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Christmas Opening Times!

Please note that our site is closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day to give our staff chance to enjoy the festive season with their families.

Cannon Hall Farm (attraction) 

Our farm opens late for all our Santa’s Magical Elevator event dates – but ...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

Christmas Dining Bookings Now Open!

Our popular Christmas dining options are now open to book - with a tantalising festive menu.

From traditional Christmas dinner, to our mouth watering belly pork, our festive dining offer is exciting and varied.

We have two dining options available – our great value daytime menu and our very special evening bistro dates.

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 2024 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

School Holiday Tickets – £8.95 per person

You know that lull between Christmas and New Year where you need to entertain the kids but money is a bit tight?Look no further - snap up one of our bargain winter saver tickets and pay £8.95 per person for a full day around the ...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

Cannon Hall Farm’s New Book – Preorder Now!

We are honoured to announce that Cannon Hall Farm has a third book on the way – and we are so excited to be able to offer on preorder our brand new Cannon Hall Farm Past Present and Future story which will be published next year.

Can you ...read more