Over Farm has been taking passengers around
the farm since 2003 and now has two comfortable, covered trailers
(although we regret we have no tea making or toilet facilities onboard!)
There are various trailer rides held throughout the year,
and depending upon your chosen event are designed to be fun, entertaining,
educational or scary!!!
The trailers hold 28 adults comfortably or 42 children. Each has
wide steps to access the seats and has a wheel chair ramp to allow
two wheel chairs on each trailer. The side fences prevent children
from falling out (and the animals from getting in!) but still give
a good view of the farm and it’s surroundings. We do our best
to keep the side covers rolled up, but they can be dropped to keep
passengers dry in very bad weather.
We welcome any new ideas and are always happy to offer the trailers
for private hire.
Click the links for direct access:
• Birthday Parties
• The Severn Bore
• Easter
• Halloween
• Christmas
• Education and School Visits
Bring your party to Over Farm for a birthday with a difference!
Standard Party
A trailer ride to the secret wood for a treasure hunt, then on to
see the farm animals. Followed by party at the farm
Time: 2 hours
Cost: £110
If you wish you can also customize your party with additional options.
Each adding 1⁄2 hour to the party time:
Option A – the Quad Train
Our ever popular rides in a little train pulled by a quad bike.
Operates: year round
To add this option will cost £20
Option B – PYO Strawberries
Trailer ride to pick your own strawberries.
Operates: seasonal
1 x 250g punnet of strawberries per party child, additional strawberries
extra.
To add this option will cost £30.00
Option C – PYO Pumpkins
Trailer ride to choose a pumpkin.
Operates: seasonal
1 Pumpkin per party child, additional pumpkins extra.
To add this option will cost £30
We are open to other suggestions and ideas for you parties.
Please email us with
your requests and we will do our best to tailor a party to your
requirements.
Don’t want to have the hassle of preparing for the party,
we can do it for you:
Food sacks £3.00 per child
Party bags £2.00 per child.
Food is served in the barn where there is a covered area with benches
and tables as well as toilet facilities. There is also a large trampoline
and an enclosure with petting animals.
The Maximum number of children for a party is 25, and we can fit
a total of 40 people (including adults) on the trailer.
All invitations included in the price.
Enquiries:
Sally Timpson
07764 230554
sallytimpson@macace.net
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The Severn Bore is one of the UK’s few spectacular natural
phenomena. It is a large surge wave that can be seen in the estuary
of the River Severn, where the tidal range is the second highest
in the world.
This can be witnessed aboard one of our trailers and it really is
a sight that won’t be forgotten in a long time.
Trailers depart from Over Farm Market about an hour before the tidal
bore is expected. The ride to the river takes about 20 minutes and
passengers are then free to walk along the river bank if they wish.
As the bore approaches, those wishing to join the chase must climb
aboard the trailer, ready to chase the tide as it rushes past. Anyone
choosing to watch from the river bank will be collected on the return
journey.
The chase will continue for about half a mile giving plenty of opportunity
for everyone to see it as it races up the river.
2010 promises to see some really good sized bores.
Next Bore: March 31st 2010
We will be doing a Bore Chase leaving the shop at 9.15 am. Cost
is £5 per person and will take about an hour. Please call
shop or email to reserve
a place.
Dates:
The dates for 2010 can be found by clicking
here.
Costs:
The bore rides for must be booked in groups of 10 of more for £5
per person. To book a trailer for a group (maximum 28 people per
trailer) only £100.
Duration:
Rides last approx two hours.
We can also arrange night-time BBQ's for the August and September
bores. Leave times will be approximately two hours before day time
schedules to allow time to enjoy the BBQ by the river before the
bore arrives.
Approximate costs would be £15 per person. A minimum number
of 20 people are required for this ride. Please express your interest
in one of the dates by emailing us your details.
It must be remembered that this is a natural event and can vary
in its size depending on weather conditions. Please wear walking
shoes or boots as you will be walking and standing in grass that
cattle have been grazing, and therefore cowpats are plentiful, and
whilst we don’t mind dirty trailers… we don’t
want them too smelly!
