Over Farm has been taking passengers around
the farm since 2003 and now has two comfortable, covered trailers (although
we regret we have no tea making or toilet facilities onboard!)
There are various trailer rides held throughout
the year, and depending upon your chosen event are designed to be fun,
entertaining, educational or scary!!!
The trailers hold 28 adults comfortably or 42 children. Each has wide
steps to access the seats and has a wheel chair ramp to allow two wheel
chairs on each trailer. The side fences prevent children from falling
out (and the animals from getting in!) but still give a good view of the
farm and it’s surroundings. We do our best to keep the side covers
rolled up, but they can be dropped to keep passengers dry in very bad
weather.
We welcome any new ideas and are always happy to offer the trailers for
private hire.
Click the links for direct access:
• Valentine's Fun on the Farm
• Halloween
• Birthday Parties
• The Severn Bore
• Christmas
• Easter
• Party Barn
• Education and School Visits
• Barn on the Farm Festival
Bring your party to Over Farm for a birthday
with a difference!
Standard Party
A trailer ride to the secret wood for a
treasure hunt, then on to see the farm animals. Followed by party at the
farm
Time: 2 hours
Cost: £110
If you wish you can also customize your party with additional options.
Each adding 1⁄2 hour to the party time:
Option A – the Quad Train
Our ever popular rides in a little train
pulled by a quad bike.
Operates: year round
To add this option will cost £20
Option B – PYO Strawberries
Trailer ride to pick your own strawberries.
Operates: seasonal
1 x 250g punnet of strawberries per party child, additional strawberries
extra.
To add this option will cost £30.00
Option C – PYO Pumpkins
Trailer ride to choose a pumpkin.
Operates: seasonal
1 Pumpkin per party child, additional pumpkins extra.
To add this option will cost £30
We are open to other suggestions and ideas for you parties. Please
email us with your requests and we will do our best to tailor a party
to your requirements.
Don’t want to have the hassle of preparing for the party, we can
do it for you:
Food sacks £3.00 per child
Food is served in the barn where there is a covered area with benches
and tables as well as toilet facilities. We also have chickens, ostrich,
pigs and more animals nearby.
The Maximum number of children for a party is 25, and we can fit a total
of 40 people (including adults) on the trailer.
All invitations included in the price.
Enquiries:
Sally Timpson
07764 230554
sallytimpson@macace.net
For the first time, the fun fair will be on the farm for February half term (try saying that after a couple of Sherry’s!). Why not buy a wristband* for just £5.00 and stay on the rides all day!
Whilst on the farm, why not join the search for the broken heart. Collect a quiz sheet from the farm shop and follow the instructions to find missing heart pieces. Anyone finding all the missing pieces will receive a prize. Just £2.00 per quiz.
A range of hot pasties and drinks will be available from the farm shop to warm anyone not wishing to play on the inflatables!
* Wristbands offer excludes Bungee Trampolines & games.
Dates: 11th - 19th February
Wendy Wonka and her chocolate factory are set to return with some new inventions! Search the farm for the missing eggs and meet some interesting characters along the way!
Dates:
31st March - 15th April
Times:
TBC
Tickets:
There is no need to book, just turn up on the day to enjoy the
fun!
Our Barn on the Farm festival will be back
in 2012 with another 3 days of music, beer wine, strawberries and the
best of everything local and, if you want to, 3 nights of camping too!
Do you like live music, camping, foot stamps, hand claps, BBQs,
local alcohol, and saving money? Well, you may be in for a bit of a treat...
The festival focuses on the best of everything local.
Our
Beer & Cider festival will give you all the choice you would ever
want to select that perfect brew!
Strawberry picking may be something that gets your taste buds going.
Camping in a lovely open farm where you can watch planes land on the runway
close by and enjoy a stroll past all the animals.
Our food stalls, BBQ's and Pizza stand should whet your appetite all day
and night with some of the tastiest local sausages around on the BBQ!
If you fancy an incredibly cheap weekend with plenty of entertainment
for under £50 this is the one for you!
For more information please
click here to visit our dedicated Barn on the Farm site.
The Severn Bore is one of the UK’s few
spectacular natural phenomena. It is a large surge wave that can be seen
in the estuary of the River Severn, where the tidal range is the second
highest in the world.
