch here!

Looking for a local pumpkin patch, maize maze, hayride, gourds and other Halloween activities in East Midlands, England? Scroll down this page and you will see the all of thoses in East Midlands, England, sorted by county. Some are farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some are simple roadside stands. Most have loads of pumpkins to choose from. To really make it fun for your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a maize maze, spook house, or hayride. There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of course, the more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free. ALWAYS call before you go to confirm the info, they don't always report changes to me!

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Updates for March 2024

Most pumpkin patches and maize mazes usually open by late August, some earlier! Maize mazes usually open in July. You may also want to try the latest fun, Zombie Paintball, see this website!. The world's best pumpkin pie recipe is here. You will find a local Christmas tree farm on this page. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me!

Pumpkin Patch Listings, by county

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Derbyshire

  • Bluebell Dairy - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow,
    Brunswood Farm, Locko Road De21 7ar Derby, UK. Phone: 01332 673924 Email: [email protected]. Open: daily from 24th October- 1st November; Friday-Monday 10 am to 5.00 pm; Hot food served until 3.45 pm, Open all Bank Holidays Except Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Years Day. Join us this Halloween for our amazing spooktacular Pumpkin festival! FREE Pumpkin with every full paying child, Pumpkin picking, Mythical Beasts Trail, Muddy Monster Trail, Bugs and Beasties, The Pumpkin Dash, Meet and Greet the Pumpkin King and The Fancy Dress Parade. Includes regular farm entry and all of our animal activities! Get hands on with Animal Activities, from goat grooming, sheep walking & more! Head over to the Animal Patch to make plenty of new furry friends, learn all about them, feed & stroke them too. Hop, slide & climb in the play Park, complete with jumping pillows, climbing frames, sand pit & go-karts! Bluebells Real Dairy Ice Cream is made by hand, using selected ingredients & our own fresh milk! Not forgetting our farm park and tea rooms on site too!! Take a break in the Tea Room and enjoy our delicious, homemade food, made using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible. Dogs on leads are welcomed onto the farm and are able to access the farm areas and outdoor seating surrounding our tea rooms. Unfortunately, they are unable to access our Play Areas or Tea Rooms. (ADDED: 16 October 2020, JBS)
  • Mr Pumpkin - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, corn maze, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, face painting, inflatables/bounce house
    Lime Farm Mansfield Road, Morley, DE7 6JU. Phone: 07967362215. Email: [email protected]. Open: Saturday and Sunday 10th & 11th October, then from Saturday 17th October until Halloween; Our opening times are…. Weekends 9 am to 5 pm, weekdays 10 am to 4 pm. Directions: We are located on the A608 between Derby and Heanor, approximately 4 miles from the centre of Derby. We are about 60 metres from Broomfield Hall on the opposite side of the road. