Hobbledown Adventure Farm Surrey – Epsom Family Day Out

Hobbledown Adventure Farm Park and Zoo in Epsom, Surrey, features an award-winning adventure playground, farm and zoo. One of the best children’s farms near London, Hobbledown offers a wide range of activities and experiences for toddlers to early teens. In this post, I’ll share more from our experiences and what to expect when visiting Hobbledown Adventure Farm Surrey.

Hobbledown Farm is one of our favourite Surrey farm parks and we visit regularly. New additions to Hobbledown Epsom in recent years include a fantastic outdoor water play and an indoor Imaginarium play area.

Hobbledown Adventure Farm Surrey

There is so much to do on a day out at Hobbledown Adventure Farm Surrey, from exploring the elaborate play castles to meeting the animals to taking on a daring High Ropes course.

Young children will enjoy the role play experiences at the Hobbledown Mining Village, while older kids will have a blast exploring Fern’s Castle and the Hobbledown Village.

Hobbledown Mining Village

This imaginative role playing area is perfect for toddlers and pre-schoolers, with so much to enjoy and explore. There’s a kitchen, a tool shed, a little shop, pulleys to transport sand and a climbing tower.

Keep an eye out for pieces of crystallite – kids will enjoy looking out for these little green stones in the sand. Collect some to bring back to the shop to exchange for a lollipop.

It’s a fun idea and nearly 1.5 million pieces of Crystallite have been found by Hobbledown guests since they opened in 2012.

The Hobbledown Mining Village is such a fun area for young children. You’ll also find a slide and a small tunnel area, plus there’s water play here too during the summer months.

This spot with the small huts is another great area for toddlers and pre-schoolers to play.

Jumping Pillows

There are three jumping pillows around the playground area, which are suitable for all ages and so much fun for the kids!

Miss A had a blast running around the Hobbledown water pillow that wobbles as you move around it.

At the other side of Fern’s Castle is another large purple jumping pillow.

Fern’s Play Castle

The play castles at Hobbledown Adventure Farm are outstanding with loads to explore. They are definitely a highlight for a day out at Hobbledown. Fern’s Castle opened in 2020 and is the newest addition to the adventure playground, featuring tunnels, towers and slides.

Hobbledown Village

At the Hobbledown Village, children can scale the wooden towers and explore a labyrinth of underground tunnels that has seven entrances and exits.

The tunnels at Hobbledown Village are only open on weekends and school holidays. They are also dark inside and not recommended for under 5’s unless accompanied by an adult.

High Ropes Course

Other activities in the Hobbledown Adventure Farm playground to look out for are the High Ropes Course and Zorbing. The High Ropes Course is a 70-metre-long sky trail that is open during the summer season. It costs £8 per session and must be pre-booked.

The High Ropes Course was one of the highlights for Little T on our most recent day out at Hobbledown! The part at the end looks fun too taking the zipline back down.

Zorbing

The kids also had a great time Zorbing! The Zorbing activity is in the open field across from the Birds of Prey centre.

Hobbledown Farm and Zoo

There are over 200 animals to see at the Hobbledown farm and zoo. There are several walk through enclosures where you can see up close some animals such as lemurs, rabbits, goats and wallabies.

The adorable otters were relaxing in the sun when we passed by.

And the meerkats are always a pleasure to see!

There are more animal experiences and shows coming up later in spring and summer, including opportunities to meet the ponies.

The Courtyard

Located near the entrance, the Courtyard is an area in front of the Hobnosh restaurant and the indoor play barn. You’ll find plenty of picnic seating, including a covered area, and a multi-level play village that is great fun for young children.

Outdoor Water Play

Over the summer Hobbledown installed this brilliant water play area in the Courtyard. The kids loved working with other children to get the water features to work, using a lever to fill up a bucket and holding ropes to keep the pipes connected.

The Imaginarium

Just behind the outdoor water play in Hobbledown’s Courtyard area is the new Imaginarium indoor play space for young children. The Imaginarium features a long water table, interactive sandboxes and a network of tunnels and caves to explore.

My kids loved making their way through the tunnels and net areas at Imaginarium! There are small enclosures built into the cave walls throughout for children to have an up close look an array of reptiles, insects and frogs.

Some of the creepy-crawlies housed within the Imaginarium include Madagascar hissing cockroaches, the iridescent rainbow stag beetle and the green basilisk.

Another fun space that toddlers will enjoy at the Imaginarium is the virtual savannah which uses built-in sensors and touch screens for an interactive experience. Scan in images of animals and watch them appear and move around on the interactive floors.

Indoor Playbarn

Hobbledown Adventure Farm also have a 14,000 sq ft indoor playbarn. Time slot tickets include a 45 minute session in the indoor play barn, while anytime tickets include a one hour session at any time during the day.

The Hobbledown Epsom indoor playbarn is suitable for all ages and features a multi-story themed play castle, a soft play climbing frames with slides, and vertical trampolines.

The indoor playbarn has a gated toddler area for under 3’s with rockers, sensory play area with lights and mirrors and a dedicated mini play-frame.

Each session at the Hobbledown Indoor Playbarn will last 45 minutes during the weekends and school holidays and 1 hour at other times.

Food and Drink

There are plenty of picnic tables all around Hobbledown Adventure Farm. I usually aim to bring our own picnic lunches, but it always a welcome plus when there are plenty of options for food and drink at the place we’re visiting.

There is a small café, right before you head into the Courtyard and restaurant area, for hot and cold beverages and lunch box items.

The lunch box options for kids include a juice, sandwich (ham or cheese), a piece of fruit and a snack (raisins or Babybel). You can also just buy individual items.

Hobnosh Restaurant

The Hobnosh restaurant serves hot and cold food. You can order your food and drinks online through the Hobbledown app and request to have your order delivered to your table or be notified when it’s ready for collection.

View the Hobbledown food and drink menus

Breakfast menu items at Hobnosh, served until 11am, include bacon or sausage baps and avocado on toast. Lunch items include chicken katsu curry or teriyaki chicken hot boxes, jacket potatoes, hot wraps and salad.

In addition to the lunch box options, kids can choose from chicken nuggets, fish goujons, traditional tomato pasta or mac n’ cheese from the kids’ menu.

Address: Hobbledown Children’s Farm, Horton Lane, Epsom, Surrey KT19 8PT

Tickets: Book your tickets and choose a timeslot in advance through the Hobbledown website. Ticket prices start from £16.50 per person.

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