Godstone Farm review

So to celebrate Thomas' birthday we decided to take him to Godstone Farm (which is only about 15 minutes from our front door - not entirely sure why we haven't been there before)! After a few kids got ill with e.Coli last summer (oh yeah, that's probably why) the whole place is covered in signs like this one -


- warning that hand gels aren't much use compared with good old fashioned soap and water...so, forewarned, we passed through the entrance gate (Thomas absolutely fast asleep after his large breakfast at Redhill Aerodrome) and scratched our heads...I mean, doing the farm was going to be amusing enough for us, but frankly the thought of having to do it all over again when Thomas woke up did give us pause, so instead of walking around we went to one of the (quite expensive) cafes, the "Tea Room" and sat down for a drink, had a little poke around the shop, that sort of thing...when he did finally stir (didn't actually take that long) he absolutely *loved* it...we started off taking a little walk around the small animals-


- ducks, rabbits (that sort of thing), then around the Guinea pig village and small bird area -



- then the mouse house (which Flyingpops wouldn't go anywhere near) and little hens (which Thomas found fascinating) -


- checked out the bigger kids play barn -

- and the soft play barn (and second cafe) -

-saw some (very sleepy) baby piglets-

-and then went to the petting area to meet some horses, ponies and (more) rabbits-


- and after touching we made sure we washed our hands (Thomas included) -

Next up we went on the little tractor ride (which was 90p extra each)-

-which takes you out around the back of the farm past one of the ponds (and lots more pigs and ducks and things in larger enclosures)-

- and then we walked up the hill past the "Bomb Pond" excavated in a matter of seconds during World War 2 (and now home to lots of wildlife)-

- we had to skip the nature trail as it wasn't suitable for buggies, so we headed straight to the (enormous) adventure playground-

- which has probably the largest sand pit in the world -


- I can definitely see us coming here and eating a picnic, reading our books while Thomas just runs riot (in years to come), not that he doesn't run riot now, of course, but when he's old enough to look after himself...anyway, he had a go on everything Thomas-sized-




- then we found a quiet place to sit and eat our lunch (cheese and pickle rolls)-

- went and did the Toddler bit of the soft play-

- and finished off our day in the arts and crafts shed doing a bit of painting-


- a brilliant day, absolutely loads to see and do, I suppose we were there for about five hours but there was absolutely no chance of getting bored, a genuinely fun day out for all of us...we'll be back!

Loads more pictures from our visit here...