Top Things to do in East Midlands
Top Hotels in East Midlands
- 1. Lace Market Hotel
- 2. Premier Inn Skegness Seafront hotel
- 3. Buxton Crescent
- 4. Mercure Nottingham City Centre George Hotel
- 5. Casa Hotel
- 6. Premier Inn Nottingham City Centre (Chapel Bar) hotel
- 7. Mercure Nottingham Sherwood Hotel
- 8. Jurys Inn Nottingham
- 9. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Nottingham - Gateway
- 10. Premier Inn Lincoln City Centre
Top 10 Farms in East Midlands, England
Discover the best top things to do in East Midlands, United Kingdom including Catanger Llamas, New Mills Community Orchard, The Alpaca Centre at JandJ Alpacas, J and J Alpacas, Hardys Animal Farm, Rand Farm Park, Farndon Fields Farm Shop, Stonehurst Family Farm and Museum, White Post Farm, West Lodge Rural Centre.
Restaurants in East Midlands
1. Catanger Llamas
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 630 reviews
BOOKINGS ONLY For an unforgettable experience... Discover and enjoy llama trekking in the beautiful, undulating Northamptonshire countryside, unspoilt and blissfully quiet. The perfect way to de-stress. Open all year - Booking in essential! We offer a full range of treks, llama parties, trekking vouchers, educational visits, corporate entertaining, meetings, our 'Llamarabilia' gift shop and On Farm Accommodation.
Reviewed By Lucy7837 - Rugby, United Kingdom
We had an absolutely amazing time llama trekking at Catanger Llamas. Before we went Sarah answered all my questions over email and was a great and friendly host on the day too. We got to learn all about llamas before taking ours out on our walk, which I found really interesting. The walk was through beautiful countryside and was great to spend time with our llama who was really gentle and had a fantastic personality! Then we headed back to the farm to see all the other llamas and the babies too which was lovely. Also, Catanger Llamas has loads of precautions in place for Covid, e.g. loads of hand sanitizer, rotating llamas and guide ropes used etc so it felt really safe. Would definitely recommend a visit here, it was a fantastic experience!
2. New Mills Community Orchard
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By Sarahphiv - New Mills, United Kingdom
New Mills has a beautiful park and deep in the park you may be able to uncover the local orchard where you will find many apple trees, pear trees and plum trees. It is a beautiful place to have a picnic whilst being able to take in the beautiful breathtaking views of New Mills
3. The Alpaca Centre at JandJ Alpacas
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 44 reviews
Our new Alpaca Centre is NOW OPEN!! Our coffee shop serves delicious breakfast, coffee & cake.We have a unique range of knitwear from our herd of over 90 alpacas displayed in our shop. Walk the alpaca trail, no need to book, admission is £5 adults, £2 children (3-13 years) & under 3's FREE. Various exciting ALPACA EXPERIENCES!! Meet & Greet 20 min Experience - meet the alpacas, learn a little about them and feed the alpacas! £5 per person, under 10's FREE with paying adult. ALPACA TREKKING EXPERIENCE - wander round our woodland and ponds with a cuddly alpaca for an hour! Chance to learn about alpacas, feed them and of course take lots of photos! £25 per person over 13 years, £25 for an adult and child double leading an alpaca. Visit our website to book!
Reviewed By lauragP5264DK
Absolutely wonderful! Myself and three friends (in our thirties) did the trekking experience and it was really fun getting up close and personal with the alpacas, walking and feeding them. There is also a shop and cafe which is really lovely with a view of the alpacas right in front of the window or, if you're seated outdoors, the alpacas come right up to the fence which is super cute.
4. J and J Alpacas
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 23 reviews
Our new Alpaca Centre is NOW OPEN!! Our coffee shop serves delicious breakfast, coffee & cake.We have a unique range of knitwear from our herd of over 90 alpacas displayed in our shop. Walk the alpaca trail, no need to book, admission is £5 adults, £2 children (3-13 years) & under 3's FREE. Various exciting ALPACA EXPERIENCES!! Meet & Greet 20 min Experience - meet the alpacas, learn a little about them and feed the alpacas! £5 per person, under 10's FREE with paying adult. ALPACA TREKKING EXPERIENCE - wander round our woodland and ponds with a cuddly alpaca for an hour! Chance to learn about alpacas, feed them and of course take lots of photos! £25 per person over 13 years, £25 for an adult and child double leading an alpaca. Visit our website to book!
Reviewed By prettysunflowers - Nottingham, United Kingdom
Such a lovely place to visit. I went on the meet and greet which was amazing. Dani, our guide, was lovely and very knowledgeable, telling us all about Alpacas and could answer the questions people asked without hesitation. It was such a thrill to feed the gorgeous alpacas which are so well cared for at the farm. We finished off with a lovely coffee and delicious cake and treated ourselves to some soft and cosy alpaca socks from the gift shop. Everything was clean and social distancing observed with hand washing facilities and sanitiser available throughout. It was all a lovely experience and we look forward to visiting again. I’m definitely recommending it to friends, great for young and old and a fab place to take the kids. Enjoy.
