Farm holidays where your children can meet the animals

Young children love meeting animals face to face. Stay in a cottage on a real working farm and give your kids a lovely experience with close encounters with farm animals. Children will recall this type of holiday with pleasure.

Why Book a Farm Holiday where you can meet the animals?

Staying on a farm is a great choice for getting back to nature, relaxing and unwinding. Farmsteads often have nature walks and glorious countryside with meadows and pastures for guests to explore and enjoy. Families with young children in particular may like the idea of booking a stay on a farm or a smallholding where you can meet and see the animals. Anyone who has watched a child hold a bunny or feed chickens will recognise the value of a farm holiday experience for young children.

What Type of Animals do your Kids want to meet on the Farm?

Perhaps your little ones love pigs? Or maybe they love to shout moo to cows? Or your family may share a love for horses, sheep or other grazing animals, and love to watch them peacefully graze. Discuss the type of farm experience on offer with the farmer before booking and find out what type of animals are on site. At some farms, the farmers may even offer opportunities for you to pet and feed the animals at feeding time.

Find the Best Working Farm Holiday in the UK for you

The cottages shown below can all be rented for a self-catering break at a working farm in the country. Accommodation choices range from budget to luxury. For the chance to see and meet animals, UK farms can be the very best choice.