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. Free entry and free car parking You just pay for the pumpkins you pick which are priced depending upon size, from £2 each. There is also a charge for other activities (for example bouncy castle, face painting etc) We also have our Witches Kitchen serving hot and cold food and drinks. We plant around 36,000 pumpkins, and over 20 different varieties. Lots of your favourites from the last three years, the polar whites, the crown prince blue squash and plenty of new varieties including Turks Heads and a new variety of giant orange pumpkin, which we are told with perfect pumpkin conditions, can grow up to a huge 50 kilos. (UPDATED: 16 October 2020 JBS) (ADDED: July 08, 2019)
  • Rhubarb Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, farmshop, weddings, events, parties, corporate meetings
    Hardwick Street, Langwith, NG20 9DR. Phone: 01623 741210. Email: [email protected]. Open:Friday 16 October 2020 from 10-3 and Saturday 17 October 2020 from 10-1 for pick your own pumpkins, farmshop hours are Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. Fresh produce, grown organically on our site - in the open and in the polytunnels - by staff and volunteers throughout the year. Rhubarb Farm grows vegetables for sale to individuals, local retailers, pubs and restaurants. The main focus of our growing is to supply weekly veg bags to customers who pay by Standing Order and collect their own bags, and surplus veg is then sold locally. We supply fresh produce and bunches of cottage garden flowers on a weekly basis to the Welbeck Farm Shop, and supply fresh produce and edible flowers to the School of Artisan Food for their courses and events. We also supply on an occasional basis the Hostess Restaurant, Warsop, The Elm Tree pub at Elmton, and the White Lion pub in Bolsover. All our vegetables are available seasonally, and this is the large range of vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit that we grow, and which are available depending on the season: onions, potatoes, beetroot, spinach, parsnips, kale, purple sprouting broccoli, cabbage - winter & summer, brussels sprouts, leeks, garlic, lettuce, mizuna, rocket, lamb's lettuce, spring onions, radish, tomatoes, cucumbers, patty pan squash, crown prince squash, pumpkin, Jerusalem artichokes, sweetcorn, peas, runner beans, broad beans, climbing french beans, courgettes, sweet peppers, chilli peppers, sage, rosemary, mint, thyme, parsley, basil, strawberries, cherries, pears, apples, raspberries, black currants, red currants, white currants, gooseberries, blackberries, quinces, cut flowers. Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
    Rhubarb Farm can offer different spaces on site for hire to groups, companies and parties.
    Farm venue: Hold your meetings at the Farm and support a social enterprise. Use the Village Green for a staff picnic or family party. Hold your team away day at the Farm. We can provide meal, drinks and entertainment services to suit your needs.
    Farm weddings: Why not consider having your wedding at Rhubarb Farm? We offer a quirky and ethical venue which can be tailor-made to your needs. A marquee on the Village Green, pizzas from the outdoor pizza oven, barbecue hire, and staff and volunteers to support your event, Rhubarb Farm is a great alternative and thrifty option for the socially conscious. We can arrange a bar, entertainers and special requests. For example, for one wedding at the Farm, which had a New York theme, the marquee was decorated with American flags and other themed items (UPDATED: October 13, 2020 JBS)

