Pumpkin picking Liverpool: Seven fun pumpkin patches in Merseyside to visit for Halloween 2023
Emma Dukes
·2-min read
Birchalls Pumpkin Patch will be open from October 1 until October 31. There is no entry fee, simply pay for what you pick. Dogs are allowed but must be on a lead! (Photo: Birchalls Pumpkin Patch)
Spooky season is here and farms around Merseyside have been gearing up for one of their busiest times of the year.
Perfecting their orange crop throughout the summer, thousands of families will visit their pumpkin patches, determined to find the biggest and best pumpkins to decorate.
But, where is the best place to go in Liverpool?
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Whether you’re just going for the cute family photo, you’re having a pumpkin carving contest or you need ingredients for an autumnal pumpkin pie, these are seven of the best pumpkin patches in around Merseyside.
Get ready to wrap up warm, put on your wellies and get picking!
Claremont Farm’s ‘pick your own pumpkins’ event opens on October 7 and will run until the pumpkins are all gone! Entry is free, you just pay for what you pick. (Photo: Claremont Farm)
Church Farm’s Family Fright Festival in Thurstaston, Wirral, involves pumpkin picking, fair rides, feeding animals and much more. The event begins on September 30 and ends on October 29. Only Fright Festival ticket holders can access the pumpkin patch, but are pumpkins are priced individually. (Photo: Church Farm)
Open for the whole of October, The Pumpkin Patch is a family run business, located on a family farm. Dogs are welcome and there’s a free maize maze for the whole family to enjoy. Throughout October, The Pumpkin Patch is open from 9-6. (Photo: The Pumpkin Patch)
Church View Farm’s pumpkin picking event has no entry fees, simply pay for your pumpkin at the end. They are open 9-5 from Monday-Saturday and 10-5 on Sundays. The official opening date for their 2023 pumpkin picking has not been yet been announced. (Photo: Church View Farm)
Kenyon Hall Farm grow over 15,000 pumpkins in different patches across the farm and open from September 23 for pumpkin picking. Entry tickets are £2.96 and any pumpkins you pick are priced according to size and range. The event will end on October 31. (Photo: Kenyon Hall Farm)
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