Here’s a few ideas of where to bottle feed and see lambs in the North East this springtime, along with other adorable animal handling sessions!🐑🐣🐐🐰
Details are subject to change, please check directly with providers using the purple links below. Facebook links are provided to check for the latest updates, followed by website links where available. Please note some experiences may not be suitable for pregnant women.
Adventure Valley – Meet The Baby Lambs / Bottle Feed Baby Goats
📌 Co Durham, DH1 5SG
📅 Feb / April 2023
🐑 Meet newborn lambs and get up close and personal during February half term, and bottle feed baby goats during the Easter holiday. Along with adventure play, soft play, various animal handling sessions and lots more.
🎟️ £9.95 – £14.75 pp (1 year & under free)
👉 More info here
Broom House Farm – Lambing Open Day
📌 Chester-le-Street, Co Durham, DH7 6TR
📅 tbc
🐑 Lambs can often be spotted in the field by the free outdoor play area, and in previous years a Charity Lambing Open Day has been held on Easter Sunday, with donations to raise funds for a selected charity while learning about life in the lambing shed. Plus the Forest Adventure is due to open 1st April 2023 (charges apply).
👉 Look out for updates here
Broom House Farm – Lambing Shed Live
📌 Wallington, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4AT
📅 Daily 7th-16th April 2023
🐑 Guided tour of the lambing marquee and farmyard during peak lambing season. Meet newborn lambs & visit the ‘lamb hospital’ to learn about looking after vulnerable lambs. Meet cows, baby calves, pigs and goats in the farmyard. Each tour lasts around 60 minutes, all ages welcome.
🎟️ £12.50 pp (under 2s free)
👉 More info here
Down at the Farm – Lamb Feeding
📌 Houghton Le Spring, Sunderland, DH5 8JG
📅 Between April and end of May
🐑 In the lambing season there are lots of lambs to see in the fields and a select few to bottle feed. Along with various animal handling and feeding sessions, outdoors play and more.
🎟️ £8.45-£9.95pp (under 2 years free)
👉 More info here
Hall Hill Farm – Lambing Time
📌 Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0TA
📅 20 March – 1st May 2023
🐑 See the new-born lambs during March and April, with several different breeds of sheep which lamb over 8 weeks. Feed the pet lambs and see the fluffy Easter chicks, as well as all the usual farm activities.
🎟️ £9.95-£10.75 pp | Family from £39 (1 year & under free)
👉 More info here
Ouseburn Farm Charity – Lamb Feeding & LambCam
📌 Newcastle, NE1 2PA
📅 During the Easter hols 2023
🐑 Lamb feeding slots for families (plus some twilight feeds just for grown ups), along with LambCam! – a live feed from the sheep pen as lambs start arriving, available for an hour a day, starting Friday 31st March.
🎟️ tbc
👉 Look out for updates here (or sign up to mailing list here for first access to tickets)
Rising Sun Farm – Lambing
📌 Benton, Newcastle, NE12 9SS
📅 tbc
🐑 In previous years lambing is underway from early March, when ewes and lambs may be seen in the paddock and also in the open building next to the Earth & Fire Bakery.
🎟️ Open farm, free for visitors
👉 Look out for updates here
Whitehouse Farm – Bottle Feed Lambs
📌 Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6AW
📅 Late February – early June
🐑 Bottle feed new lambs each day at 11.15am and 3.30pm. Along with other animal handling and feeding sessions and talks, adventure play, soft play and more.
🎟️ £13.95 – £14.95 pp | Family from £50.95 (1 year & under free)
👉 More info here
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