A family fun day out at Greenmeadow Community Farm

Back in April of this year I wrote a post called, ‘Seven farms in and around Cardiff that you must visit‘. Included in this post was Greenmeadow Community Farm.

I’ve wanted to take our girls there for so long and I finally got the chance yesterday. Greenmeadow Community Farm has been a working farm for over 250 years and in the late 1980s it was saved by a group of local people who wanted to stop the farm being turned into a development site. Thank goodness they took this action as Greenmeadow Community Farm is a seriously impressive farm!

Opening at 10am, 7 days a week, Greenmeadow is a great place to keep the kids busy during the summer holidays! We set off from our home in Cardiff at 9.30am. We arrived bang on 10am. It was easy to find and as we were super early we easily found a space to park! Should you arrive later and find that the car park is full, there is an overflow carpark.

After parking the car we headed toward the entrance. I wasn’t 100% sure that I was going the right way, but it turned out we were! Simply head toward the brick building pictured below and follow the path!

We walked passed a pond on the way in which had ducks and swans in.

Pictured below is the main entrance, which is also a gift shop.

Entrance cost us £4.85 each for the girls and £5.95 for me. I was impressed to see that admission price included the tractor/trailer ride.

We also bought some animal feed so that we could feed the goats and ducks!

On the way there we stopped to ‘milk’ a cow. The girls loved doing this!

Inside the Hatchery were Horsefield Tortoises, rabbits and some birds.

We then headed outside and wandered past some friendly sheep who came to say hello!

I was really surprised by how big the farm is. It’s big, but easily accessible for all and our girls didn’t moan once about having to walk which is great! I think because there is so much to see and because everything is pretty close together there was lots to keep them occupied as walked around.

Between 10.30 and 12.30 children can cuddle some rabbits, guinea pigs and chickens in the marque. The rabbits were babies so they were quite lively, but super cute!

R asked some interesting questions about the pig. Such as, “What’s that under her?” She was referring to her udder and was surprised to learn that pigs produce milk as well as cows!

The girls enjoyed playing on Trefor the tractor next!

I have to be honest and admit that when I bought the animal feed I did so because I wanted to feed the animals! M took this picture of me feeding a goat!

After having a play in the park we walked towards the Dell which is a forest area. On the way there we walked past a beautiful dear and some ponies.

One thing I noticed is that there are lots of places around the farm for families to have picnics and this sheltered area (pictured below) was another one of those areas.

The girls enjoyed playing on large tyres here!

They also enjoyed sticking their hands in the holes to see if they could guess what was inside!

When we arrived at the Dell we had it all to ourselves!

The girls enjoyed exploring the various areas and things available to them here.

We fed some of the birds and had another play on Trefor the Tractor before having our picnic.

At 12pm the tractor rides started. I should have probably headed over around 11.45 as when we arrived at 11.55, the tractor was full and had just started to depart!

The tractor ride was 10 minutes long and took us through the tunnel pictured below and passed the adventure playground, more on that further down! We saw pigs, sheep and other animals on the tractor ride and got to listen to the tractor driver talking about the various things that happen on the farm.

After the tractor ride we went to the adventure playground. It’s a pretty big play area that the girls enjoyed playing in.

There were swings, slides and lots areas for them to climb and explore!

We then walked through the animal barn and fed the goats. We saw some cute baby goats along with some cows.

We spent around four and a half hours at the farm. I think we could have easily stayed longer! There is a cafe at the farm, but we didn’t use these facilities.

Overall, we had a fantastic time and we can’t wait to return again!