🎅 Our Father Christmas event on 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 and 22 December 2025 is SOLD OUT 🤩 Thank you to everyone who has booked Following the success of the last 2 years we expect this year’s Afternoon Tea with Father Christmas experience to be even more popular Due to high demand there is… Continue reading Afternoon Tea with Father Christmas
Category: Animals
Macmillan Coffee Morning 2025
On Friday 26th September Washbrooks will be donating ALL takings to Macmillan. On Friday you could….. 🛝 Bring the children to have a play and enjoy the fresh air and have some fun ☕️ Meet a friend for coffee and cake 🍽️ Have lunch with a partner 🐓 Come and see the animals 💷 or,… Continue reading Macmillan Coffee Morning 2025
The Turkeys
Fascinating and unique Turkeys are great characters and they are a big part of the Washbrooks animal family When they are let out in the morning they have a tendency to dance Turkeys don’t just ‘gobble‘, they make lots of sounds ‘purrs‘, ‘yelps‘, ‘clucks‘ and ‘kee-kees‘ When you next visit listen carefully to what sounds… Continue reading The Turkeys
A BIG thank you…
…to all our summer visitors. We’ve had some lovely customer feedback which we thought we’d share – it means a lot to us all. 🙂 “We love the farm! Food is great. Equipment is great! Staff are great!“ 😀 “I just wanted to give some positive feedback about coming to Washbrooks today. My son bumped… Continue reading A BIG thank you…
Most up-to-date Pigsty News
From the litter of Summer 2025 Happy Wednesday! We’re 4 weeks old today! Open everyday including Bank Holiday Monday from 9:30am to 5pm* *tearoom until 4pm #piglets #playful #cute #happy
Latest pigsty news
Betty’s piglets are growing fast! This week they will be 3 weeks old. They are still drinking their mum Betty’s nutritious milk, being naturally inquisitive and snuffling through the straw to see what they can find. Why not take some time to see mother and babies interacting together when you next visit? Everyday from 9:30am… Continue reading Latest pigsty news
New arrivals
A huge welcome to the fab alpaca 4….. Hamish, Hero, Hurricane and Hugo. They are wonderful, calm and intelligent animals. Hamish is fawn, Hero and Hugo are both black and Hurricane is brown and they are all 2 years old. Whilst you visit enjoy a walk to see them in the paddocks and take in… Continue reading New arrivals
Exciting pigsty news – our piglets
One of Washbrooks annual highlights and visitor comments say it’s one of yours too! Betty has given birth to her litter. Her piglets are very playful and like to hide in the straw. She communicates with her newborn piglets by grunting. Listen for their tiny oinks of response. See how many you can spot in… Continue reading Exciting pigsty news – our piglets
This weeks news from the pigsty
Meet our friendly and gentle Berkshire pig Rocket She’s keeping an eye on her pregnant friend Betty. Betty is showing behavioural and physical changes include nesting, restlessness, enlarged teats and milk production. Sounds familiar – it’s the same as us…..🙂 Betty’s litter of piglets is due in the next week or so. We’re keeping a… Continue reading This weeks news from the pigsty
The Dexters
MEET OUR LOVELY HERD OF CATTLE This little one is the latest arrival born in the last few weeks. Dexter cows have an average gestation of 283 days – 9 months and 13 days. They are extremely maternal. Come and see how many you can spot in our paddocks. Every day from 9:30am until 5pm.… Continue reading The Dexters
News from the pigsty
One of our big pink pigs Betty has recently had her first scan. We’re delighted to announce that she is pregnant! With this news we thought we’d share some interesting facts about these omnivorous, domestic, even-toed, hoofed mammals. ‘In pig’ is a term used to indicate that a sow is pregnant. Sows are pregnant for… Continue reading News from the pigsty
The kids are growing
Our Pygmy kids are getting bigger Every day they make us laugh, running and chasing each other, and seeing who can jump the highest!. Why pop into the barn next time you visit to see our happy herd…. #hop #skip #jump #repeat