Welcome to Bucklebury Farm Park: come and share the magic...

LATEST NEWS: Help bottle feed the new baby lambs...farm open daily from 10am-6pm...admission held at 2011 rates!!

Bucklebury Farm Park offers a magical experience and a great value day out whatever the weather, that will appeal to the whole family, school groups, senior citizens' clubs, or just a couple of friends.

You can find us in the Berkshire countryside close to the village of Bucklebury between Reading and Newbury.

Set in a stunning 74-acre site we have a host of attractions including:

As well as a great day out, we offer an unusual venue for Birth d ay Parties, and educational School Visits. At Bucklebury Farm Park, children can get very close to our animals learn about them and even help look after them with our Bucklebury Young Farmer VIP passes.

NEW COFFEE SHOP NOW OPEN 10am-5pm Wednesday to Monday (closed Tuesdays)

Our new coffee shop is now open at the farm serving the world's best coffee (Illy), delicious home-made cake, hot bacon rolls, toasties, fresh soups and afternoon tea. Open to the public as well as farm park visitors, the cafe's lovely team looks forward to welcoming you. With its cosy wood-burning stove, delightful countryside setting and ample free parking, the cafe is open six days a week Wednesday-Monday during term time and seven days a week during West Berkshire school holidays. We also have our popular hot snack takeaway food service which operates at weekends (and school holidays) serving hot dogs, hand-made burgers and hot bacon rolls while our barn kiosk offers a variety of snacks and refreshments daily. Please note, while we are more than happy for our farm park visitors to bring picnics to enjoy in the farm grounds, only food served in Woody's may be consumed in the cafe.

200 RAN (OR WALKED) SAINSBURY'S SPORT RELIEF MILE

The farm was buzzing on Saturday 25th March for the great Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile. In all 200 runners and walkers tackled the scenic route around the farm (and said they enjoyed it - even though it was a bit hilly!!). We also had lots of spectators too and our cafe was open as a relaxation area for all those taking part. We plan to take part again next year and promise to come up with an even more fun route!! To find out more about the Sport Relief Mile, click here

COME AND HELP BOTTLE FEED THE BABY LAMBS

Our newborn baby lambs are just starting to arrive and you can help bottle feed them three times a day at Bucklebury Farm Park. These cute baby lambs come to us from other local farms because their mothers have had twins or triplets and are unable to feed them themselves. They often arrive at just a few hours old and can be quite small and weak to start with but within a few weeks they will be jumping for joy!

VISIT THE NEW BABY GOAT PEN

Our other farm yard animals are on cosy beds of straw and looking forward saying hello. We've had several baby goat kids born already this year. You can visit them and their mothers in our new goat pen - they are great fun to watch and they just can't wait to be cuddled!

FARM PARK MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE NOW

Why not take the chance to return to the farm throughout the year to follow the progress of your favourite baby animals and enjoy sharing the magic of the changing seasons with us? Offering great value, our season ticket membership passes will give allow you full access to the park until 23 December 2012. To find out more click here.

A WINTER WONDERLAND AT BUCKLEBURY FARM PARK

Back in February, our young reindeer enjoyed their first taste of snow and the farm park looked wonderful dressed in white. If we get any more snow, why not bring your sledge with you - we've some fantastic slopes to test your skills on! The play barn is cosy and there will be hot drinks and snacks available all day!

RARE BREED BERKSHIRE PORK FOR SALE

Keeping rare breed Berkshire pigs is an exciting new venture for us and from now on we will be selling our pork together with the farm’s venison and wild boar from the farm shop freezer as well as through our box scheme. Our pigs are kept outdoors where they are allowed to grow at a natural pace, maturing much more slowly than intensively farmed pigs. This approach results in pork which has a greater depth of flavour, and is succulent, tender and juicy. We are offering our rare breed Berkshire pork boxes at £105 for a half pig which represents excellent value for pork of this quality and provenance. To find out more and to book your box, please contact Oli Brooke email: oli@buckleburyfarmpark.co.uk.

NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON

Watch out for our exciting new website and start following us on Twitter soon!

TRACTOR RIDES TO SEE THE DEER

Safety is a priority at Bucklebury Farm Park and so we will be waiting until the ground conditions on our hill dry out before we can offer these as part of your visit this spring.

JOB VACANCIES

We have concluded our recruitment for the 2012 season and currently have no farm park vacancies.

We are looking for experienced front of house team members for Woody's, our new cafe which is set to open in April. These roles will be part time and are open to applicants with a good track record and experience in catering or cafe/restaurant front of house work. To apply please email your CV to elizabeth@buckleburyfarmpark.co.uk