Wigfield Farm

LATEST NEWS

Summer Holidays at Wigfield Farm! 

Join us this summer as we have lots going on:

• NEW sandpit!
• Our entry fee will remain £2 per person until Saturday 27th July and then increase to £3.50 per person. Under 2yrs are FREE.
• Magic Daz will be here: Tuesday 30th July, 13th and 27th August 1-3pm! (no booking required).
• Animal talks and feeding sessions held throughout the holidays. Check at the cafe for that days activities when you arrive.
• watch out animals being put to bed every day from 3pm.
• Summer Photography Competition with prizes to be won:
  3 categories: Under 10’s / Young Adult [11- 18yrs) / Adult.
  Visit the farm during the summer holidays then email your best photo to: wigfieldenquiries@barnsley.ac.uk along with your name, age and the date it was taken and then we will shortlist our favourites and let the public choose the winners! Also prizes will be given to the runners up. Closing date is Sunday 1st September 2024.
• NEW bubble teas and iced coffees will be available over the summer!
• We have a survey for the public to complete and once completed you can choose to be entered into our prize draw! Lots of day passes to be won!

We are now open  10am – 3.30pm and doing breakfast sandwiches 10am – 11am in the large cafe (until September).

Wigfield Farm Tour video

About Wigfield Farm

Wigfield Farm is set in Worsbrough, Barnsley and has three main functions:

• A working farm producing livestock
• A base for Barnsley College Horticulture and Animal Management courses
• An Open Farm and Visitors Centre accessible to the local and wider community

A large part of the practical tasks during the week are actually undertaken by students following one of our many programmes of study giving them a real working environment to develop their skills and knowledge.

The farm is situated approximately 2 miles south-west of Barnsley next to Worsbrough Country Park. It is near to the Dove Valley Trail section of the Trans-Pennine Trail, and provides a perfect visitor attraction for adults and children.

We have a wide range of animals including meerkats, llamas, horses, cows, goats, shetland pony, ferrets, donkeys, pigs, sheep, chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits and much more.

Our students take a walk on the wild side in our exotics room where they care for and study a variety of reptiles [unfortunately this is not open to the public].

The farm operates a café serving light lunches, snacks and refreshments as well as a varied souvenir shop.

Part-Time Courses

We hold a number of short courses at Wigfield Farm throughout the year. For information on all our courses please visit Barnsley College’s Animal Care  and Horticulture page.