Christmas 2024! Experience The Magic At Pennywell Farm.
We invite you to take a very special journey into Bethlehem where the story of the first Christmas is brought to life.
The farm is transformed into a winter wonderland with twinkling lights, hundreds of Christmas trees and plenty of Christmas sparkle. You will be greeted and taken along a tree-lined path, inside to the North Pole check-in where your festive adventure will begin. Father Christmas will have left us a guest list so we’ll be expecting you! Every child will receive their Christmas passport to get stamped at each point in the journey.
A knock on the door from your Pennywell narrator and it’s time to go.
You will enter Nazareth which sets the scene for Mary, Joseph, the Angel Gabriel and the world-changing news of what is about to happen.
Our donkey awaits to lead you along the path, to the little town of Bethlehem where we will be knocking on a few doors to see if we can find an Inn that will take us for the night.
When we arrive at the final door, we are met with the news that we have to share with the animals and the live Nativity will continue in the warm and cosy barn. With a real manger and all the Pennywell animals looking on, the scene is set and the story of the first Christmas really comes alive.
After the Nativity, it’s off to Noah’s Barn for some Christmas cheer with a homemade Christmas biscuit and squash for the children and mince pies and warming drinks for the adults. Children will have some time to burn off some energy on the bouncy castles and to write their letters to Father Christmas. There will also be an Elves Sweet shop open for the children.
From there, we move to another warm barn for our Christmas close encounters with the animals. Cuddle our Pennywell Miniature piglets, pygmy goat kids, and other furry friends. We’re sure you’ll enjoy making some new friends with all our friendly animals. There’s a special festive photo frame to get that all-important Christmas family selfie before moving to our final destination to meet a very special person.
At the end of a dark and magical forest, Father Christmas will be waiting in his grotto with a gift for every child. The perfect way to end your Christmas visit.
There’s no better way to get into the spirit of Christmas and mark the start of your own Christmas celebrations.
With both indoor and outdoor scenes along the way, we advise warm outdoor clothing and the all-important waterproof layer, just in case the snow decides to fall!
We can’t wait to see you! BOOK TICKETS
Hi is it OK for wheelchair plz as we would like to bring a young men in a wheelchair and is friends plz
Hi Annette, Yes perfectly ok to bring someone along that is a wheelchair user, we have disabled parking out the front and disabled toilets on site.
Are you able to cuddle the animals at Christmas
Hi Lucy as part of the Christmas experience you do get time in our Christmas cuddle area, you will be able to see, stroke and cuddle Pigs, Rabbit and Guinea Pigs.
Hello 🙂
Do you sell vouchers that i can give for a xmas gift please?
Hi Emma, Yes we do, they are shortly going to be live on our website for you to buy, or if you prefer please call our ticketing team on 01364 642023.
We have just come home from our visit and have had the best day! Magical from start to finish! Would recommend to anyone who wants to start their Christmas season off with a really magical day. Our children (5 & 4) were in their element… as was I (there 31 year old mum haha)
Thank you so much Claire for your amazing review!
Where here for a weeks holiday, we always visit Pennywell my kids absolutely loves it there, I wish you was open through the week & that you wasent fully booked on the days your open.
Maybe next year.
Hi Jaclyn, I’m not quite sure when you were here for your holiday? We close at the end of October to then get the farm ready for our Christmas experience, We run our Christmas experiences on Fri/Sat/Sun and then every day for the last Christmas week.
Hope to see you next year.
Hi we are coming from mid Cornwall can you book for a morning session and stay there for rest of day or do you leave once your time is up
Hi Annette, the Christmas tickets only cover your 2-2.5 hour experience. The rest of the farm is closed for entry and you will need to leave after you exit the grotto. Hope to see you soon 🙂
Hello, looks great, will there be a dairy free option for the childrens biscuits?
Thanks
Hi Lisa,
Yes, our Food & Beverage team have most dietary requirements covered 🙂
Pennywell farm do the best Christmas show and elfs ever is Father Christmas real or fake as one of my friends thinks he is fake father Christmas is real
Lifeworks are coming I got my own reindeer and snowman Christmas hoodie
Hi Abbie, We are looking forward to seeing you soon then, Hope that you will be wearing your new hoodie!
