Longdown Activity Farm - Southampton

Sean Burgess

Nice walk to Longdown, and really friendly lady at the desk who sold it to us.
All the staff were super nice and friendly.
The activities were so much fun too, for all ages.
Facilities were good quality too.
Feeding the baby animals was adorable.

Jessica Tozer

Absolutely love this place!
Have gone twice now as just two or three adults with no children and had a fantastic time.
Once you've paid entry you don't have to pay extra for any of the animal feeding or experience.
Really well priced for a whole day of fun. Great layout and everything is easy to walk and get to.
Lots of animal friends to make, we had fun fussing the goats, pigs and cows.
Really great day out for everyone!

Sam Wooller

Excellent fun for young children - the farm is well run, brilliantly laid out, super friendly and so well set up for young explorers. Our little one loved being able to get hands on and up close with the animals, stroking cows, chicks, rabbits, and feeding goats throughout the day, all included in the entry price and well organised, safe and fun. There are also activities like ride-on tractors and a brilliant play park, including trampolines, and a tractor ride, again all included in the entry price. The cafe, shop and attached farm shop are also all excellent, would recommend very highly for a fantastic family day out!

Lisa G

Took our 4 year old niece. Plenty of parking.

Friendly welcome

Niece fed goats and calves. Held baby chicks and gerbils.

We saw baby piglets which were so cute.

There was mini golf,play area with trampolines and mini diggers.

She had a great time.

On site food plentiful

My only complaint is the run down and dirty look of some of areas animals are kept.

Didn't like the goats on show that was due to give birth. Saw her release the afterbirth. Just felt it was very intrusive and surely these animals deserve to give birth in peace without hoarded of people staring at them and kids screaming. I had to walk away from it all.

The ducks water was filthy. One rabbit didn't have any water.

Distinctive lack of staff to ensure the safety of the animals who you could get up close and personal too. I really feel it is inappropriate to leave these animals to the mercy of the visitors.

Lots of hand washing stations and sanitizer.

Overall niece loved it especially feeding the goats but needs more safety precautions out in place to look after animals. A clean up and staff checking on animals more.

Wouldn't return

Paul Kader

A really nice experience.
My only disappointment was the digger experience. It’s one of the experiences that you have to pay extra for. But it involves some kind of electronic payment method, which I can’t do, so my poor grandson had to miss out.

Phoebe Damaris

Lovely and local farm with hands on and up close experiences. A great animal daily schedule, and all-inclusive play area, even with trampolines. It was a perfect midweek trip for us new parents and for toddlers too, but likely you would spend even more time there with older kids!
Parents will enjoy the good parking, bottle feeding fun and the local produce farm shop.

It has a very buggy, pram, stroller friendly pathways and routes! And lots of benches and seating areas .. and wet weather covering! And ride on toys here and there for children.

It was quite pricey (but good rates competitive to other farms) for just the 3 hours we spent there as a family, the toilets were OK, and this time no eggs to collect and too wet for a tractor ride.

Heather gave us the most warm and friendly welcome which just set us up for a good visit.
We would recommend. Children love animals.

Katie Wearn

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It was such a lovely day and so nostalgic for me, i hadn't been here for 25yrs, since I was a child and it was so nice to be able to relax, spending time with animals, taking part in bottle feeding, handling animals, and learning new things. The calfs were particularly funny as they were rather greedy slurping on their bottles.
We took our own drinks, but called in to the tea room for a snack, I had a sausage roll, my partner had a cheese & pickle roll, both of which were tasty, well made, and to be honest, of good quality too. The total we spent on food was £7.50 as we added pringles as well. Please see photos for food and cute animals.
We visited Monday, 24th June 2024, arrived at 10.30am, we booked online before hand (but we didnt really need to as there was no queue, but i would advise it in the holidays) we had no wait to get in, and it wasn't particularly busy, a couple of small school groups. Plenty of handwashing stations, animals looked clean and happy. After all, it's a farm, not a 5-star hotel, so you expect a bit of a mess, ie poop etc. All animals looked clean and well fed, I don't understand a lot of negative comments about this place. Would recommend to friends with young children. Staff kind, polite, and chatty.

Eugenio Salvo

Decent day outdoor at this nice family-run farm. The place is not huge which is why I will not give it five stars. However, staff are friendly and the atmosphere is really nice. For a family with animal loving children, it is an ideal place as they will be able to interact with all farm animals.