Name: Fairytale Farm
Rating: 5.0

Fairytale Farm

Fairytale Farm, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5QH, UK

1-90 Years

Paid

Description

Fairytale Farm is a family-friendly attraction offering a magical sensory and learning experience for all ages. The farm features seven main zones: Huff and Puff for adventure play; Enchanted Walk for a fairytale sensory experience; Alfie and Friends, where visitors can meet friendly animals and explore the duck pond; Fairy Dell, a themed play area with giant toadstools; Jack’s Yard, with indoor and outdoor attractions and fairy tale characters; Wilderness Walk, showcasing nature and wildlife; and Dino Valley, where families can meet friendly moving dinosaurs and dig for fossils.

Tickets are available online or on-site: children (2–16) £12.49 (£11.24 online), adults £12.49 (£11.24 online), seniors (60+) £11.99 (£10.79 online), and children under 2 enter free.

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Features

Paid
Host birthday parties: Yes

Features

Explore: Fairytale Farm is divided into six main zones: Huff and Puff for adventure play; Enchanted Walk for a fairy-tale sensory experience; Alfie and Friends, where visitors can meet amazing animals and see the brand new duck pond; Jack’s Yard, with a range of indoor and outdoor attractions; Dino Valley, where visitors can meet a family of friendly dinosaurs and dig for fossils; the magical Fairy Dell, a themed play area where visitors are shrunk to the size of a fairy; and Wonderland, the enchanting first phase of a new area inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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- Jack’s Yard
  - Jack’s Beanstalk: A larger-than-life beanstalk rising up to the sky. Visitors can even milk Daisy the Cow.
  - Snow White Garden: Snow White’s Castle, a cottage in the trees, and colourful characters bring this fairy tale to life.
  - Mouse Town: A family of mice goes about daily life in a beautifully crafted indoor model village.
  - Giant Rabbit Burrow: A larger-than-life burrow where children can play in the rabbits’ kitchen.
  - Sandpit: Fun in the sand for children while adults enjoy a coffee or ice cream.
  - Wishing Well: Visitors can close their eyes and make a wish.
  - Mother Goose’s Garden Party: A garden party comes to life, offering smiles for everyone.
  - Rapunzel’s Kingdom: A magical indoor play area now open.
- Enchanted Walk: Take a stroll along the Enchanted Walk. A sensory experience for all ages, this magical journey invites visitors to look, touch, smell, and listen along the way. Attractions include:
  - Fairytale Street: Peek into the lives of famous fairy tale characters, including Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
  - The Mermaid Garden: Meet a giant mermaid and her army of sea creature friends. Press a button to hear what they have to say.
  - Sensory Garden: Touch, smell, and see a variety of plants and flowers, or listen to the hypnotic trickling of water from the golden mermaid fountain while spotting multi-coloured fish.
  - The Extinct Band: A band of unusual animals perform music. Visitors can listen and join in.
  - The Giant’s Camera: A larger-than-life camera and film allows visitors to take a picture and send it via email.
  - Activity Panels: Rotate hour and minute dials to work out the time, or play the rotating ball maze to reach the finish.
  - Niagara Falls Water Play: Children can experiment with water using waterwheels, dams, water channels, and water trays.
  - Giant Party Poppers: Press the button to see and hear the enormous party poppers in action.
  - Musical Chimes: Perform on colourful, mellow-sounding chimes.
  - Dancing Fountains: Press a button to watch fountains come alive and dance to music.
  - Light Fountains: Illuminated evenings feature simulated fountain shows.
  - Musical House: Step inside to discover whether it is a home or a musical instrument.
- Fairy Dell: Fairy Dell is a completely unique themed adventure play area where visitors are reduced to the size of a fairy. It features giant toadstools, raised walkways and bridges, a crawl tunnel, climbing walls, and slides. The area is wheelchair accessible and provides a sensory experience.
  - Giant Toadstool: Climb inside a toadstool mushroom and explore different levels, complete with doorways and windows.
  - Pairs Game: Turn over tiles and find matching pairs, offering sensory fun for all abilities.
  - Embankment Slide: The fastest way to travel through Fairy Dell.
  - Weather Fairy: Provides an up-to-date forecast for Fairy Dell.
  - Harmony Bells: A collection inspired by nature, tuned to major and minor chords.
  - Log Hops Trail: Stepping logs offering a low-level balance challenge.
  - Crawl Tunnel: A high-level bridge tunnel leading into the Giant Toadstool.
  - Climbing Walls: Explore the second giant mushroom’s climbing wall, plus two additional climbing walls throughout Fairy Dell.
- Dino Valley: Dino Valley is a dinosaur-themed area featuring life-sized, friendly dinosaurs.
  - T-Rex: A friendly giant that moves toward visitors—roaring or laughing?
  - Water Dinosaur: Bubbles appear in the pond, but visitors might get wet discovering the cause.
  - Big Bird: A colourful dinosaur offering a great photo opportunity. Hatching baby birds coming soon.
  - Dino Dig: Visitors can become paleontologists and learn secrets of a world long gone.
- Huff and Puff Adventure Playground: This adventure playground offers activities for children of all abilities:
  - Race: Rubber ducks can be raced along a pump-powered wacky waterway.
  - Climb: Timber play structures and exciting slides provide climbing fun.
  - Jump: Children can climb aboard a giant combine harvester.
  - Swing: Includes a Nest Swing and a wheelchair-accessible swing.
  - Bowl: Giant skittles provide a playful bowling experience.
- Alfie and Friends: Alfie and Friends is an educational animal zone where visitors can meet a wide variety of animals.
  - Fairytale Ponies: Miniature Shetland ponies are ideal for young children.
  - Pigs: Lively micro-pigs keen to interact with visitors & Gentle Kune Kune pigs, Wilma and Betty.
  - Curly Coated Pigs: Rare Mangalitsas, often mistaken for sheep.
  - Five Billy Goats Gruff: Safely crossed the troll bridge and settled into the area.
  - Donkeys from the Brothers Grimm: Visitors can attempt to make the donkeys smile.
  - Magical Rheas: Tall South American birds hatched on-site.
  - Chicken-Licken: Free-range, friendly chickens and occasional chicks.
  - Turkey Lurkie and Friends: Turkeys showing off their impressive plumage.
  - Rabbit Walk: Fluffy rabbits and sociable guinea pigs interact throughout the area.
  - Geese, Ducks, and Swans, Guinea Fowl, Mary’s Little Lambs, Alfie and Friends, Peacocks & Ferrets
- Wonderland: Wonderland is the first phase of a new area inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland:
  - Giant Vegetable Patch: Visitors can dig and learn about seasonal vegetables.
  - Touch Box: Guess what’s inside each hole, then lift the flap to check.
  - Bug Hotel: A luxurious habitat providing hidey-holes for insects.
  - Willow Tunnel: A winding tunnel through Wilderness Walk leading to a wildflower garden
Straight from the Alpaca’s mouth: https://www.fairytalefarm.co.uk/explore/straight-from-the-alpacas-mouth/
Whats on: See the latest seasonal events from Fairytale Farm to delight your little ones. https://www.fairytalefarm.co.uk/events/

