Pennywell Farm
🏟 Farm park · Buckfastleigh, Exeter
Pennywell Farm
Devon's multi-award-winning family farm near Buckfastleigh, about 30 minutes from Exeter, with miniature pigs, daily shows, tractor rides and indoor and outdoor play.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 Open 7 days a week 9am-4pm from 14 February to 1 November 2026 (seasonal). The farm also runs a separate Christmas experience later in the year. Outside the main season the farm is closed.
Prices: Day tickets around £25.95 adult, £20.95 child (over 90cm), £22.95 concession (65+, student, carer); infants under 90cm free. Prices are a guide and can change daily.
Booking: Book online in advance via pennywellfarm.co.uk; tickets are timed and the farm can be busy in holidays.
📍 Location & directions
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Address: Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0LT
Plus Code: 9C2RF5FW+C8
About Pennywell Farm
Pennywell Farm is one of Devon's best-loved family attractions, set at Lower Dean near Buckfastleigh on the edge of Dartmoor, around 30 minutes from Exeter down the A38. It is a proper activity farm built around animal encounters, with a packed daily programme so there is always something happening. Children can cuddle Pennywell's famous miniature piglets, meet goats, ponies, donkeys, alpacas, rabbits, guinea pigs and more, and join in handling sessions, feeding and the legendary pig racing. Rides and shows are included in the ticket, and tractor-and-trailer trips take families out around the farm. When the weather turns there is an indoor soft play barn, plus trampolines, outdoor play areas and a viewing tower for burning off energy. The farm opens seven days a week from mid-February to the start of November, 9am to 4pm, with a separate Christmas experience later in the year. Dogs are not allowed in but free kennels sit in the car park, and there are accessible toilets, baby-changing and free parking. Booking online in advance is recommended, especially during the busy school holidays.
⭐ What makes this place special
- Small Animal Petting Barn
- Noah's Barn takeaway
- Weekend and holiday food outlets
- Gift shop
🏞 Facilities
- Parking: Yes – free on-site parking.
- Toilets on site
- Café / refreshments
- Accessibility: Staff do their best to make the farm accessible, with accessible toilets and baby-changing, though some areas have countryside terrain that can be challenging for wheelchairs and buggies.
- Dogs: No – dogs are not allowed in the farm; free kennels are provided in the car park. Assistance dogs excepted.
🧒 Ages & play
- Ages: Babies and toddlers to primary-age children (around 18 months upwards is the sweet spot)
- Indoor soft play barn
- Outdoor play areas
- Trampolines
- Viewing tower
- Daily animal handling and pig racing shows
- Tractor and trailer rides
📍 Nearby places to play
- Drake's Den · approx 13.1 miles · Estover
- Jump Plymouth · approx 15.1 miles · Crownhill
- Super Tramp Plymouth · approx 15.4 miles · Turnchapel
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❓ Frequently asked questions
How much?
Day tickets are around £25.95 adult, £20.95 child over 90cm and £22.95 concession, with infants under 90cm free. Prices are a guide and can change daily, so book online in advance.
What animals?
Pennywell is famous for its miniature piglets, plus goats, ponies, donkeys, alpacas, rabbits, guinea pigs and more, with daily handling sessions and pig racing.
Good for toddlers?
Yes. It suits little ones from around 18 months, with gentle animal handling, an indoor soft play barn, trampolines and outdoor play areas.
Need to book?
Yes - booking online in advance is recommended as tickets are timed and the farm gets busy in the school holidays.
Where/parking?
Pennywell Farm is at Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0LT, about 30 minutes from Exeter via the A38, with free on-site parking.