If you’re looking for a family day out pumpkin picking, we’ve got the low down on where to go locally and slightly further afield.
Bewholme Pumpkin Patch – PYO PumpkinsPick Your Own Events (held in the pumpkin field, 1/2 mile from the farm), all 11am-4pm: 30th September, 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th, 30th & 31st October 2023. FREE ADMISSION to the Farm and Pick Your Own events – you only pay for what you pick! Freshly baked pizzas, homemade pumpkin soup, luxury brownies & refreshments. Treasure Hunt, Pumpkin Games, face painting, pygmy goats and a few new surprises for 2023!
Pumpkin Carving Experiences available by pre-booking here.
HUGE Farm Display and Pumpkin Shop (in Bewholme village) with hundreds of pumpkins of all shapes, colours and sizes to choose from! The farm is open from 9:30am-5:30pm 23rd September every day up to Halloween. Great opportunities for that perfect autumn photo!
NO PRE-BOOKING REQUIRED, except for pumpkin carving. For more information and updates visit their website here or follow them on facebook here. (Refreshments & face painting only available at Pick Your Own events.)
Homeland Farm, Catfoss Road, Bewholme, YO25 8DX. 07890 346717.
Photo credit – In the Den Photography
Humble Bee FarmThe glamping site in Flixton, near Scarborough, will be open to the public (not just guests) for October half term, for families to enjoy their Halloween event. Come for the day, or come and stay!
The event is open to the public on 14th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 22nd and 25th October 2023, and daily during half term 28th October to 4th November 2023
Dogs are permitted but must be on leads at all times. Free car parking. Tickets must be booked online in advance, full info and booking here.
Or why not book glamping accommodation and stay the night!? We have luxury cottages, wigwam lodges, wigwam cabins and yurts to choose from, some with hot tubs, find out more here.
Humble Bee Farm, Flixton, Scarborough YO11 3UJ. 01723 890437. More information on their website here, or call 01723 890437, email info@humblebeefarm.co.uk.
Pumpkins available from 7th October 2023 No need to book or purchase tickets No entry fee, just pay for the pumpkins you pick Mixture of homegrown and locally sourced pumpkins Open WED – SUN, 9am-4pm (Closed Mon and Tue) Pumpkin prices range from £2 – £5.50 Dog on leads welcome Nature trail and outdoor play area Plenty of delicious Dairy Ice Cream Lots of Halloween treats!Beacon Farm, Sneaton, Whitby
01947 605212
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21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st October 2023
Join us for all our usual fun – feeding the animals, playing on our awesome indoor and outdoor play areas and handling the small animals – as well as a trip to our pumpkin patch, back this year even better than before!
£13 per child admission to the farm including a pumpkin to carve in our spooky carving shed. While you’re wandering around the farm, keep an eye out for the white pumpkins hiding with the animals, find them all and get a treat! No booking required, while stocks last.
Carr Lane, Cayton, Scarborough YO11 3AT
01723 586351.
Kemps Farm📍 Kemps Farm, Barton Le Street, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 6PP
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⏰ Open 10am – 5pm daily
Great activity for the whole family, open from the 7th October. Wheelbarrows provided on arrival, simply pick your pumpkins in the field where they’re grown and enjoy the farm experience. Visit our brand new spooktacular tipi, enjoy some refreshments on site and pose for plenty of photo opportunities!
Pumpkins of all shape, sizes and colours available. Prices ranging between £1.50 to £6 per pumpkin.
Well behaved dogs welcome (on a lead).
Follow us on Facebook at Kemps.farm for regular updates or call 07798937821 if you have any questions for us.
The Whole Hogg Farm Shop Pumpkin PYOIt’s Pumpkin Time! The biggest producers in Ryedale have ALOT and this year promises to be bigger and better with pumpkins, a Maize Maze and Tractor Rides.
Following dates only;
7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th 30th & 31st October 2023 (or until all have pumpkins have been picked)
Pumpkins are £1 per kilo – Grab a barrow and get picking!
NEW FOR 2023 – The Maize Maze and Tractor Rides to the pumpkin fields
ON-SITE CAFE TOILETS FREE PARKING NO BOOKING NO ADMISSION FEEGrab a barrow and get picking.
Howebridge Farm, Low Marishes, Malton, YO17 6RQ – 01653 669469
Pick Your Own Pumpkins available from 23rd September 2023
What better way of choosing your perfect pumpkin, than actually choosing it from the field it was grown in?! The award winning Balloon Tree Farmshop has a unique take on pumpkin picking…PYO pumpkins! 13 different varieties of pumpkins including white, warty, yellow, blue, and your standard orange. Just come along and grab a wheelbarrow. Take a walk into the pumpkin patch to find the size and shape you like the best, or if you don’t have the time, there will be plenty to choose from in farmshop.
The Jeep Track is open every weekend in October and throughout the school holidays for the children to enjoy.
The Farmshop, Café and children’s play area are all open, so there is plenty of things to do and enjoy.
7 days a week 9 am until 5 pm for the pumpkin picking.
Visit A166, Gate Helmsley, York, YO41 1NB or call 01759 373023 for more info.
Booking page, with more details HERE
Piglets Adventure Farm Pumpkin Festival, YorkFrom 7th October – 3rd November 2023, we are SO excited that tickets are now on sale for a “Spooktacular Pumpkin Festival” at Piglets!
During selected weekends in October and until 31st October come down and pick your very own FREE pumpkin from 1000’s of home grown pumpkins!
Do you want to take home an “Atlantic Giant” or “Baby Boo” pumpkin? We have a huge marquee where you can carve your pumpkin so you leave the mess with us!
Piggy Poo ice cream and pizza is always good to keep little tummies full too for an extra special treat!
After the 31st October the Pumpkin patch will be closed, but you can still join in the rest of the fun at a reduced price ticket! See WEBSITE for further details! We close on Friday 3rd November.
Towthorpe Grange, Towthorpe Moor Lane YO32 9ST
01904 499183
Pumpkin Patch 30th September – 31st October 2023, Open 10am – 5pm
The Castle Howard Garden Centre Pumpkin Patch is back for the third year running!
Explore the patch and choose your perfect pumpkin.
Whether small, medium, or large, we’ve got varying sizes and colours for carving, decorating and making the most of the spooky season!
Head to the Garden Centre when you arrive and follow the signs for PYO pumpkins.
Castle Howard, The Estate Office, Castle Howard, York, YO60 7DA
Cedarbarn Pumpkin ExpressPumpkins are NOW available to purchase. The pumpkin field will be (date TBC) open 7 days a week with a huge selection of pumpkins big and small ready to get you in the Halloween spirit. Open Monday to Saturday 9am – 5pm (Sunday 4pm).
Picked & PYO Pumpkins all Half Term Week, the Pumpkin Express our Miniature train will be running Saturday 28th October to Sunday 5th November 10am – 3pm 2023 (Sadly, no pumpkin carving this year).
Our Airstream Van will be open selling Hot Drinks and Snacks throughout the week.
The Café and Farm Shop are open all week (details on the website).
Lunch bookings 01751 475614
Here’s some ideas of Pumpkin Related Crafts too! Happy to add some more…
Where’s your favourite place to go pumpkin picking?
For more details on activities and events running over October Half Term click here.
