Acorn Farm
🏟 Farm park · Kirkby, Liverpool
Acorn Farm
An award-winning city farm in Kirkby with sheep, goats, pigs, horses and even meerkats, two play areas, a woodland walk and an on-site cafe.
🕑 Opening & entry
🌱 Open 7 days a week 10am to 4pm.
Prices: Adults £4.00; children aged 1-16 £3.00; under 12 months free. Small-animal petting sessions are around £2 per person for a half-hour (under 12 months free). Prices per the operator, may vary.
Booking: No booking needed for general entry; groups of 15 or more must pre-book a guided tour.
📍 Location & directions
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Address: Depot Road, Kirkby, Knowsley, L33 3AR
Plus Code: 9C5VF4Q5+V6
About Acorn Farm
Acorn Farm is an award-winning, family-friendly city farm at Kirkby in Knowsley, on the edge of Liverpool. Set on around four hectares, it is home to a wide range of animals including sheep, cows, goats, pigs, horses, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and even meerkats, and at weekends and during school holidays it runs small-animal petting sessions and horse rides. Between the animals there are two outdoor play areas and a woodland walk to explore, plus a plant-sales centre and a farm shop selling home-reared free-range meat, eggs and goats' milk ice cream. The on-site cafe is open seven days a week, serving daily specials, homemade meals, snacks and drinks, with picnic areas to relax in. The farm is open every day from 10am to 4pm and no booking is needed for general entry, though groups of fifteen or more must pre-book a guided tour. It is wheelchair friendly throughout, with accessible toilets and three Blue Badge parking bays, and only assistance dogs are allowed.
⭐ What makes this place special
- Cafe
- Farm shop and plant sales
🏞 Facilities
- Parking: Yes – free open-air parking at the front of the building, with a small car park plus an overflow area and three Blue Badge bays.
- Toilets on site
- Café / refreshments
- Accessibility: Wheelchair friendly with accessible toilets; the majority of paths are wide enough for wheelchair users and all areas are wheelchair accessible via slopes, ramps and concrete paths. There are three Blue Badge bays in the car park, the nearest around 5m from the main entrance.
- Dogs: No – only assistance dogs are permitted.
🧒 Ages & play
- Ages: All ages, especially families with young children
- Hands-on animals and petting
- Small-animal petting sessions (weekends and school holidays)
- Horse rides (weekends and school holidays)
- Two outdoor play areas
- Woodland walk
📍 Nearby places to play
- Flip Out Aintree · approx 2.2 miles · Aintree (Aintree Racecourse Retail Park)
- Croxteth Country Park Play Area · approx 2.4 miles · Croxteth
- Croxteth Park Farm · approx 3.0 miles · Croxteth
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❓ Frequently asked questions
How much?
Adults are £4.00, children aged 1-16 £3.00 and under 12 months free. Small-animal petting sessions cost around £2 per person for half an hour. Prices are per the operator and may change.
What animals?
Sheep, cows, goats, pigs, horses, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and meerkats, with weekend and school-holiday petting sessions and horse rides.
Good for toddlers?
Yes - it is a friendly city farm with two outdoor play areas and gentle animal contact, well suited to families with young children.
Need to book?
No booking is needed for general entry; only groups of 15 or more need to pre-book a guided tour.
Where/parking?
Depot Road, Kirkby, L33 3AR, with free on-site parking including three Blue Badge bays.