Sheep Shearing
The Perfect Family Day Out
Come and visit Cannon Hall Farm – official host farm for Channel 5 TV show Springtime on the Farm and regular guests on The Yorkshire Vet – and spend the perfect family day out with us.
There's a reason why we've been named Best Visitor Attraction in Yorkshire in the White Rose Awards and also scooped many other gongs such as Best Farm from Tots to Teens.
May half term week is the perfect time to visit as you'll see our team tackle one of the most difficult jobs in the farming calendar – shearing our flock of sheep.
Join our fascinating talks and demonstrations in our busy roundhouse as we talk about why we shear, how it's done, and what happens to the fleece once we've sheared it.
Your farm admission ticket includes entry plus:
- Fascinating daily talks and sheep shearing demos from our farmers
- Sheep and ferret racing
- Meerkat feeding demonstrations
- Access to our amazing play areas (including the soft play)
- Tractor rides
- Access to our incredible reptile house and small mammal house
Watch the Shearing
May half term is one of the busiest weeks in the farming calendar. Watch our team work through the flock and learn why shearing is so important for the welfare of our sheep.
Join our talks and demonstrations in the roundhouse, where our farmers explain how it's done and what happens to the fleece once it leaves the sheep's back.
Why Visit?
There's a reason why we've won multiple awards – and why we have been called the perfect family day out.
Come and visit our family-owned farm in the rolling pennine foothills and spend the day admiring the scenery, the animals and letting the kids run off some steam in our amazing play areas.
Our farm admission price covers all-day entry plus full access to the soft play and reptile house.
One of the Best Farms in the UK
Enjoy the excitement of placing a bet on the sheep and ferret racing and see what goes on behind the scenes at the farm you've seen on the telly.
We're a Shire Horse Society Registered Centre so you'll get to hear all about our largest animals as well as seeing a wide variety of rare breeds of cows, pigs, donkeys, ponies and sheep plus more exotic species like llamas, alpacas and even porcupine.
One of our most popular attractions, the reptile house allows members of the public to hear all about our more exotic creatures. This house includes everything from snakes to iguanas – but by far one of our most fascinating exhibits is our colony of leaf-cutter ants.
Our incredible small mammal house is home to some of the most unique creatures in the UK. We've teamed up with zoos from across the country to help with some breeding programmes for unusual creatures such as the long-nosed potoroos or our cloud rats.
The Farmyard
Our barns are all undercover and give visitors a unique insight into modern farming. We carry on every day farming life – including tractor and machinery work – as visitors watch from purpose-built viewing platforms above the animals.
Our farmers are always happy to answer questions as they go about their daily duties. You won't need wellies at our farm – we are all paved and very buggy friendly.
Indoor Soft Play
Our spectacular indoor play area, The Hungry Llama, is one of the biggest and best in the region. It's a hive of exciting play opportunities with nine dramatic slides designed to entertain the most adventurous children, plus a role play village.
We serve great food in the 350 seat restaurant where adults can relax while the kids play.
Adventure Playgrounds
Our huge outdoor play areas are some of the best in the North of England. There's adventure everywhere with fantastic slides and towns for the kids to let off steam.
Incredible Eateries
There are three restaurants to choose from at Cannon Hall Farm – you can access the Lucky Pup (dog friendly) Cafe and The White Bull restaurant without needing a farm ticket.
Once you're inside the farm itself, The Hungry Llama soft play serves top quality food for parents to enjoy while the kids run off some steam.
As Seen on TV
Cannon Hall Farm is the official host farm for Channel 5 TV Show Springtime on the Farm, having been a part of the show for nine seasons.
We are regularly visited by our famous friends for filming opportunities and are series regulars on The Yorkshire Vet. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide enjoy following our family farm on our social media channels – we livestream on our Facebook page twice a week and post videos every single day.
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23 - 31 MayWhat Our Visitors Say
Excellent day trip. Lots of fun with the sheep and ferret racing. Plenty to look at. Excellent soft play. We went out to the restaurant at the front next to the farm shop, food was delicious. Would recommend as day out with kids.
Absolutely exceptional! We travelled 50 minutes from York to visit and we loved it. An immaculate place with very happy animals. Super clean with great food facilities too. We ate in The Hungry Llama, our 10 year old daughter loved it. She could play before the food arrived and then after! Food was a good price that we chose. Soup was delicious. Chip butty was my option for a light snack but it was huge and very yummy! As a HUGE highland cow fan it was great to see them!! Just a lovely place and very friendly staff too. Tractor ride was great, friendly guy too. Play parks were great too!! We cannot wait to return in warmer weather but had a fantastic day, thank you to all involved!!
What a beautiful place. Food was decent and so much to see there. Weekday was cheaper which wasn't planned but ideal. Parking paid for before we arrived which made going through alot quicker.
A absolutely amazing farm so much to see ,so much to do, so much to eat. Many animals to look at easy access around the farm. If you have children, they will love the play areas. Lots of different areas to choose from to play. Picnic tables around the areas so you can eat your own food or there’s plenty of places to buy. Then you have the farm shop is the best of it ever ever come across. Ice cream shop is to die for and then you have the lucky pup and the bull pub there’s something there for everyone. Old and young. He is my favourite place to go in the whole of UK. A farm staff are very helpful and knowledgeable well worth the trip and such a good price to get into.