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Foxdown Childrens Farm

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

50.79450, -2.87032

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
  • 🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Farm visit

Best for

9 activities

Farm visits

Zoo or animal collection

Varies

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, Redstart +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Spotted Flycatcher, Robin, Redstart +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Sorrel, Creeping Buttercup, Common Nettle +32 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Sorrel, Creeping Buttercup, Common Nettle +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Wessex RidgewayWalking route
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Liberty TrailWalking route
Named routeRef LIBRegional walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km
Named routeRef 2Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route442 m
Named routeRef 2Length 442 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route546 m
Named routeRef 2Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 2Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route525 m
Named routeRef 2Length 525 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route
Named routeListed length 207km

Wildlife to spot

Photos

B3165 towards Crewkerne

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

B3165 towards Crewkerne

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Pilsdon Pen hillfort and associated remainsHistoric site2.9 km→✦Lambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph stationHistoric site1.7 km→🌱Girt FieldUrban park2 km→🌱BurgeUrban park2.1 km→🌱Pilsdon PlotUrban park2.2 km→🌱Little MeadUrban park2.2 km→

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