Lamont Farm Project
🏟 Farm park · Erskine, Glasgow
Lamont Farm Project
Free volunteer-run animal welfare farm near Glasgow with llamas, pigs, horses, goats and small animals to meet.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 April-October: Monday-Friday 10am-3.30pm, Saturday-Sunday 10am-4.30pm. November-March: daily 11am-3.30pm. · Free · No booking needed
📍 Location & directions
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Address: Barhill Road, Erskine, Renfrewshire, PA8 6BX
Plus Code: 9C7QWG3P+R8
About Lamont Farm Project
Lamont Farm Project is a volunteer-run animal welfare and rescue centre at Erskine, just outside Glasgow, and claims to be Scotland's first city farm, founded in 1977 and open to the public since 1979. Run as a registered charity, around 95% of its animals are rescued, and visitors are free to wander round and meet a wide variety of them, including pigs, sheep, goats, horses, ponies, donkeys, llamas, ducks and ferrets, with indoor areas housing rabbits, friendly cats and a small reptile enclosure with snakes, iguanas and terrapins. Entry is free, with the farm relying on donations through honesty collection boxes at the gate and tearoom to feed the animals and keep running, so visitors are encouraged to give what they can. There is a tearoom on site, on-site parking (sat nav users are advised to use postcode PA8 6BU), and the farm is open year-round with longer hours from April to October and shorter daily winter hours. It is a friendly, low-key day out ideal for toddlers and young children who enjoy seeing and getting close to animals.
⭐ What makes this place special
- Free entry (donations welcome, honesty collection boxes)
- Animal welfare and rescue centre
- Tearoom
- Reptile enclosure
- Registered charity, Scotland's first city farm
🏞 Facilities
- Free entry
- Parking: On-site parking (use PA8 6BU for sat nav)
- Toilets on site
- Café / refreshments
- Accessibility: Mostly level farm site; parts of the yard may be uneven underfoot.
🧒 Ages & play
- Ages: 0-11
- Children's play area
📍 Nearby places to play
- Garscadden Burn Park · approx 4.2 miles · Drumchapel
- Gravity Active Glasgow · approx 4.4 miles · Braehead
- Knightswood Park · approx 4.8 miles · Knightswood
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❓ Frequently asked questions
How much?
Entry is free. The farm is a charity that depends on donations, with collection boxes at the gate and tearoom, so visitors are encouraged to give what they can.
What animals?
Rescued and resident animals including pigs, sheep, goats, horses, ponies, donkeys, llamas, ducks and ferrets, plus rabbits, cats and a small reptile enclosure.
Good for toddlers?
Yes. It is a relaxed, free farm where young children can wander round and meet animals up close, making it well suited to toddlers.
Need to book?
No booking is required as the farm is free to visit during its opening hours.
Where/parking?
At Barhill Road, Erskine, PA8 6BX, with on-site parking. Sat nav users are advised to use postcode PA8 6BU.