Hey everyone, we hope you’ve had a lovely summer, who can believe we’re halfway through September already! It’s starting to feel lovely and autumnal at Godstone Farm so we thought we’d share a quick recap. Read on to hear our exciting news about being finalists in some prestigious awards; fun weekday activities for pre-schoolers and our adorable new pigs!
Pre-Schooler passes
Pre-Schooler passes are now on sale! A pre-schooler pass gives a named child (aged 0-5) and any one adult entry to Godstone Farm on weekdays during termtime from 1st October 2024 until 31st March 2025, although if you purchase your pass online now, you’ll get a bonus couple of weeks as you can start using it straight away. Once you have a pass, you’ll get access to the farm from opening time at 9.30am until The Play Barn closes at 5.45pm. You’ll get access to all of this once you have entry to the farm!
- Farm trail
- Animal interactions
- Reptile House
- Rabbit Walk
- Pond Walk
- World of Dinosaur Roar! Discovery trail
- Adventure playground with picnic areas and revamped toboggan run
- Sandpits
- Wilding play, including mud kitchen
- Ride on toys
- The Play Barn (Surrey’s largest soft play centre) lower level
- The Play Barn upper level – new role play area
- Wiglet’s Play Village with exciting ball zone!
- You’ll also get to join in with Wiglet’s Explorers and Tiny Treks and Trails on Monday and Friday mornings, where the little ones can explore sensory and messy play, stories, crafts and other interactive fun activities!! Book yours here: https://tickets.godstonefarm.co.uk/#category_21
Other news…
After School Tickets
Why not bring the kids to Godstone Farm for an after school treat! Tickets on school days are discounted, costing £9.95 per child aged two or over when pre-booked via the Godstone Farm website. The accompanying adult gains free admission. After school tickets give farm entry from 3.30pm, this gives you time to enjoy our outdoor space until 4.45pm and then have fun in The Play Barn until it closes at 5.45pm. Please note that some areas close at 4pm (including The Reptile House, Animal Interaction barn, Rabbit Walk and Pond Walk as we need to ensure our animals are safe from any wildlife predators.)
Tandridge District Council Business Awards
We’re absolutely delighted to have been nominated as a finalist in the Tandridge Business Awards for Customer Service! We aspire to give all of our customers the very best experience so it’s fantastic to be recognised for this!! All employees attend a series of interactive customer service training modules and we pride ourselves on always giving our best! The winners will be announced next month which is something very exciting to look forward to!
Wiglet’s Explorers and Mini Treks and Trails
On Monday and Friday mornings during termtime, you and your littles ones can join in with these fun and interactive sessions. Starting at 11am, each session is a mixture of messy and sensory play, crafts, time to explore and story time on a Monday. There’s no need to book a space at each session, just turn up and have some fun!
Halloween and low bangs fireworks at Godstone Farm
We’re excitedly looking forward to October half term. From Saturday 26th October we’ll be hosting our ever popular Halloween event. This year you’ll have the chance to brave the wall and dip your hand into the unknown; there’ll also be Halloween mini golf, meet and greets and other treats, plus pumpkin carving* and marshmallow toasting* (*additional cost.)
Our Low Bang Fireworks event is going to be AMAZING this year, with entertainment from Captain Fantastic, plus a fire display and stilt walker which we know you’re going to love. There will be food and drink available throughout the night, plus a glow stand for all your favourite accessories! The highlight of the event, of course, will be our epic low bangs firework display, beautifully choreographed to music!
Home Educator Days
Our first Home Educator Day of the autumn term took place at Home Ed Base Camp on Tuesday 17th September. The group explored seed dispersal, had fun hiding their own ‘seed’ (actually a carrot) in the field and then, later in the morning, had to live the life of a squirrel and remember where they hid their food. They also discovered what a Harvest Moon is and created their own – we had a lot of fun and always embrace the opportunity for some outside learning. Our next Home Educator Day is on Wednesday 16th October, when we’ll be exploring autumn leaves and trees.
Schools Visits
The Godstone Farm schools package is back for a new term! A farm trip is super exciting for all children and our package is hassle free for teachers as we’ll lead the events and organise your day. All you need to do is book your visit, choose four great activities and make your way to the farm on the day of your visit. We’ve also got some great links to grants available if this would be beneficial to your school https://godstonefarm.co.uk/groups-schools/school-visits/
New for Autumn 2024, we’re delighted to introduce In-School and In-Nursery visits. If it works better, we can come to you! Click here to find out how this works https://godstonefarm.co.uk/groups-schools/in-school-nursery-visits/
Welcome to our new Mangalitsa pigs!
Next time you visit the farm, look out for our new Mangalitsa pigs! Cutely named Pumpkin and Marshmallow, can you guess who’s who? You’ll find them in the main pig enclosures. Mangalitsa pigs are quite distinctive and easily recognised by their curly coats – we think they’re adorable! What do you think?
