



Experience a family-friendly working farm with animal encounters, adventure playground, and farm-made café just 10 minutes from York city centre.
Venue Type
Indoor & Outdoor
Typical visit duration
All day
Booking
Walk-in
Recommended ages
0 months (newborn)+
Cosy farm café serving breakfast, lunch, cakes and snacks made with local ingredients, catering for both children and adults.
Hours: 10:00-16:30 daily
Visit websiteWe had went there to attend a Birthday party. Overall it was a nice experiece. My kid enjoyed it. The farm was good, the staff also allowed kids to caress the rabits, ducks, guinea pigs etc and kids enjoyed feeding cows, goats/sheeps. The ground was big with some activities for kids to enjoy
Soo enjoyed our visit with family today as not been able to go for some time. It’s a great place for children and us oldies too! Loved feeding the animals and watching the grandchildren and their cousins having such a good time, on play equipment to. I’m hoping next time to walk with an Alpaca, you should charge us for that and to nurse a Guinea Pig 🐹 in the barn. Great food in cafe too. Friendly helpful staff.Excellent value for a day out. Can thoroughly recommend. Many thanks farmer Angela and team. Rae Harvey🌻🐝
such a cute farm! there are a large range of animals (alpacas, quails, sheep, goats, llamas, cows, etc) which are all super happy and well looked after. the instructions are very clear on which animals you can feed and can't feed, which is good if you're bringing younger children. the bags of feed are 1 pound each, and you get more than enough to feed all the animals. the only reason I dropped a star is because of the food. it took a very long time to get our food (burger, chips and a carrot cake), and it was mediocre. however, the carrot cake was extremely nice. overall, a really nice day out!
Was a lovely day and the animals all seem happy and healthy, more than willing to take feed from your hand. You can buy feed from reception and i would recommend a bag each. Although the cafe was a little hectic at the time, we did get served hot food eventually and it was reasonable quality. The coffee and tea selections were great and there was alsolots of ice cream flavours on offer. Ensure you book early with staff in the barn for any of the 'cuddle' sessions, as these fill up quickly and have to be managed carefully with the number of kids and available staff to facilitate. Access is good with a ramp at the entrance, and the barn and main building areas are all flat. The pens out in the field may be a little harder to navigate with a wheelchair as these are grass areas. The play park accommodates little and older kids so they wont be bored.
Autism friendly! We had the best day today at the farm, we moved around with ease enjoying the animals, play area and inside area including the coffee shop. We normally find ourselves sitting on the outside in social settings but beetle bank farm was amazing! Every single member of staff treated us with kindness and respect, my son who is autistic and struggles so focus moved around the farm at ease and was never frowned upon of his behaviour. We enjoyed a coffee and cake in the cafe which had toys to take to the table (the staff kindly brought them for him) we ate our own food at the picnic tables outside as my son has special food requirements. We held animals and then swapped when he needed which the staff had no problem with and he took his shoes off to feel more comfortable inside again the staff were very friendly and chatty with me which put me at ease. Lovely day had by us both which is rare, can’t wait to return thank you again beetle back farm for been so lovely. I will tell everyone about you x
Reviews last updated: 7 October 2026
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This venue was last updated on 7 October 2026
