Wander through the historic cobbled yards and outbuildings and find out what life was like at Home Farm at Temple Newsam.
Come along and get up close to your favourite farmyard friends including piglets, geese, guinea pigs and loads more!
Home Farm is a working farm and one of the largest rare breed centres in Europe. This means that even though Home Farm is a fun place to visit there is also a serious side to our work.
All animals at Home Farm are Native to the UK and most are classed as Rare Breeds by the Rare Breed Survival Trust. As a rare breeds centre we help to ensure the continuation of some of the oldest breeds of farm animals in the country, and provide a living legacy people can enjoy now and in the future.
During your visit you will run into all sorts of farm animals that you are unlikely to see anywhere else, including a wide variety of rare breed poultry. A full list of our rare breeds is available in our Rare Breeds at Home Farm.
**Pre-booking is strongly advised to avoid disappointment. A small number of tickets may be available from the Stable Courtyard Gift Shop on the day.**
**You are required to wear a face covering when visiting Temple Newsam House, gift shop, and when using the café and take away service, unless you are exempt from doing so.**
Please note that some areas of Home Farm remain closed. We are working on how to open all areas safely, please keep checking back for updates.
Currently open:
- Access to farm following a one way route.
- Opportunities to see rare breed farmyard animals
- Visitor route takes in most areas of the historic farm and animal enclosures
- Courtyard toilets, café, take away and gift shop
Currently Closed:
- Farm playground
- Sit on tractor
- Play tractors
To make your visit safe we have the following measures in place:
- We ask that if any visitors are suffering from Covid 19 or are showing Covid 19 symptoms they stay at home.
- We request that you wear a face covering in our indoor places and you must wear a face covering when using our shops and café and takeaway
- During your visit you will be asked to adhere to safe social distancing and hand sanitising guidance.
- You must not consume food or drink whilst visiting the farm due to prevent the spread of disease
- We have reduced the maximum number of visitors allowed in the farm at any one time to ensure that social distancing can be maintained.
- The toilets, café and gift shop are open for your convenience.