Leicestershire

  • Belvoir Castle - Halloween trail
    Grantham, Leicestershire, Phone: 0870 126 1751. Open: Check website for dates. Halloween Trail Dare to explore the darker side of history at Belvoir Castle. Mid-October to 31st October. Join us on a family friendly Halloween trail through the dooms and into our formal gardens. Be careful not to disturb the undead as you enter the Castle dooms, meet frightful guides in disguise, solve spooktacular mysteries and activities. To take part in our Halloween Trail, please purchase Garden Entry Tickets. Children under 4 go free.
  • Heather Cattows PYO Fruit Farm - pumpkins, Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Red, White and Black Currants,
    The Cattows Farm Shop, Cattows Farm, Swepstone Road, Heather, Leicestershire LE67 2RF. Phone: (01530) 264200. Email: [email protected]. Directions: On the main Measham to Heather Road, 10 mins from M (A) 42. Also, prepicked Broad Beans, New Potatoes. Asparagus cut to order April to June. Open: Daily during the season, Mid June to August, 10 am to 7 pm. We now grow 10 acres of traditionally grown strawberries (8 different varieties), 3 acres of raspberries along with gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants and blackberries. Broad beans and sunflowers are also available for pick your own. Pumpkins are available for pick your own from the beginning of October.n. A.k.a, Cattows Farm Shop. (UPDATED: June 21, 2018, JBS)
  • Kirkby Pumpkin Patch - No pesticides are used, pumpkins, pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, pumpkin patch- harvested and laid out on the ground or lawn, straw or hay bale maze, farm market, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, picnic area (bring your own food)
    Kirkby Lodge Farm, Bosworth Road, Kirkby Mallory, LE97QN. Phone: 07891269251. Email: [email protected]. Open: October - every weekend Open every day last 2 weeks in October 10 am to 4 pm. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. We do not use pesticides on the crops. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard, ApplePay. (ADDED: July 27, 2022)
  • The Wistow Maze - cornfield maze
    The Estate Office, Wistow Hall, near Great Glen, Leicestershire, LE8 0QF, Phone: 07884 403889. Open: Check website for dates (usually open 10 am to 6 pm daily (last admission 4.30pm) 7 days a week from a Saturday in mid July through the first Sunday in September;(then weekends only until Sunday 20th September). Enjoy a great day out exploring one of the country's largest maize mazes, set in 8 acres of living maize and sunflower crop. It's great exercise for mind and body! Perfect for all ages, with staff/office outings even more popular than school trips! Refreshments, ice creams and gifts are available in the FUNYARD. Opposite the maze is the Wistow Rural Centre with a cafe/bistro, Mediterranean deli, garden centre, model village (with trains), art gallery and a large variety of other shops (click on WRC link for more details). Toilets on site.
  • Wymeswold Fruit Farm - pumpkins,. Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Red, White and Black Currants,  Blackberries,
    Wide Lane, Wymeswold, Leicestershire LE12 6SE. Phone:  01 509 880 230. Alternate Phone:  01 509 881 885. Email: [email protected]. Open: for pumpkin picking daily, starting Tuesday, in early October; hours are 10am to 5pm. Parking and entry are free. Each pumpkin comes with a free carving kit.   Wymeswold Fruit Farm, our traditional family run farm, spanning three generations., located on the outskirts of Wymeswold. Enjoy picking a wide selection of delicious seasonal fruits, including strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, rhubarb and more. Come and enjoy a day out with the family and pick your own seasonal fruit in Wymeswold. We grow an abundance of delicious fruit throughout the summer months, including strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and more. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: 25 September 2023, JBS)  (UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS)

LincolnshireBell's Pumpkin PatchBell's Pumpkin Patch

  • Bell's Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins for sale in the shop or farmstand, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, pumpkin patch- harvested and laid out on the ground or lawn, corn maze, Pumpkin Weigh-Off, Fall festival, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, group reservations, events at your location (call for info)
    Lowfields Road Benington, Boston, PE22 0EE. Email: [email protected]. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard.
    Come join us for a fun filled day at Bell's Pumpkin Patch. Put on your wellies, Grab a barrow and head on down to the patch. With plenty to do and see, you'll have a great time in Bell's wonderful world of pumpkins! Take a walk through our stunning autumn displays before checking out our fantastic Halloween shop filled with Spooktacular products. Our famous Master Blaster Pumpkin Cannon is always a popular attraction firing pumpkins across the fields! With a new design Maize Maze for 2021 too, see if you can find your way out. (ADDED: July 22, 2021)

