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Touch, hold
and feed the baby animals
Riverside Picnic Area - Seasonal demonstrations
Guided tours 2.00pm - Daily or by arrangements
Nature Trail - Working sheepdogs
Evening badger watch
Holme Farm is a traditional dales working farm. The main
enterprise is hill sheep, with a small herd of hill suckler
cows. There are twelve different breeds of traditional cattle,
which have been farmed in the area for the past half-century.
A number of different breeds of goat and sheep are kept on the
farm for added interest of the visitor. Several types and
breeds of poultry roam around the farmyard.
The emphasis
of the open farm is that children can touch hold and feed as
many baby animals as possible. The various activities of
normal farm work are used in demonstrations to explain the
methods of food production.
A Roman road
runs through the farmyard, and fords the River Rawthey. Close
by are remains of an ancient stone age village. Nearby is an
area of special wildlife interest including many types of
orchid. There is a huge diversity of natural history on the
farm itself, including foxes, badgers, herons, dippers,
woodpeckers and oystercatchers.
There is a
Holme Farm Nature Trail, of approximately 1.25 miles, where
you can see the animals and birds just mentioned.
Open daily, 1st
March to 30th September, 11.00 am - 5pm. |
