Old Macdonalds Farm Park

Been here 3 times now. First time was back in 2003 and it was rubbish, not many animals, overpriced and wanted extra for rides, said i’d never go back. However, took the kids in June and it was good, still not a lot of animals and it does smell quite a bit, but a nice little farm and you now don’t have to pay extra for the rides, you get a wristband with the price. There’s inflatables to bounce on, mini trampolines, sand area, indoor soft play, childs roller coaster, big curly slide, carosel etc. You have to pay for the arcades and the food is expensive in the café, but we brought a picnic.
We went back at the weekend too and they had some more new rides, a mini train and horse ride, also noticed a ball pit in the red shed, may have been closed last time?
The toilets by the sand area are cleaner than those at the start of the farm which are rather grotty.
I had vouchers on both occasions from the Pom-​Bear crisps multi packs, this enables one child in free with a paying adult. So with the voucher it cost me £24 for one adult & 2 children.

Took my 4 year old here and she really enjoyed feeding the goats (cone full of feed 70p) and had a good time on the indoor and outdoor play equipment — my criticisms are that there could do with being more visible staff around and manning the place, the bins were of an open-​style and were over-​filled, spilling out and attracting loads of wasps, the toilet facilities did not seem to have regular checks and were running out of tissue/​hand towel and looking really messy as the day wore on — the place has real potential but could so easily get one-​time visitors only if it doesn’t invest more in itself

originally took my son 2 years ago and thought the park was ok. went again earlier this year and thought it had gone downhill. Very overpriced. I won’t be going again. Try Barleylands or Marsh Farm instead.