5. Hardys Animal Farm
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 560 reviews
Hardys Animal Farm is a great day out in over 7 acres of Lincolnshire countryside yet just 10 minutes walk from the beach, with loads of things to do and animals for you to meet feed and make friends with. It's a great day out, whatever the weather! You can see pigs being born in our specially glazed breeding unit, feed the goats and many other animals, allowing the children to learn about modern farming in a safe and fun environment. We also have baby Lambs, Goats, Cows and Chicks being born throughout the year. There is plenty of space for the kids to run around in our 3 Adventure Playgrounds catering to all ages, while you relax with a hot drink or a bite to eat. Go on a relaxing Cart Ride around the Farm with Fergie the Tractor and then decamp to Haystacks Indoor Playbarn, there are loads of things to do come rain or shine. The Number 3 Bus stops at the end of the farm road, running every 8-10 minutes from Skegness, Ingoldmells, Butlins & Fantasy Island
Reviewed By 36asmaaf
Love it. Plenty animals for kids and adventure playground. Younger kids liked pitch and putt golf myself and mum like coffees and rest
6. Rand Farm Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 472 reviews
Rand Farm Park offers a high quality "hands on" fun and learning experience both for day and residential visitors of all ages and abilities • Large variety of animals to hold, feed, touch and cuddle • Daily demonstrations • Two Indoor heated play areas • Under-cover ride-on tractors and sandpit • Tearoom to seat 120 • Coffee Bar seating a further 80 • Large outdoor Adventure Playground • Farm tractor and trailer rides complete with wheelchair lift Our staff are friendly, welcoming, highly trained and motivated and ensure that each visitor is treated as someone special to go home with memories to treasure for many years to come.
Reviewed By Fyfebbq - Manchester, United Kingdom
Called on a quite rainy day, had great time good value for money even on rainy day plenty to do and see had great time feeding the animals, tractor ride and crazy golf to name few. Great farm staff very friendly nice cafe good day out will definitely be back thanks for great day
7. Farndon Fields Farm Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 538 reviews
Farndon Fields is an award-winning farm shop situated on the edge of the beautiful historic town of Market Harborough. It has developed over the years and today the farm shop showcases our produce grown on the farm, quality meat from local farmers, and a large selection of fantastic local and British food that has been hand-selected by Kevin, Milly, and the team. We love growing, cooking, and serving fantastic food at Farndon Fields. We strive to provide our community with an outstanding shopping experience and an environment to enjoy our local food, be excited by the seasons, and experience food that has been grown on your doorstep in Leicestershire, Northampton, and Kettering areas.
Reviewed By Kernowphile - Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Visited Farndon Fields farm shop to use a couple of gift vouchers my wife’s sister gave us as a present for our Golden wedding anniversary, I’ve never been a fan of afternoon tea most hotels I’ve eaten afternoon tea are a bit of an afterthought and highly priced at that. However this is not the case at Farndon Fields their version of afternoon tea is of a different order perfectly sized sandwiches fresh home made scones just the right amount of jam and clotted cream,beautiful two bite cakes of a high quality sweet pastries made with all butter with a superb macaron, we enjoyed this with a nice bottle of Prosecco. Would we visit again absolutely my wife wants to try the savoury version.
8. Stonehurst Family Farm and Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 381 reviews
Reviewed By joannarA6429LX
This was our first visit and it was amazing, the children really enjoyed the day and there was plenty for them to do. I would give it more stars if I could 10/10 Recomend. We were met with a warm welcome as soon As we arrived, the young lady at the entrance booth was very nice and polite, and the gentleman in the farm shop was a delight so ingaging and friendly, we will definitely be returning to visit again. The food, drinks and snacks are very reasonable and the entrance fee is great value with no extra cost for ponyrides. Our children are 4 and 5 but there is plenty for all ages to do. Thankyou for a great day Stonehurst Farm.
9. White Post Farm
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 522 reviews
Reviewed By Elle43Surrey_UK - Godalming, United Kingdom
We visited here a long time ago (nearly 8 years) and I remember it being fine but a bit limited - enough for our then 2 year old but maybe not that much more. This visit with 10 and 7 year old was great - there is a spanking new birds of prey section, reptiles, small animals (guinea pigs, degu etc), larger farm animals, llamas, wallabies (whose enclosure you can walk through) and a good play park. We happily spent nearly four hours there and could have done a bit more had it not been 30 degrees!
10. West Lodge Rural Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 409 reviews
We are an open, working family farm with indoor and outdoor adventure play areas, acres of beautiful walks, a large variety of farm animals including pigs, sheep, cows and goats. Activities on offer include free barrel rides, piglet racing, cuddle corner petting sessions with the smaller animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs. We also run pony rides and tractor tours of the farm at a small extra cost. Lots of picnic areas and a large family restaurant.
Reviewed By Silverdoe02 - Market Harborough, United Kingdom
We've been coming here since my 9 year old was a baby and we love it. Staff are friendly, I can relax knowing my children are safe to run around, the facilities are great and restaurant recently really improved. The annual pass is great value for locals like us and there are regular themed weekends. Most extras within the farm are free, except pony rides and the large tractor rides so you don't feel like you're constantly being done for money. The walks are glorious, there's loads of wildlife and a new indoor playbarn which the kids love.
