Pick your pumpkin patches are huge in North America and we have some great ones around Oxfordshire too. A great place to buy your Halloween pumpkin, lots also have extra fun activities on for kids. Lots more ideas for what’s on October half term in Oxfordshire too.
SPOTLIGHT PUMPKIN PATCH – HIGH LODGE FARM
High Lodge Farm – With a Spooky Trail and big field of pumpkins and lots of photo opportunities, High Lodge Farm will be opening for selected dates in October. They’ve got thousands of pumpkins of all different shapes and sizes for you to take home. Fill a wheelbarrow and enjoy a spooky woodland trail, Halloween games area and NEW for 2024 a barrel train! They even have after dark sessions for a truly spooky Halloween experience.
2024 Pick Your Own Pumpkin Patches in Oxfordshire
Millets Farm Halloween Spooktacular (Frilford, near Abingdon)
Millets Farm will be open again this Autumn, packed full of plump pumpkins to pick, spooky props to explore and plenty of fun for the whole family to enjoy. This year they’ve got some NEW optional extras to add-on to your pumpkin picking experience to enhance your day out! Open for weekends only from 28th September, then daily from 19th – 31st October.
Pumpkin Picking & Scavenger Trail at Carrimers Farm with Ridgeway Adventures (near Didcot, Wallingford, Goring)
The pumpkins are all grown on site, so you can pick your pumpkin right from the spot it grew from. There are a lots of unusual varieties of pumpkins as well as the traditional orange Halloween pumpkins. £3 entry to the pumpkin patch then pay for what you pick (Aston Tirrold, near Didcot)
Earth Trust Pumpkin Patch (Little Wittenham)
Earth Trust had a successful first Pumpkin Patch last year, and they will once again be welcoming visitors young and old to the farm. Get your hands dirty and boots muddy as you pick pumpkins and squash direct from the growing field. There’s a maize maze too which we loved last year as well as storytelling for little ones, hands on science in the Earth Lab ‘Discovery Zone and a scarecrow trail around the farm.
Hadsham Farm pumpkin patch (near Banbury)
Hadsham Farm pumpkin patch will return this year from 19th to 31st October. Last year the pumpkin pop up event also had a spooky sensory trail, indoor sandpit and outdoor playground
Rectory Farm will have several pumpkin varieties for you to pick. Pop your pumpkins in one of the handy wheelbarrows to transport them easily from field to farm shop, and don’t forget to pose for a few snaps on the hay bales. Lots of extra harvest festival themed activities too. (Stanton St John near Oxford)
Roves Farm always have lots of great activities over October half term. Take the chance to carve your very own pumpkin. Bonus for the grown ups – leave the mess there!
Fairytale Farm have lots of family friendly Halloween activities and fun this October half term. Head to the Beast’s Kitchen Carving Marquee to pick a pumpkin and carve your own Jack-O-Lantern, or get creative with paints to transform your pumpkin into a scare-beast!
Bunkers Hill usually have a great pumpkin hunt raising money for charity. It’s always a lovely little one to do with younger kids and I go with my family every year and then buy our pumpkin at the end. You can find my review here from a previous visit (near Kidlington, Oxfordshire)
Glebe Farm aren’t just about the sunflowers but have a pumpkin patch too. (Banbury)
The Old Farm Shop are a family run business and have previously had pick your pumpkins on weekends dates (Milton Hill near Abingdon) 2024 tbc
Bruern Farm – tbc
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Pick Your Own Pumpkin Patch Near Oxfordshire
Wasing PYO Pumpkins have an organic pumpkin patch, woodland trail and refreshments. (Aldermaston, Berkshire)
At the heart of the stunning Wasing Estate near Aldermaston lies a very special pumpkin patch. Follow the enchanting decorated trail through Wasing‘s stunning autumnal woodland then head for the pumpkin patch where a fairytale pumpkin carriage awaits. Choose your perfect pumpkin to take home & carve.
Hallcourt Farm – Pumpkin Picking, Wild Woodland Trail and Halloween Pumpkin Carving (within easy reach of Woolhampton, Thatcham & Reading)
After an amazing first year, Hallcourt Farm pumpkin patch returns for 2024. Not only that but the Woodland Walk will have new fun and spooky things to spot through the trees, a Halloween clue to solve (and a little prize to win!) The big barn will once again be open for pumpkin carving and decorating. NEW this year is BIG bale play and facepainting.
The Patch MK Pumpkin Patch (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)
The Patch MK is bursting with over 80 varieties of pumpkins and squash — perfect for picking, carving and cooking! To make your experience even better, they’ve got free parking and plenty of wheelbarrows to help carry your haul. Not only that but roaming witches, barrel rides, bale maze, activites, games and more. The Patch MK is the largest pumpkin patch in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire!
Lillingstone PYO Pumpkin Patch (nr Akeley Village)
Pop on your boots and wrap up warm, collect a wheelbarrow and head down to the Lillingstone PYO Pumpkin Patch bursting with home-grown pumpkins and squashes! They’ve got a spooky trail, play patch and tractor trailer rides too.
Cotswold Farm Park pumpkin patch returns for 2024 with pumpkins, photo opportunities, maize maze and new for this year pumpkin nights.
