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Cannon Hall Farm’s New Book – Out Now!

A BARNSLEY farming family who already have two Sunday Times bestsellers under their belts are hoping for the hat trick with the release of their third book, told uniquely from the perspective of different family members.

The Nicholson ...read more

New Birthday Party Packages Launched!

Celebrate your birthday in style at Cannon Hall Farm and take advantage of the very best our site has to offer.

We are thrilled to announce that our popular birthday party packages have had an upgrade – and prove to be great value as they ...read more

Cannon Hall Farm - Adopt an animal - animal adoption os the unique gift that keeps on giving

Adopt an Animal

Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is a family-run farm and award-winning visitor attraction that has a commitment to high quality farm stock and preserving the continuation of some of the world’s most rare breeds.

We currently have two programmes that ...read more

Animals and Farmers

New Enclosure Now Open!

SOME noisy - but cute - new arrivals have arrived at Cannon Hall Farm thanks to the redevelopment of a brand new outdoor mammal enclosure. 

The family-run tourist attraction in Cawthorne, Barnsley, has just opened its very first prairie dog enclosure to ...read more

Silver’s Foal Joy

A MAGNIFICENT shire horse who lost her foal last year has gone from tragedy to triumph as she gave birth to a beautiful filly yesterday.

Shire horse Silver, who lives at Cannon Hall Farm, has waited 12 months to celebrate baby joy after the heart-break of losing ...read more

Threatened Species Moves In!

THE SMALL mammals team at Cannon Hall Farm are celebrating after securing a new resident in the mammal house - a rare and threatened potoroo named Puffle.Long-nosed potoroos are the much smaller cousins of animals such as wallabies and kangaroos and are ...read more

Farm Food

The Supper Club / Fridays in the White Bull

Our White Bull Supper Club Bistro has a brand new menu for 2025 with surprises every week from our chef's creative vault.This dining experience is aimed at customers who want a great value dining experience in amazing surroundings. Take your seat and allow our ...read more

Afternoon tea

An Afternoon Treat – No Need to Book!

We've refreshed our menu in the White Bull and we have a brand new counter item, especially for our afternoon visitors.

Our farmhouse afternoon tea will include a choice of sandwich, twice-cooked chips, coffee and a farm shop scone with fresh cream and ...read more

Cannon Hall Farm Shop Named Best in UK

A BARNSLEY farm shop has beaten stiff competition from across the whole of the UK to be named the best in the country. Cannon Hall Farm’s farm shop, in Cawthorne, scooped both the Retailer of the Year at Farm and Farm Shop of the Year award at ...read more

Awards and Celebrations

TV Choice Awards Acceptance Speech

Cannon Hall Farm has scooped the Best Factual Programme in the 2024 TV Choice Awards at an awards ceremony in London in February.

It was the second year running for Springtime on the Farm / Winter on the Farm to scoop the award.

Farmer Rob made the acceptance speech here.

We’ve won two awards!

Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley is celebrating after scooping two prestigious awards in a national tourism competition.We won UK’s Best Large Farm Attraction and also scooped the gong for Best Digital Presence, which covers all our work online and on social media ...read more

Cannon Hall Farm Shop Named Best in UK

A BARNSLEY farm shop has beaten stiff competition from across the whole of the UK to be named the best in the country. Cannon Hall Farm’s farm shop, in Cawthorne, scooped both the Retailer of the Year at Farm and Farm Shop of the Year award at ...read more

Cannon Hall Farm TV

TV Award Hat trick for Cannon Hall Farm

CANNON Hall Farm's farming family have celebrated scooping a coveted TV Award for the third year running in an incredible hat-trick.

Farmers Robert, David and Roger joined their TV pals Jules Hudson, JB Gill and the crew from Daisybeck ...read more

Farm Scoops Visit England Praise

A Barnsley attraction is celebrating after being awarded the Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Service accreditation - recognising the reinvestment and constant improvements at the family-run farm park.

Visit England - the national tourism body - ...read more

Official 2025 Calendar On Sale Now!

Allow us to take you through the year with the official Cannon Hall Farm 2025 calendar.

Each page has a stunning animal photo, ready to welcome you into a new month! These photographs have been lovingly taken by Farmer Dale, Farmer Richard, and ...read more