Enquiries:
Rob Keene
07831 237353
rob.keene@btinternet.com
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During the Easter Holidays, our trailers take passengers
to look for wooden eggs in the Secret Wood.
As well as the trailer ride there are also Quad train rides as well
as a children's fun fair with slides, bouncy castles and more (from
2nd - 18th). Tea, coffee and snacks are also on sale at the event
field and from 12th from within the farm shop.
Dates:
Friday 2nd April - Monday 5th: Easter Egg Trailer Hunt
Tuesday 6th April - Sunday 11th: Trailer Ride Treasure Hunt
Duration:
This ride hunt will take about 45 minutes and costs £3.50
each. It is enjoyable for all ages and everyone gets an egg! The
first trailer leaves at 10 am and the last one at 4pm.
There is no need to book, just turn up on the day to ride!
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Our most popular rides are undoubtedly during the autumn half term
and Halloween when we host our annual Frightmare event. Please visit
our dedicated
Frightmare site for the latest information! Online ticketing
for the event will open closer to the time.
 "Frightfully
Funny" day time activities
During the day all our attractions are "family friendly"
and include:
• Trailer rides to the pumpkin patch where visitors can walk
amongst the pumpkins and choose their pumpkin. Children can usually
partake in a treasure hunt whilst they are looking
• Spooky's Ghost Hunt - an indoor treasure hunt for children
• Children's amusement rides
• Quad train rides
“Frightfully Scary" night
time activities
As darkness falls our attractions become "Live" and ghosts
and ghouls come out to play!
All the day time attractions will be available, along with:
• The infamous Haunted Hayride
• A brand new Haunted House
Dates:
Saturday 23rd - Sunday 31st October
Times:
Open from 10.00 a.m. everyday with the LIVE attractions starting
at 6.30 p.m.
Visit our dedicated Frightmare
website for more information or keep up-to-date by joining our Facebook
fan pages!
Tickets:
Tickets are bookable in advance and will go on sale from August.
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During 2004 we created a classroom out of
an old cow byre. This has proved very popular with schools around
the area that have arranged school trips to Over Farm.
Due to the diversity of the farm it is almost always possible to
tailor a visit to suit the current curriculum.
At the farm are very fortunate to have an enthusiastic teacher who
works with the children and helps them understand the ways that
food is produced. We try to demonstrate how the farm not only produces
food efficiently, but also does so in a way that benefits the environment.
Visits usually commence with a classroom session, followed by a
learning walk around the vegetable fields, chickens and ostriches.
Lunch is followed by a meeting with the farmer and an "Ask
the farmer" question and answer session.
Following this the students board the secure farm trailer and are
taken around the farm before being dropped off by the Farm Market
to see where the produce is taken to be sold.
The “living pizza” helps children to quickly see many
different crops in an interesting way. It is designed to enable
children to walk around and enables them to pick, feel and smell
some of the crops that go into a food they are very familiar with...
a Pizza.
We also offer groups or schools the opportunity to then make a pizza
themselves, in our specially created pizza kitchen. The pizzas are
cooked in a traditional wood fired oven.
There is also then an opportunity to see and pet the animals near
the market, before loading on the bus to go home.
Enquiries:
Call our teacher Mo Braham
01531 820808
davidandmo.topp@ukgateway.net
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Ride in Farmer Christmas’s tractor sleigh to see his
animals at the farm. Enter his grotto and children can talk to Farmer
Christmas and receive a present from him.
Dates:
12th & 13th and 19th - 24th December
For special parties or groups, trips can be organised for the week
14th - 18th December by prior arrangement only.
Times:
Rides take place between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m.
Trip lasts about 30 minutes.
Costs:
£7.50 per child (includes a present)
£3.50 per adult (includes hot drink and mince pie)
or £20 per family of 4 (ie 2 adults and 2 children)
Bookings:
There is no need to book, just turn up on the day and wait to go,
ho, ho!
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