This can be witnessed aboard one of our trailers and it really is a sight
that won’t be forgotten in a long time.
Trailers depart from Over Farm Market about an hour before the tidal bore
is expected. The ride to the river takes about 20 minutes and passengers
are then free to walk along the river bank if they wish.
As the bore approaches, those wishing to join the chase must climb aboard
the trailer, ready to chase the tide as it rushes past. Anyone choosing
to watch from the river bank will be collected on the return journey.
The chase will continue for about half a mile giving plenty of opportunity
for everyone to see it as it races up the river.
2012 promises to see some really good sized bores.
The dates for 2012 can be found by clicking
here.
Costs:
The bore rides for must be booked in groups of 10 of more for £5
per person. To book a trailer for a group (maximum 28 people per trailer)
only £100.
Duration:
Rides last approx two hours.
We can also arrange night-time BBQ's for the August and September bores.
Leave times will be approximately two hours before day time schedules
to allow time to enjoy the BBQ by the river before the bore arrives.
Approximate costs would be £15 per person. A minimum number of 20
people are required for this ride. Please express your interest in one
of the dates by emailing us your details.
It must be remembered that this is a natural event and can vary in its
size depending on weather conditions. Please wear walking shoes or boots
as you will be walking and standing in grass that cattle have been grazing,
and therefore cowpats are plentiful, and whilst we don’t mind dirty
trailers… we don’t want them too smelly!
Enquiries:
Rob Keene
07831 237353
rob.keene@btinternet.com
Our
most popular rides are undoubtedly during the autumn half term and Halloween
when we host our annual Frightmare event. Please visit our dedicated Frightmare
site for the latest information! Online ticketing for the event will open
closer to the time.
"Frightfully Funny" day time activities
During the day all our attractions are "family friendly" and
include:
• Trailer rides to the pumpkin patch where visitors can walk amongst
the pumpkins and choose their pumpkin. Children can usually partake in
a treasure hunt whilst they are looking
• Spooky's Ghost Hunt - an indoor treasure hunt for children
• Children's amusement rides
• Quad train rides
• Fairground rides
• Shows and entertainment
“Frightfully Scary" night time activities
As darkness falls our attractions become "Live" and ghosts and
ghouls come out to play!
All the day time attractions will be available, along with:
• The infamous Haunted Hayride
• The Haunted House
• And a new, truly terrifying scare maze for 2012!
Dates:
TBC
Times:
Open from 10.00 a.m. everyday with the LIVE attractions starting
at 6.30 p.m.
Visit our dedicated Frightmare
website for more information or keep up-to-date by joining our Facebook
fan pages!
Tickets:
Tickets are bookable in advance and on
sale from late Summer 2012.
During spring 2010 we cleaned an old wooden
barn out and in May we hosted our first wedding in this lovely old building.
It is a great venue for themed parties such as medieval banquets, weddings,
pig roasts and BBQ's.
The venue is available to hire and has it's own website. You can visit
it by clicking here.
During 2004 we created a classroom out of
an old cow byre. This has proved very popular with schools around the
area that have arranged school trips to Over Farm.
For more information on school visits please click
here to visit our dedicated education page.
This Christmas on the farm, we’ve made
a few changes to our winter activities. Farmer Christmas has setup camp
in the field along with some of his helpful Elves.
Children and adults alike can come and visit Farmer Christmas in his wintery
hideout… if you can find him! Will he be hidden in his bedroom?
Or maybe in the toy factory? Either way, he has a stocking of goodies
for anyone that manages to find him.
Whilst at the farm, why not take a trailer (sleigh) ride in search of
lost Elf hats. Children will be given a quiz sheet to answer a few simple
questions on the way around and to see how many Elf hats they can spot.
If you happen to come to the farm on the 10th December between 12.30 and
3 p.m., you may well find some Huskies have come on a visit from Arctic
Quest. You’ll be welcome to pet them, and ask any Husky related
question you can think of to the Tewkesbury based team.
Dates:
TBC
Times:
TBC
Prices:
TBC
Bookings:
There is no need to book, just turn up on the day and wait to
go, ho, ho!