  • DoddiDoddington Hall - pumpkin patchngton Hall - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow,
    Doddington Hall, Lincoln LN6 4RU. Phone: 01522 694 308. Email: [email protected]. Open: Patch open 26-27 September & 3-4 October, 10 am to 4 pm; Patch open 10-31 October, daily 10 am to 4 pm (while stocks last). Directions: 3miles west of Lincoln. .Follow the signs to the pumpkin patch via the Kitchen Garden. We recommend wearing wellies as it can get muddy.
    Halloween fancy dress is encouraged. Free entry, pay for what you pick. Payment: CASH ONLY. Prices range from £2-£8 dependent on size.
    (ADDED: 16 October 2020, JBS)
  • Maze In Maize - Maize maze (corn maze), haunted corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, child-sized haybale maze, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, birthday parties, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
    Sholtsgate Whaplode, Spalding, PE12 6T. Phone: 07774 764484. Fax: 01406 422351. Email: [email protected]. Open: UPDATE for 2021, Their website is gone and there's nothing else about them that is current on the internet - I presume they have closed. Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pumpkins, corn maze or Fall activities or are even open? If so, please write me. See our website for current hours: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October. Payment: Cash, only. See this page for special events. School visits and Corporate days, Starting in September: Our famous NIGHT MAZE and BARBECUES events! - Corporate Night Mazes catered for! Our public Night Mazes dates this year are: Saturday 3rd and Saturday 10th October 2015 - 6.30 pm till 10.30 pm .
  • Rand Farm Park - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, Halloween event, tractor rides
    Rand, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire LN8 5NJ. Phone: 01673 858904. Email: [email protected]. Open: from 23 October to 1 November, limited tickets available, be sure to pre book on their website. In addition to picking pumpkins in the field, you can carve their pumpkin in the pumpkin barn and see farm animals, and play on all the playground equipment. Enchanted Halloween Evening is held on Saturday October 31 for families which includes a tractor ride in the dark and prizes for the best Halloween costumes. (ADDED: 18 October 2020, JBS)
  • Redhouse Farm - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, corn maze, haunted corn maze, Honey from hives on the farm, gift shop, porta-potties, picnic area (bring your own food)
    Waddingworth, Horncastle, LN10 5EE. Phone: 07970313942. Email: [email protected]. Open: October Dates Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 Every day from Saturday 23 until Sunday 31. Picking updates: Click here for updates. Directions: Maize maze is open certain dates throughout August; See website for details;. Payment: Cash, ApplePay, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. (ADDED: September 15, 2021)
  • The Pink Pig Farm - Pumpkin Festival, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow,
    Holme Hall, Holme, Scunthorpe, South Humberside DN163RE. Phone: 01724 854082. Email: [email protected]. Open: Saturday, October 24, 2020 and Sunday, November 1, 2020. The Pink Pig Farm comprises a prize-winning tea room, indoor play barn, family farm park, imaginative play area, toyshop & food from the farm. Open every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day. The Pink Pig Farm comprises a prize-winning farm shop, restaurant, indoor play barn and family farm park. Come on down to the farm and pick your own pumpkin from our ‘pumpkin patch’. Push a cute wheelbarrow to take your pumpkin back to our carving tables and carve a way (with help of course). Then visit Windle the witch to make a magic potion and race some real life maggots!! Run around the farm collecting clues to win a chocolate frog. FREE pumpkin for every child (while stocks last). (ADDED: 16 October 2020, JBS)
  • Uncle Henry's at Grayingham Grange Farm - maize maze, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow,
    Grayingham Grange Farm, Grayingham, Gainsborough, DN21 4JD. Phone: 01652 640308. Email: [email protected]. Open: on weekends through September and October; book your tickets (2020 price) £8 per person (under 2's go free), or £25 for a group of 4 - includes the Maize Maze, NEW 9-hole crazy golf course, jumping pillows and more. Returning with an all-new design, Uncle Henry's Maize Maze is a regional visitor treasure. Directions: Our postcode is DN21 4JD. We are located 5 miles north of Caenby Corner off the A15 on the B1205 to Kirton in Lindsey. Coaches are very welcome. Enjoy sunny summer afternoons exploring the 5 acre maze to find the letters hidden within. Put them together and form the secret word to complete the challenge..if you find your way out that is. Or, if you like to be spooked, join us for Halloween from the 23rd October - 1st November when the maze gets a Halloween makeover and 9 creepy characters lurk within its depths. Find them all and escape…if you can! . After you've picked your pumpkin you can visit the carving station - take your own tools or buy them in the shop.
  • Willows Farm - pumpkins, raspberries, strawberries, tayberries
    A52 Chapel St Leonards, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 5UB. Phone: 07771 696001. Email: [email protected]. Directions: From Skegness take the A52 north towards Mablethorpe. We are situated approximately 1 mile north of Ingoldmells just before reaching Chapel St Leonards. We are open June, July, August. Our hours are: 7 Days a week, 9 am to 6pmAs well as PYO crops we always have ready picked fruit available. We welcome orders for large quantities or special occasions. In the farm shop we also sell our own grown new potatoes, cauliflowers, cabbage, beetroot, carrots, peas, broad beans, sweetcorn and salads and pumpkins (October time). Our farm shop will be open from early June when we will have our first strawberries available along with the new potatoes and fresh vegetables. Raspberries and currants follow in early July. Our Sunday Car Boot Sales start in June and if you want to come and stay at Willows Farm we now have a small caravan site.