Only the real one comes to Pennywell Farm, He’s confirmed he will be with us as soon as all the presents have been made.
I have a grandchild with a nut and sesame seed allergy. Will there be biscuit and sweets options suitable please? Preferably in pink 🤣
Hi Janet, We are still sourcing a supplier for our sweets so can not confirm this now, but please give us a call slightly nearer the time so that we can confirm the sweet ingredients.
Hello
its my daughters 18th in december and she loves cuddling the pigs but i didnt realise you closed end oct, so thinking of booking in for the christmas event for a few of us, but can we miss out the father christmas bit!! or is it really based for smaller children??
Hi Tammy, thank you for getting in touch. The Christmas event is perfect for all ages, especially as your daughter loves piggy cuddles! You are more than welcome to skip meeting Father Christmas. This will happen at the end of your experience anyway, so once you are finished in the animal cuddles section, you will be able to just exit through the grotto instead of waiting to see Father Christmas. Please just let the team know on the day that this is what you wish to do 🙂
Could I please ask,how long is this experience as we’d love to bring our grandson & he’s only 16 months old & gets sleepy 😊do you think this is suitable for him.x
Hi Leonie, we recommend leaving 2-2.5 hours for your experience. Yes I think he would love it! It would be a truly magical event for your family 🙂
Hi,
We visited your farm on the 28th October. And had the most fantastic day searching for the pumpkins. We never got to find out where the golden pumpkin was hidden. Please to get us out of our misery could you tell us where it was all that time?
We are so glad that you had a great time with us! The golden pumpkin was hidden …… under the Go Kart bridge. Hope to see you all again soon.
Hello
We are so excited to be coming along today for the Christmas experience.. .. may I please ask if my two year old grandson finds it too much today can we skip part of the journey , maybe to the cuddle the animals.or bouncy castles part .
Thank you Mrs Andrew 🎄
Hi Mrs Andrew, we can’t wait to see you at your Christmas Experience! If there are any issues on the day, please do just talk to a member of the team who will be more than happy to help 🙂
Thankyou for a wonderful magical day.The elves were vey helpful and guided us around so we didn’t miss anything. and made it to the grotto where we enjoyed visiting the special man himself.My grandsons enjoyed the experience as did myself and daughter.I will be recommending you to my friends and family.
Thank you so much for your lovely review! We are so glad you had a magical day with us. We hope you have a lovely Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in 2023!
Hi, in your photos it shows the children dressed up in clothing for the nativity – are these clothes provided or should people bring their own dress up clothing?
Thank you
Hi Tracey, We have all the costumes available here for our lovely visitors to put on. But if you had your own shepherds, angels or kings costumes you are more than welcome to wear them as well. We look forward to seeing you all soon.
Hello, is it suitable to bring our 16 month old in her pram for the Christmas experience?
Yes it is, the whole of our Christmas experience is accessible for both pushchairs and wheelchairs! We look forward to seeing you and your family soon.
Is it possible to stay for the day or do we need to leave after the time slot? Thanks
The farm is only open for our Christmas experiences, you are with us for 2.5 hours from the time that you have booked tickets for. The farm will reopen in Feb 2025 for a full day of farmyard fun 🙂
Hi
Please can you run adult days or evenings, with just the animal cuddles, bottle feeding etc. with hot drinks and snacks!
Thanks
Jem
It’s something we can definitely think about going foward.
Hi, we are visiting soon for the Christmas experience and my niece has a peanut allergy. Will the homemade biscuits and sweets be suitable for her ?
Many thanks
Hi Emma, We bake our own biscuits here onsite where we do not have any nut products, however with anything we can not 100% confirm that there is no nut residue around. We do have wrapped alternative snacks as well. Maybe bring some snacks from home as well, just in case what we do have on offer is not to your nieces taste? We look forward to seeing you all very soon.