Temple Newsam - Home Farm
**Pre-booking is strongly advised to avoid disappointment.**
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.
Please note that some areas of Home Farm remain closed. We are working on opening all areas safely, please keep checking back for updates or on our social media.
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
- Home Farm Playground
- Courtyard toilets, café, take away and gift shop
Currently Closed:
- Indoor Farm buildings
- 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.
- You are required wear a face covering when visiting Temple Newsam Gift Shop and when visiting our Cafés takeaway service, unless you are exempt from doing so. In line with Government Guidance we recommend that you wear a face mask in any enclosed area where social distancing is difficult, including the public toilets.
- 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. Please remember the “rule of 6” and only visit with members from your own household or support bubble to a maximum of 6 people.