Northamptonshire

  • Kislingbury Sunnies and Spooks - Sunflowers, Pumpkins, Wedding Venue, Pedal tractors, Vintage tractors, Playhouses, toilets, baby changing, hot / cold drinks and snacks, picnic benches and covered seating
    Bugbrooke Rd, Kislingbury, Northampton NN7 4EQ. Phone: 07814 437597. .Open: October, book Kislingbury online. . There is lots to keep everyone entertained from the children's play area, to the numerous photo opportunities. Take your time to explore and find the perfect bunch of flowers or spooky pumpkin to take home. Experience some delicious food and beverages from our converted 1940's railway carriage cafe. We have lots of wheelbarrows and sledges so you can hunt to your hearts content to find the perfect pumpkin. These pumpkins are not just for decoration, we have some of the tastiest pumpkin varieties out there. There are Over 20 varieties of pumpkin to choose from, a Spooky trail and a Bale mountain and slide. Payment: cash, credit cards.  (ADDED: 10 October 2023, JBS)
  • Overstone Grange Farm - Sunflowers, tulips, pumpkins
    Overstone Grange Farm, Kettering Road, Northampton, NN3 7XA. Open: see their Facebook page; they have no published a phone number or even email, so Facebook is the only way to reach them. Pick your own sunflowers (summer), pumpkins (October) and tulips (Spring) on a family run farm near Moulton, Northants. Pumpkin patch coming October. (ADDED: 31 August 2020 JBS)
  • Saxby's Cider and Grange Farm Pick Your Own Pumpkins - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field,
    Grange Farm, Farndish, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN29 7HJ. Phone: 01933 353666. Email: [email protected]. Open: Monday, 28 October 2019 at 12 PM to 4 PM (possibly the 7 days leading up to Halloween - check their Facebook page. Come and pick your own pumpkins on our farm at Saxby's Cider one day in October. We’ll provide the wheelbarrows and buckets (or you can bring your own) and you might want to bring the wellies and coats. FREE ENTRY. Pumpkins start from 50p. We have LOADS of traditional carving pumpkins and LOADS of gorgeous ornamental ones. All shapes and sizes! Come to Grange Farm in Farndish NN29 7HJ and use the farm entrance on the road between Farndish and Wollaston. We’ll also be sampling and selling our amazing Saxby’s Cider Apple Juice. Afterwards you can pop into the cider shop on the yard too. Payment: cash and credit cards. Click here for a link to our Facebook page.. (ADDED: 31 August 2020 JBS)

NottinghamshireMaxeys Farm Shop - pumpkin patch-pick in the field

  • Maxeys Farm Shop - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, train rides, haunted trail, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, inflatables/bounce house, birthday parties, school tours, group reservations
    Hockerton Road, Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8PB. Phone: 016368145<>66. Open: EVERY DAY 8;30 am to 6 pm STARTS 7TH October 2017 UNTIL 31ST October 2017. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: October 9, 2020 JBS)
  • Nottinghamshire 'Pick Your Own' Pumpkins - pumpkin patch-pick in the field where they grow, porta-potties
    Oaks Lane, Oxton, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0RH. Phone: 07872958253. Email: [email protected]. Open: daily from early October; 13th October through 31st October from 9:30 am to 5 pm; Times and date are usually announced in September each year. Directions: Just off the A614. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards. Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: September 09, 2021) (ADDED: August 07, 2019)


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