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Smithills Open Farm

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Smithills Open Farm

Set in the Smithills countryside, housing a variety of farm and zoo animals large and small. A "real" working dairy farm with lots of play facilities.

We are a large working dairy farm open to the public 7 days a week 10am til 5pm all year round. We only close for 3 days a year, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. We have all the traditional farm animals from cows, sheep, goats and pigs to a variety of zoo animals such as coatis, owls, snakes and lizards. Our daily activities offered all year round are:- Pets Corner (Meet, feed, hold, s

troke and interact with all of our cute and cuddly baby animals). Donkey Rides, Tractor and Trailer rides, milking the cows and calf feeding. We also have a large range of play equipment such as toy tractors, bouncy castles, inflatable assault courses and indoor/outdoor play areas. We also run seasonal activities such as:- Easter Egg Hunts,Halloween and Christmas Activities. We have an on site cafe that sells hot and cold food and snacks, crisps, chocolate drinks and ice-cream. We also have indoor and outdoor eating facilities for families with packed lunches or picnics. All year round we host children's birthday parties, school educational visits, nursery visits and out of school group visits. We have a large gift shop that sells a variety of toys and gifts for visitors to purchase as a memory of their visit.

24/06/2024

Escapees 🐐🐐🐐🐐

22/06/2024

Someone was enjoying the sunshine and treats today 😍

20/06/2024

Gilly 🤎🐄🤎

18/06/2024

Look at these 2 baby donkeys 😍😍

16/06/2024

HAPPY FATHERS DAY 🐷🐽
Here’s our daddy pig enjoying his morning.

15/06/2024

Another! Beautiful baby llama born today 🤎🦙🤎
Blackberry had her baby and we have called him blueberry 🫐

15/06/2024

Looking for something to do this weekend and for Fathers Day?
Come along to the farm for a great day out!
Here’s our activity timetable this weekend 👇

🐥Pets Corner:- 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm

🫏Donkey Rides:- 11.00am til 4.00pm

🐄Calf Feeding:- 12noon

🐒Zoo Talks:- 11.00am and 3.30pm

🐍Reptile Demo’s:- 12.30pm and 2.00pm

🐮Milking the Cows:- 1.00pm til 2.00pm

🚜Tractor Rides:- 11.00am til 4.00pm

🍽️Cafe open 10.00am til 5.00pm
🍦Ice Cream Shop open 10.00am til 7.00pm

13/06/2024

Adorable baby llama born yesterday 🤎🦙🤎
He actually looks like a baby camel 😍

11/06/2024

Today we had a brand new baby donkey born
Dolly, had a beautiful baby boy! 💙🫏💙

11/06/2024

All 24 of our donkeys had their hair cut last week ready for the summer so we gave them a good bath aswell

Did you know a group of donkeys is known as a herd, drove or a pace?
🫏🫏🫏🫏🫏🫏🫏🫏🫏🫏

10/06/2024

A lovely letter from St Anne’s Primary School. 👌
Our school trips are the best 🐮

09/06/2024

Cherry and her baby 🍒 ❤️🍒

08/06/2024

Just a cute baby skunk 🖤🦨 🖤

06/06/2024

Our alpacas have been sheared! ✂️
Check out their new haircuts ✂️

04/06/2024

Did you know about our holiday cottage? 👇
If you wanted to make your visit to the farm over summer extra special check out our page below 👌

04/06/2024

The cutest picture 🐽🐽🐽🐽

03/06/2024

Alpaca shearing today 😀
Before and after 🤣

03/06/2024

Snickers, our female alpaca had her baby yesterday. It has such beautiful markings too 🥰

01/06/2024

Boss helping check on the foals!
Oslo and Paris growing beautifully🤎🐴🤎

31/05/2024

Our Hackney foal ‘Dream’ 🤎🐴🤎

29/05/2024

Look at these 3 gorgeous baby llamas 🤍🤍🤍

28/05/2024

Look at this beauty 😍

27/05/2024

Morning kisses 😘

26/05/2024

The cutest baby donk ‘Velvet’ ❤️

25/05/2024

Look how beautiful 😍 😍

24/05/2024

Looking for something to do this half term?
Come along to the farm for a great day out!

We do advise to pre book online this Bank Holiday weekend. We generally get quite busy during the May Bank Holidays. Here’s the activity times below 👇

🐥Pets Corner:- 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm

🫏Donkey Rides:- 11.00am til 4.00pm

🐄Calf Feeding:- 12noon

🐒Zoo Talks:- 11.00am and 3.30pm

🐍Reptile Demo’s:- 12.30pm and 2.00pm

🐮Milking the Cows:- 1.00pm til 2.00pm

🚜Tractor Rides:- 11.00am til 4.00pm

🍽️Cafe open 10.00am til 5.00pm
🍦Ice Cream Shop open 10.00am til 7.00pm

21/05/2024

HAWKEYE HAD HER BABY!!! 🖤🐴🖤
Lots of people asking where she has been 👇

Hawkeye has produced us this absolutely stunning c**t, he is by our Hackney stallion.

Hawkeye is very special to everyone at the farm. Hers and Merry’s foals are born extremely friendly!

Welcome…..👇
Smithills Dancing Hawk, Dancer for short 😍

21/05/2024

Look at these 😍
Born just yesterday 😍

20/05/2024

Todays arrivals 🐽🐽🐽🐽

19/05/2024

This gorgeous foal was born this morning. Well to say we are pleased with this one is an understatement! Hes stunning! 😍

Smithills Going For Gold is his name! Buckskin Welsh Section C c**t foal, by Brynseion Red Hot Rosy, out of Brynseion Dancing Pearl. Pearl is a Perlino mare, meaning she has two copies of the cream gene which dilutes her bay coat. She will always pass on one copy to her offspring meaning the result is always a single dilute. So his coat is bay, diluted to buckskin (the gene doesn’t affect the mane and tail)
Welsh Section C’s aren’t rare, but still a British native breed and we all know I love an unusual colour!

Hope you like him! 🧡🐴🧡

Address

Smithills Dean Road
Bolton
BL17NS

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441204595765

Website

http://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/

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Videos

Escapees 🐐🐐🐐🐐

Someone was enjoying the sunshine and treats today 😍

Look at these 2 baby donkeys 😍😍

Morning kisses 😘

The cutest baby donk ‘Velvet’ ❤️

Looking for something to do this half term? Come along to the farm for a great day out! We do advise to pre book online this Bank Holiday weekend. We generally get quite busy during the May Bank Holidays. Here’s the activity times below 👇 🐥Pets Corner:- 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm 🫏Donkey Rides:- 11.00am til 4.00pm 🐄Calf Feeding:- 12noon 🐒Zoo Talks:- 11.00am and 3.30pm 🐍Reptile Demo’s:- 12.30pm and 2.00pm 🐮Milking the Cows:- 1.00pm til 2.00pm 🚜Tractor Rides:- 11.00am til 4.00pm 🍽️Cafe open 10.00am til 5.00pm 🍦Ice Cream Shop open 10.00am til 7.00pm

Look at these 😍 Born just yesterday 😍

Our goat bridge 🤎🐐🤎

Look at these 🐷🐽

Good morning 🐷🐽💗

Look at these little piglets 🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷 These little ones arrived this morning 🐽🐽🐽🐽 Lola and her babies are doing great 💕💕

Here’s a video of our first North Ronaldsay lamb born at the farm. These sheep are classed as critical on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. Beautiful markings too 🤎