Families looking for pumpkin picking near Kendal this autumn will be able to visit Lakeland Maze Pumpkin Patch throughout October. The patch will open every weekend during the month, followed by daily opening from October 24 to October 31 for the half-term period.
Thousands of pumpkins in different varieties and sizes are grown on site. Visitors will have access to the pumpkin patch as well as photo opportunities and the wider farm, which includes activities and a café.
What visitors can do at Lakeland Maze
The Kendal attraction offers more than pumpkin picking. Activities listed for visitors include soft play, a cresta run, tractor rides and air bouncers.
Pumpkins are individually priced, with the cost based on their weight and size. The source information does not give a separate admission price or specify whether visitors need to book in advance.
The patch is among several seasonal attractions being prepared across Cumbria as Halloween approaches. Farms use pumpkin events as a way of diversifying their businesses, helping to support their day-to-day farming operations.
Other pumpkin patches across Cumbria
Stephney Farm Pumpkin Patch in Seascale is returning for its fourth year. Alongside picking, the family-run working livestock farm plans food stalls, autumn drinks, cakes, snacks, face painting, bouncy castles, barrel train rides, pocket-money toys, local crafts and produce stalls, and themed photo opportunities.
Children’s entertainment at Stephney Farm is due to include Stu-Di-Doo magic and entertainment, Halloween colouring stations, a toddler play area with kitchen space for parents, and the chance to visit and pet farm animals. Time-slot tickets must be booked online through the farm’s Facebook page. Listed dates are October 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26 and 27. Visitors are asked not to bring dogs because livestock are present. Pumpkins are individually priced, but buying one is optional.
Walby Farm Park, just outside Carlisle, has a four-acre patch with thousands of pumpkins in 12 varieties grown on site. It also offers photo opportunities, outdoor games, seasonal activities, autumn treats, café food, pumpkin carving, fire pits for s’mores, a pumpkin cannon and a slingshot.
Walby’s patch is listed as open every day from Saturday October 3 to Saturday October 31, including the half-term period. Twilight picking for families is planned for Tuesday October 27 and Wednesday October 28, with opening extended to 7pm. Adults-only after-dark sessions are listed for October 17, 18, 24 and 25, from 6.30pm to 10pm, with live music, a bar, food and picking under fairy lights. Advance tickets are required for those events.
More autumn options
Red’s Pumpkin Patch in Langwathby, owned by farmer Hannah Jackson, known as the Red Shepherdess, is returning for its fifth year. It is listed as open from 10am to 3pm on weekends from Saturday October 3 to October 25, with half-term dates dependent on pumpkin availability.
Entry and parking at Red’s are free and no booking is required, but the patch is cash-only because of poor signal. Hot drinks, sweets, food vendors, photography and a maize maze are planned. Maze entry costs £4 for people buying a pumpkin and £6 for those visiting only the maze. Children under two enter free, while a family ticket for two adults and two children costs £15. Dogs are welcome if kept on leads. Money raised will go towards the Great North Air Ambulance, while the maize will later be used to feed cattle.
The Milk Hut at Ulverston is due to open on weekends from 10am to 4pm, from Saturday October 10 to Saturday October 31. It will sell milk, milkshakes, hot drinks, cakes and pumpkins grown on site. There is no ticket or parking charge, and pumpkins will be individually priced.
Polly’s Pumpkin Patch at Ullathorns Farm in Middleton is also listed for weekends from October 10 to October 31, with free entry. Visitors can combine pumpkin picking with a farm trail, refreshments, animal visits and children’s crafts.