The farm activities
Friendly farm animals everywhere
In the barns and nearby fields there are horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys, dog, cats and rabbits – all great favourites with those who visit us year after year. Wonder who’ll be your favourite?
Bottle feeding
Often there will be piglets, lambs and calves to entertain you with their antics and sometimes they require bottle-feeding. If you’re lucky enough to time it with your visit, you will simply adore this wonderful experience.
Hatchlings
Sometimes we lose track of a free-range chicken and it’s only when we hear her little chicks chirping that we realise she’d gone all broody on a clutch of eggs – then we have fun trying to catch them and pop them somewhere safe!
You’ll adore the freedom of Higher Trevinnick and everyone’s welcome to help with the daily farm jobs
Everyone enjoys the freedom of Higher Trevinnick and the company of Farmer James. Children especially are encouraged to feed and care for the animals, collect the eggs and generally help with jobs in the farmyard. Grooming and riding the pony, having a tractor ride, making a den in the hay barn or simply playing on the farm are wonderful diversions for them whilst you relax or prepare for your day out – that’s if you’re not out enjoying the farm too!
An educational farm holiday experience
Involving yourself in the animals’ daily care and routine is not only enjoyable (you’ll become rather fond of them by the end of your holiday) but it’s educational too. Maybe it’s time to tag the piglets ears when you visit, or bring in the cows for worming and feet checking. The farrier, equine dentist or veterinary visits always prove fascinating and many of our animals are the topic of conversation months after your visit, often appearing in future school projects. Farmer James loves sharing his knowledge of the local countryside and wildlife too.
Get away from it all – nature trail, farm walks and picnics
Higher Trevinnick Farm is designed to accommodate all – from child-friendly animal enclosures and secluded areas for that “get away” feeling. Tackle our farm nature trail or stepping stones, enjoy pleasant walks through the fields down to the river or take a picnic out into the fields. The profusion of wild flowers in the hedgerows and the abundance of wildlife in its natural habitat is so relaxing after a days beaching or sightseeing. Most of the farm is accessible on foot including with kiddies buggy – just check with Farmer James where his cattle are otherwise you may have unwanted guests joining you!
‘Sporting activities’ on the farm, and even a pirate ship!
There is a triple swing in the communal Fox Den garden which the children love to play on together as they watch farm animals in the nearby fields. There is a quaint wooden wendy house nestled under an apple tree and a pirate ship which the youngsters love to clamber on – their imagination fantastic to behold.
In this rural idyll we find it’s not just the children who like to open one of the barn gates and play badminton or tennis in the farmyard using the gate as a make-do net on a make-do court (which actually works incredibly well with some make-do rules)! Cricket works quite well here too and the basketball hoop is also a firm favourite (but don’t let our dog get your ball as he will pop it)! The adjoining barn contains many buckets, spades and windbreaks (with mallets) for you to borrow for your trip to the beach – that’s if you can drag yourselves away from the farm!
