Bath City Farm

Bath City Farm, Kelston View, Whiteway, Bath, Avon BA2 1NW

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Opening Times

Daily throughout the year 9am-5pm. (Until 3:30pm Saturdays Nov-Feb)

Admission Prices

Free entry to all

Description

Bath City Farm is set on the hillside between Whiteway and Twerton among 37 acres of land with panoramic views of the City. It is the largest city farm in the South-West, and is a registered charity relying solely on donations to keep it going. Regular volunteer days are run, along with school visits, education courses, after school and holiday activities for young people and families as well as events and celebrations for the whole community. Visitors are welcome to visit the animals and wander the fields at any time, without prior permission and at no charge.

Official Website

www.bathcityfarm.org.uk

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Facilities

Car Park

The car park is only open when staff are present.

Eating

Picnic area enjoying spectacular views of the City.

Special Needs

There is disabled access at the main entrance but the walk around the farm takes approximately 1.5 hours and much of the ground is uneven and unsuitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs.

Restrictions

Please take all litter with you and clean up after your dog.

Dogs must be kept on a lead.

Attractions

Animal Collections

Mammals, Birds

Note: The animal pictures on this page are merely representative of this type of attraction; they do not mean that the animals can be found at this specific attraction.

Star Animals

Aberdeen Angus Cattle, Soay Sheep, Tamworth Pigs

The cattle (owned by a local farmer) are only on site between April and September.

Special Attractions

Visitors can feed the goats, chickens and ducks with fruit and vegetable peelings, but not bread. Please do not feed the pigs. Sheep nuts are available for a small fee when staff are present.

How To Get There:

By Car

From Bath City Centre:

Follow the A36 Lower Bristol Road west for about 1 mile, then turn left under the railway bridge (opposite McDonalds) into Twerton High Street. Take the next left into Shophouse Road and continue up the hill, onto The Hollow and through the traffic calming scheme. Then take the next right into Kelston View, and the main Farm entrance will be on your right. The gates are only open while staff are on site (see above or Farm's website for times).

From Bristol:

Follow the A4 towards Bath. Just short of Bath, at the end of a short stretch of dual carriageway, continue (fork right) onto the A36 towards Bath City Centre. After about a further 1 mile, turn right (opposite McDonalds) under the railway into Twerton High Street, then continue to the Farm as described above (from Bath City Centre).

From north of Bath:

Follow the A46 south into Bath, then follow the A36 through the City Centre and west towards Bristol. Continue to the Farm as described above (Bath City Centre).

From east of Bath:

Follow the A4 west into Bath, then follow the A36 through the City Centre and west towards Bristol. Continue to the Farm as described above (Bath City Centre).

From south-east of Bath:

Follow the A36 into and through Bath City Centre, then west towards Bristol. Continue to the Farm as described above (Bath City Centre).

From south of Bath:

Follow the A367 north to the outskirts of Bath. Shortly after the Park and Ride roundabout, turn left into Old Fosse Road and follow it to its end at a T-junction with Rush Hill. Turn left, and continue to and across cross-roads with Padleigh Hill, and onto Whiteway Road. Turn next right (after about 0.5 mile) into The Hollow. Then take the 4th turning left (after about 0.5 mile) into Kelston View. The main Farm entrance will then be on your right. The gates are only open while staff are on site (see above or Farm's website for times).

By Public Transport

Take the number 4 bus from Bath Bus Station to the Beehive Surgery stop on The Hollow. The Farm is then a short walk back down the hill: turn left into Kelston View and the main entrance will be on your right, through a disabled-friendly kissing-gate. The return bus stop is back down The Hollow, on the left.

There are numerous other kissing-gate and stile access points around the Farm.

Data on this page last updated: Apr 13 2014

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