Fun for all (Cannon Hall (Barnsley))

Member Name: rinnie

Product:	Cannon Hall (Barnsley)
Date:	20/10/08 (47 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lots of things to keep you interested

Disadvantages: Some high prices

Cannon Hall Farm is a fun filled day for any family, be them old or young there is something to enjoy.
For a start children will love a day's visit to see the animals and have a great time on the adventure playground. They have all the usual farmyard animals to see and you can buy bags of food to feed them with too which is fun (and messy) also with it being a working farm there is always babies to be seen somewhere too. With it being a working farm there is a lot to learn so it is educational which I always like to see.

The admission fee is a very reasonable £3.75 for adults and £3.25 for children.
As well as the farm and adventure playground there is much to do and see for the adult visitors too, like the tea rooms , farm shop and deli.

The farm shop is full of fresh produce like fruit and vegetables and meat, cheese and other dairy, preserves and pickles plus accessories and kitchen equipment . They also offer a Christmas hamper that you can order or make up yourself. Your Christmas meat order too can be placed in advance either in store or you can email it to them.

The tea rooms are very pleasant and give a welcome place to rest if you are running after children all day or have done a lot of walking. They serve home cooked meals made with produce from the farm, if not they try to source their ingredients locally were possible. If you are after a light snack they do sandwiches and cakes too or if you are in need of something to warm you up they have a licence to sell alcohol. Sandwiches start at £2.05 and there are chips for £1.50, they also do baguettes and jacket potatoes, burgers and other smaller meals. The larger meals are things like sausage medley (made with their own sausages), homemade steak pie, homemade rogan josh curry and then things like gammon, all day breakfast and similar hearty meals at around £5.25. there are more meals like pasta, roast dinners and fish dishes too for similar prices, all
reasonable for the kind of place.

As you can imagine with it's name the deli is packed to the brim with indulgent foods from their own produce to exotic speciality's ( with this range comes typical heavy prices). Only in the deli can you find chatka crab and pickled quail eggs. you will find pie's , cheeses and home cooked meats, all for the big foodie fan.
As always at tourist attractions they have a gift shop, with some of the usual keep sakes that you can be sure to find at any other place, on the plus side they sell more farm orientated things and educational toys and games although all a bit pricey as they tend to be in these shops.

All in all a great place to visit even with the odd expensive part, the entry fee makes up for that and it is such a lovely place you just enjoy it anyway, I would steer clear of holidays and go in term time where possible too.

Summary: A great day out if you can keep the cost down