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Lotmead Farm
About: Bringing the spooky to Swindon this halloween is Lotmead Farm with its expansion of their pick your own now including some of Wiltshire’s best pumpkins, making this one of the best places to grab your pumpkins in time for the masses of trick or treaters certain to be knocking on your door.
Already boasting an impressive range of 14 different pick your own fruits and vegetables, the inclusion of home-grown pumpkins to Lotmead Farm is certain to make it the go-to place for Swindonians on the hunt for a halloween horror this October.
Swindon will be getting spooky again this year thanks to the return of pumpkin picking at Lotmead Pick Your Own this Halloween.
The full Pick Your Own area, which offers fruit and vegetable picking through the season, will be open until pumpkins sell out at the end of October.
Pumpkins, squashes, gourds, carving kits and accessories will be available. There is no booking, just turn up. It is free to enter the PYO area, just pay for what you pick. For updates on availability and opening hours this Autumn visit www.lotmead.co.uk.
Opening Times: From 7th October, families can pick their own pumpkins in a dedicated area of the farm. Lotmead is open from 9.30am-5:00pm 7 days a week, with last entry at 4:30pm.
Price: Free to enter the PYO area, just pay for what you pick.
Cobbs Farm
About: Head to Cobbs Farm on 18th to 29th October 2023 for their pumpkin picking patches! Please grab a wheelbarrow from the farm shop before heading over to their pumpkin fields. Don’t forget appropriate clothing and footwear required! They highly recommend booking a table in their café for lunch or breakfast before visiting.
Opening Times: Mon - Sat 10:00-16:00, Sun 10:00-15:00
Price: Pumpkins are priced per pumpkin.
Roves Farm
About: The brilliant Roves Farm are getting in the Halloween spirit with the return of their spooktacular pumpkin barn and family pumpkin carving sessions this October. The barn will be open from the 19th - 29th October 2023 and will be filled with a range of variously sized pumpkins perfect for carving your scary designs into.
Roves are also putting on a range of pumpkin-fun activities including spooky arts and crafts, Halloween activity trail, fiendish fancy dress competition, tractor ride, and all the usual Roves Farm fun.
Visit Roves Farm this Autumn to find your perfect pumpkin and enjoy a spooktacular day out with all the family this Halloween!
Opening times: 19th October - 29th October 2023
Price: Various
Book: Please book via, https://rovesfarm.co.uk/whats-on/halloween/
Millets Farm
About: Located in Abingdon, Millets Farm's Halloween Spooktacular is the perfect day out for friends and family looking to soak in the spirits of the scariest season of all.
Boasting one of Wiltshire’s biggest pumpkin patches with over 80,000 pumpkins including green, grey, orange, and white pumpkins, visitors to the farm will be awestruck by the variety and size of pumpkins on offer, whilst little ones will be kept entertained by the range of spooktastic Halloween activities taking place at the farm.
Just a 30-minute drive from Swindon, Millets Farm's PYO pumpkin experience is well worth the visit this Halloween.
Opening times: Weekends from 30th September and then daily from the 14th - 31st October.
Price: £1.50-£2.50pp per admission. Pumpkin and squash prices from £1
Book: Please book via, https://milletsfarmcentre.com
Cotswold Farm Park
About: Autumn has arrived at Cotswold Farm Park and that means the return of their pumpkin picking experiences for 2023 as Halloween looms nearer. Located near Swindon the farm will be filling their pumpkin picking park with more than just pumpkins as they include a spooky pumpkin trail and face painting, with the farm park tickets including a free pumpkin token as well.
If you want just to turn up and pick-your-own pumpkin, you can also purchase a pumpkin-only ticket online.
The pumpkin picking field at Cotswold Farm park opens on first weekend of October and runs every weekend including through the October half-terms until the 31st. Cotswold Farm Park offers a great afternoon of pumpkin picking for everyone this Halloween so if you want a brilliant pumpkin picking experience near Swindon then head on down this Halloween.
Opening times: First weekend of October - 31st of October 2023. Must book tickets online!
Price: Various
Book: Please book via, https://cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk/events/pick-up-a-pumpkin/
Farmer Mark’s Pumpkin Patch
About: A Farmer Mark's pumpkin picking patch is returning for its second year in 2022 after a hugely successful debut appearance last Halloween. Just a 25-minute drive from Swindon, pumpkins are grown at the farm and prices for pumpkin picking start at just £2 with pickers able to choose from a range of sizes from small to GIANT. They also have range of exciting child-friendly activities to take part in including a pumpkin trail and halloween arts and crafts.
Opening Times: Every weekend from 7th October, and 20th-30th October 2023
Website: Facebook
Price: Starting at £2 per pumpkin
Book: No booking necessary