Facilities

Parking onsite
Toilets and accessible toilets
You can bring a picnic
Onsite restaurant and snacks are available

Website

Contact

Video

Price

Price: Paid

Price Details

Tickets: Visitors are advised to purchase tickets online in advance for a 10% discount. A 50p booking fee per ticket applies for online purchases.
Standard Price:
- Children (2–16): £12.49 (£11.24 online)
- Children under 2: Free
- Adults: £12.49 (£11.24 online)
- Senior Citizens (60+): £11.99 (£10.79 online)
Discount Days (Weekdays, Term Time*)
- Children (2–16): £9.99 (£8.99 online)
- Children under 2: Free
- Senior Citizens (60+): £9.49 (£8.54 online)
- Adults: £9.99 (£8.99 online)
Public Transport Discount: Travel by bus or train to Fairytale Farm to receive 20% off full admission. Use code TRANSPORT20 at online checkout and show proof of travel on arrival. Discount also applies to tickets purchased on the day.

Pricing URL: https://www.fairytalefarm.co.uk/tickets/

Birthday Parties

Offer Birthday Parties: Yes

Birthday Party Details

Birthday Parties: Celebrate birthdays at Fairytale Farm with a package designed for fun and convenience.
- Party Inclusions:
  - 2½ hours use of Fairytale Farm
  - Dedicated party host
  - All food provided
  - Goody bag for each guest
  - Free bag of animal feed for each child (daylight hours only)
  - Party invitations
  - Birthday card with £5 gift voucher for the birthday child
  - One free adult per full-paying child
  - Free return visit for each child
- Annual Pass holders receive 10% off; birthday child with an Annual Pass receives a £10 shop voucher
- Price: £19.95 per child, minimum 8 children
- Booking: Email parties@fairytalefarm.co.uk with preferred date and time (morning, afternoon, or evening). Complete and return the Birthday Party Booking Form with deposit at least two weeks before the party. Confirmation and invitations sent after booking is processed

Fairytale Farm is open every day of the year except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Our opening times are 10am to 5pm, with late night opening during our Illuminated Evenings and our Christmas Fairytale event.
Rabbit and guinea pig petting takes place at 11am and 2pm every day.

Address: Fairytale Farm, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5QH, UK

Post Code: OX7 5QH

Council: West Oxfordshire

County: Oxfordshire

Bus Access: We recommend that you get off the bus at the Cotswolds Hotel/Golf Course stop around the corner from us and walk through the Hotel/Golf Club car park, past the hotel, into our car park. That way you will not need to walk on the side of the road.
From Oxford: Bus S3 goes from Oxford City centre every hour at 10 to the hour on weekdays and stops at Southcombe, almost outside Fairytale Farm. The journey takes about 45-50 minutes. On Saturdays and Sundays (and some Bank Holidays) it is at 40 minutes past the hour. A timetable is here.
From Banbury: You can also access the farm by bus from Banbury. You need to catch the 488 from Banbury to Chipping Norton. Once you get to Chipping Norton, you can get the S3 from Chipping Norton to Chipping Norton Golf Club.
From Chipping Norton: Take the S3 from Chipping Norton to Chipping Norton Golf Club. Timetable link under ‘From Oxford’ above.
Public Transport Discount: Travel by public transport to Fairytale Farm to receive a 20% discount. Use the code TRANSPORT20 for discount during online checkout and show your proof of travel by bus or train on arrival. Also valid for tickets purchased at admissions on the day.
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