Fun Day Out at Mudchute Farm

Mudchute is a hidden gem in the middle of London, located in the Isle of Dogs and easily accessible from Crossharbour and Mudchute station. The farm is run by a community charity, with stables, a children’s nursery and a wide range of education activities. It provides a wonderful day out for the family, with friends or on a date. I love animals and so me and my partner decided to go visit a farm, Mudchute being the closest to us.

Having been to many farms and animal sanctuaries, I can say that the animals are well looked after and have enough space to frolic in, which is surprising to find in the centre of London. There is a great collection of animals with the usual farm animals plus llamas, alpacas and small animals too. There is also a farm shop which sells fresh garden vegetables and seafood at the weekend. 

 

You can feed certain animals special nibbles that you can purchase from the shop and all the proceeds go towards the maintenance of the farm. When I was feeding the animals  pellets from my hand, the intial worry of being bitten immediately goes when they hoover up the food. As soon the animals see you with the bag of pellets they come running over to get food, which can sometimes mean the little ones are left out but luckily with some distraction techniques you can soon feed them (like Linden in the above pic :))

 

    

We also went for a stroll through the park and there were various routes to choose from. In the summer the park is a great place to sit down with some friends and family for a picnic or just to sit and admire the view.

 

When you are all walked out you can grab some food at the lovely little cafe which serves breakfast, sandwiches, paninis and much much more. The staff were pleasant and the food was very reasonably priced too. I went for the vegetarian breakfast whilst my other half went for the farmers breakfast, thumbs up from both of us and the portions weren't skimpy either. 

I had such a lovely day out with my fiancé and we really enjoyed walking around, feeding and petting the animals. I loved the little walks that they had all over the park which is a nice addition. I highly recommend visiting Mudchute farm, it is an excellent day out for a couple like us and a nice way to escape from city life for a few hours. To top it all off, it's free entry!

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