We, as a family go to Folly Farm in Pembrokeshire at least once a year.
We choose Folly Farm as it's a good day out and it's pretty cheap. The kids love it there and it's nice and peaceful unlike Oakwood Park (theme park) a little further up the road.

Apart from it being a farm/zoo type place it also has an old fashioned funfair which provides a few hours entertainment for the kids too. It has a big merry go round which looks quite vintage and like it should be in a film.... think Mary Poppins!
It also has lots of other little rides, adults can also go on the rides but in all honesty they are meant more for the kids!!
To use the rides you have to use little golden Folly Farm coins, these can be purchased from a little machine in the funfair. The cost for these is pretty small and then they can be used like money for the rides.

There's a barn where you can sit around and watch as little shows are performed and there's also the opertunity to feed and milk the animals.

My favourite has to be the pig enclosure simply because I love pigs, it's especially cute when the little piglets have been born and they are in there too!

There's a tractor ride which takes you under the main road and into the fields opposite where you can see a few different animals. My sons favourite was the penguins!!!! These actually turned out to be magpies!!! Everyone on the tractors trailer found this highly amusing!

They have a huge variety of different animals for you to see, these include Tortoises, Snakes, Bearded Dragons, Iguanas, Bongos, Alpacas, Fossas, Giraffes, Meerkats, Skunks, Wallabies, Zebra, a huge variety of different birds and amphibians and fish plus many more. I think there may even be some monkeys!
There's also horses, cows, sheep, pigs and loads of goats!!
The goats are pretty friendly and walk around the farm bit mingling with the visitors, you can bottle feed the little ones too!

There's a great little Go-Kart racing track there is an extra charge for this though, not much, a couple of quid, can't remember the exact price.

There's a fab outdoor play area with a huge wooden pirate ships, and little sandy areas with diggers and mini tractors.

The indoor play area is huge and consists of climbing frames, ball pits and the like, there's also a seating area and cafe in this bit too.

There's plenty of picnic benches dotted around the park and plenty of little hand washing stations for after petting the animals.

They also have a little gift shop but the things in here can be pretty pricey!


For the Christmas season they run a really cute Santa's Grotto. I haven't been personally but my mum did take my children last year and they loved it, my mum said the queues for this were a bit mad but they did go during the last few days of it running so I would advise to go a little earlier rather than later. Apart from the queues she said it was lovely.

This year the dates for the Grotto are below ~

6th November - 19th December 2010
10am - 4pm Saturdays and Sundays only

Bring the kids to meet Santa, his elves and his real-life reindeer. If they've been good this year they'll get a present and if you've been good you'll get a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie.

There is an addition charge for this and I'm afraid I am not certain of it. I can't find any prices on the site either.

A little late now, but they also host a spooky halloween themed season too. For more information check out the website.

Prices ~

Adults ~ £8.00

Children 3-15 years ~ £7.00

2 years and under ~ Free

Senior Citizens ~ £7.00

Disabled* (accompanying carer free of charge) ~ £7.00

Group Prices ~

These are available on the site, but for more than 15 people they advise to pre-book by calling 01834 812731.

Prices are valid from 20th March 2010 until 18th March 2011.

* Extra charges in detail:

Go-Karts and The Big Dig £2 per person per go
Funfair tokens 50p and most rides take one token
Face painting 50p per face.

Opening times ~

January 2nd - February 12th
10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday only

February 13th - February 21st
10am - 5pm daily

February 22nd - March 19th
10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday only

March 20th - September 3rd
10am - 5:30pm daily

September 4th - October 31st
10am - 5pm daily

Spooky Halloween Week
October 23rd - October 31st
10am - 5pm daily

Winter Weekends
November 1st - December 19th
10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday only

Closed: December 20th 2010 - January 7th 2011

My childrens school often run their school trips to Folly Farm and all the children absolutly love it. If you haven't been and are planning on being in the beautiful Pembrokeshire area or close by I would highly recommend a visit here!

Thanks for reading x