Things to do on Tatton Park's farm

Meet the animals

In its heyday, Tatton Park’s Farm fed the whole of the Tatton estate. Today this large heritage working farm offers much more than a typical animal petting farm. Get up close and personal to unusual breeds like Clydesdale horses, Red Poll cattle and Middle White pigs to name a few.

Tatton Park has been awarded Rare Breeds Accreditation by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, making it one of only a small number of farm parks in the UK to receive the award. This recognises Tatton’s commitment to the conservation, breeding and promotion of rare and endangered breeds of farm animals.

Seasonal highlights

• Join us for the Farm's Annual Harvest Festival on 27 and 28 September, a chance to celebrate the annual harvest by joining in with the Farm's very own harvest festival. See the steam engine running, have a go at scarecrow making and spinning or make your own corn dolly.

• Hawk Walks - Fly and handle a majestic hawk and delve into the fascinating world of these birds of prey.
• Pumpkin Patch at the Farm - Head down to the Farm this October half term for a day of seasonal fun where you'll meet all your favourite farmyard animals before setting off on a hunt for the perfect pumpkin.

For more information visit the Tatton Park website.

Experience the Field to Fork exhibition

Discover where the food we eat comes from in the Field to Fork exhibition. This intriguing story is told through the words of real characters who lived and worked at the farm in the past. Meet Aunt Mary making butter in the caretaker’s cottage and the formidable Mr Wigglesworth in the land agent’s office. 

You'll get a fascinating insight into how farming practices have developed over the centuries to bring us the food on our plates today. Videos, soundscapes, interactive models and the knowledgeable team all bring this unique story to life.

Thanks to investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2018, the Field to Fork story has opened up more areas of the farm for you to visit:

• Explore the impressive 18th-century mill. Find out more on a guided tour and watch the historic machinery in action.
• Meet farm workers from the past and present, like Aunt Mary making butter in the 1930s caretaker’s cottage.
• Watch demonstrations of traditional farming skills such as milking and hedge laying.
• Discover the original slaughterhouse. Learn how slaughter was carried out in the past and about good animal husbandry today. This part of the experience is optional.

Have family fun on the farm

Tatton Park is a great family day out and the farm is the perfect place for the kids to burn off some energy and dive into a world of imagination.