Tweddle Children's Animal Farm — Attraction in Monk Hesleden

I have been twice now with my 1 year old. He absolutely loves it. All of the animals are very friendly and the goats 🐐 are just brilliant bouncing around trying to take food from your hands haha. My little boy finds it hilarious. Great for kids and adults too. The big bouncy are trampolines are brilliant and loads of fun. They have a great range of activities in the park area for little ones and lots of animals to see. There are various play areas around the farm and even some awesome zip lines which got me eager to try out and great for adults to have a little play on while the kids are on the swings. Lots and lots to see and do. Quite a walk to walk around though so may take an hour or two to see all the animals. The inside areas are great to with a variety of animals and birds to see. There is an inside play area for kids but it was shut when we went both times due to Covid19 I guess. The reason I gave it 3 instead of 5 is the food and drink. I have been twice and the hot dogs 🌭 are like the cheapest lowest form of hot dog in the smallest bun from the inside cafe...certainly not worth the price paid for them. I threw mine away as it was so awful to taste. The second time I went I got a hot dog from the burger van in the park area and again it was like the cheapest ever hot dog I have ever tasted. They really aren't very nice unless you used to like kwik save no frills type food. I could literally buy a jar of the same hot dogs and buns for 50p im sure. The drink of tea i had was poured away and my partners coffee ☕ she didn't drink more than a couple of mouthfuls as it was so bad. Its a really fun day out but I would highly recommend taking your own food...a packed lunch or cooler bag etc... and drinks. They do however sell canned pop which is okay 👌 they need to work on better food and drink, especially for the prices they charge for them. Apart from...

I URGE anyone who is an animal lover to avoid this place like the plague and REPORT!!! I was left horrified after our visit this weekend. Animal welfare doesn’t even exist here. I can understand families who don’t have their own horses, donkeys, alpacas, sheep etc like we do not picking up on most of the things that are horribly wrong with this place. However anyone with any knowledge will be left distraught as I was. First major red flag was that the animals didn’t have adequate bedding. A sprinkling of shavings that just looked like someone had popped a confetti cannon on the floor. Providing no comfort from the concrete floor they were on. Goats that were kept indoors had sores on their knees from laying on the hard surface. Chickens in a tiny pen with no daylight. Same as rabbits, guinea pigs and most birds. Next was the absolutely disgustingly fat cob in the paddock that was that fat it could hardly walk and had fat pads on the sides of its neck which I’ve never seen on a horse before as well as a crest that had started to flop to one side it was that big. It needs taken off the lush grass immediately and given appropriate forage and weight management. Donkeys COVERED in sweet itch. No Lycra suits or fly sheets on them to help minimise it. The state their feet are in!!! Starting to curl they’ve been left that long, they can hardly walk. I have photographed everything and WILL be taking this further. The funds these people will be raking in and they can’t even give the animals adequate bedding, forage and hoof trims is just pure laziness and greed. There’s no excuses. This should be a place to educate kids on animals. Especially ones not fortunate enough to have been brought up around them like mine have. Instead they’re promoting nothing but neglect and...

Love this place, our little family go back every year sometimes several times. The farm is quite large considering some of the others around the area. The petting area is great with quite a few animals and the chicken coops you can open and meet the chicken via the chicken nest boxes. Lots of animals to feed outside from cows to llamas and pigs, ponies. You can also feed lambs during lamb season. They have a large play area which is all revamped and full of fun things to play on near the petting barn. They have another further down and also an area with one of those ropes you sit on a glide down and bounce pillows in other areas. There's an in door play area which the kids love this also becomes a winter wonderland at Xmas. You can also meet small animals when they have the time slot for the activity. You can pet rabbits and rats and hedgehogs etc you can also purchase pets from here too. You can see them in several areas one has move, rats, gerbals, degus etc. The cafe is cheap and serves.nice food and tea and ice cream but you can take picnics for the picnic area if you wish which during season has a shack selling food and drink. You also get a free barrel ride with your ticket and free tractor ride. The place is packed full of stuff to do we spend all day. They're also very very cheap at this time of post our family of 5 gets in for £28. We...