Looking for a local pumpkin patch, maize maze, hayride, gourds and other
Halloween activities in Southern East Anglia (Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire), England? Scroll down this page and you will see the
all of thoses in Southern East Anglia (Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire), 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.
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Pumpkin Patch Listings, by county
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
Bedfordshire
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Woodside
Animal Farm - tractor rides, indoor barn, crazy golf, farm animals
Mancroft Rd, Aley Green, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, LU14DG. Phone: 01582
841044. Open: daily, 8 am to 5:30 pm. This is an animal farm and
leisure/amusement park.
Essex
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Blake House Craft Centre
- cornfield maze, mini golf,
Blake House Craft Centre, Blake End, Nr Braintree, Essex CM77 6RA. Phone:
01376 344123. ALternate phone: 01376 553146.
Email:
[email protected]. Open: mid July through to 13th
September 2015; From 10am Daily (last entry 4pm) (Weather pending, please
confirm before your visit.) 10 acres of
maize with a challenging maze cut from it right at the Blake House Craft
Centre. Please note: The maze is growing slowly this year, please check back
for updates for when we are open. Negotiate ramps, bridges, windmills and
wells on our 9 hole crazy golf course, open all year round. Little ones will
love our exciting Jungle Gym Equipment, perfect for burning off all that
extra energy! The Jungle Gym has places for parents to watch and is open all
year round. It is also FREE of charge. The Blake House Craft Centre is used
as a landing site for hot air balloon rides.
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Christmas Tree Farm and Pumpkin Farm Essex - pumpkins, restrooms
Woodham Road (Old Road), Battlesbridge, Rettendon, Essex, SS11 7QL. Phone:
07951734481. Email:
[email protected]. Open: weekend in October.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Our
pumpkin farm and pumpkin patch is based in Battlesbridge, Essex and is
located just off the Rettendon Turnpike on Woodham Road (the old Woodham to
Wickford road). We are near Chelmsford and not that far away from London
pumpkin picking hands!Click
here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Cheque, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCard. Pick your own pumpkins from our wonderful pumpkin
forest and pumpkin patch. There will be lots of family fun with thousands
and thousands of the finest freshly grown halloween pumpkins and eating
pumpkins to choose from our wonderful pumpkin patch. Entry to our
pumpkin farm and pumpkin patch is free. You only pay for the pumpkins that
you want to buy. We also have a large number of specialist pumpkins, extra
large pumpkins, squashes and good eating pumpkins.
Click here for a link to
the Facebook page.
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Foxes Pumpkin Patch and Maize Maize - Pumpkins, maize maze,
pumpkin patch, wholesale pumpkins
Foxes Farm Produce, Hall Lane,
Upminster, RM14 1UA. Phone: 07720 888053. Open: This year we are opening our
pumpkin patch and maize maze from Saturday 24th October at 10am until 31st
October. We are delighted to announce that new for 2015 the long awaited
pumpkin patch and maize maze have arrived! As we grow our own pumpkins, we
thought what a great opportunity for children and adults alike to see our
pumpkins grow and pick the exact pumpkins you want directly from our patch!
We have finished planting now and both the pumpkins and maize maze are
growing well in the field and we have made sure that we have a huge
selection of varieties and sixes of pumpkins in the patch for you to choose
from!
- Lathcoates
Farm - PYO: apples, red and blackcurrants,
raspberries,
pumpkins, Beehive
Lane, Galleywood,
Chelmsford. Tel.01245 353021. Open: Farm Shop is open Monday to Thursday & Saturday 9:00 -5:00, Fridays
9:00 to 6:00, Sundays 10:00 to 4:00, The Farm Shop is open all year round. Our
specialty is English apples - we grow 40 varieties in our orchards. The
season begins in August and ends in April or May. A date for your diary is
Saturday October 18th. Then we will hold our annual Apple Day and Farmers'
Market when you will be able to sample 30 varieties of apple grown at Lathcoats and enjoy many other attractions. Directions: A12
Galleywood exit. Take B1007 towards Galleywood
for one mile, at traffic lights straight over. After 200meters, Turn right just
past Helix Garage, into Beehive La, B1009. Farm is less than 1 mile on L.
45 hectares of apples, 40 varieties grown, also 3 hectares strawberries and
other soft fruit, plus cherries, plums, pumpkins. You
can rent lots of varieties of apple trees and get to keep all the apples at
harvest time.
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Spencers
Farm Shop - Wickham Fruit Farm - 18 Varieties
of Apples, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Red & Blackcurrants, Runner Beans, Courgettes
Wickham St Pauls, Halstead, CO9 2PX. Phone: 01787 269476. Fax: 01787 269476. Email:
[email protected]. Open:
September - May on Monday to Saturday 9:00am to 5:30pm, Sunday & Bank
Holidays 10:00am to 4:00pm. Directions:
Directions
and map .
Hertfordshire
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Cammas Hall Fruit Farm - pumpkins, maize maze, refreshments, farm shop and cafe
Needham Green, Hatfield Broad Oak, NA, CM22 7JT. Phone: 01279
718 777. Email: [email protected].
Open: booking in advance is required, October 1 - October 31 except October 5,12 and 19 on Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm, book the
cafe in advance. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Cammas Hall Farm has several varieties of pumpkins available which include the Snowman pumpkin and the Knucklehead.
Only portaloos in the car park and no other facilities. Strawberries: June to October. Raspberries: July to October. Gooseberries: June to July.
Blackberries: July. Blackcurrants: July. Sweetcorn: End of August. Blueberries: July to August. Broadbeans: June. French Beans: July. They also have
fruit/veg that is already picked and ready to go. Pick your own Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, sweetcorn
& onions. Our own sunflowers and cherries are available ready picked. They have a Tea Barn for Breakfasts, paninis, salads, sandwiches, jacket potatoes,
cream teas, ice creams, delicious homemade cakes and a great selection of hot and cold drinks. There is also a Farm Shop with a wide range of local produce
including fresh fruit and vegetables, meats and cheeses, meringues, our jam and honey, eggs, chutneys, pickles and much more. For further updates and to
find out about our summer opening schedule please keep checking back here or follow us
Click here for our Facebook page or Twitter. (UPDATED: 9 October 2020 JBS)
(UPDATED: July 31, 2015)
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Pearce's Farm Shop - runner beans, pumpkins, gourds, squash, PYO: raspberries
Hamels Park Farm,
Buntingford.
Phone: 01920 821246. Email:
[email protected]. We grow a great range of pumpkins and
squash available from October, in time for Halloween and also ornamental
gourds that make interesting autumnal decoration.
The farm shop has raspberries, Veg, fruit, bread, cakes, frozen foods,
chutneys, jams, dairy, smoked salmon, dried goods, animal foods, plants,
flowers. (UPDATED: 02 April 2016, JBS)