Pumpkin patches have grown in popularity with an annual PYO pumpkin trip becoming a fun day out with the kids especially during October half term. Find lots of places in the Hertfordshire to go pumpkin picking in 2023 in our handy guide. Zip over to Buckinghamshire for more pumpkin patches.
The Pop Up Farm is just 15 miles from London, just off Junction 9 of the M1 in Hertfordshire. The 2023 pumpkin festival opens from 14th October. Grab a wheelbarrow and explore the patch to find your perfect pumpkin. Entrance ticket must be purchased in advance. (Flamstead, St Albans)
Cammas Hall Farm is a family-owned and run business in beautiful countryside on the Hertfordshire/Essex border. The Halloween experience and pumpkin patch runs from 30th September to 29th October 2023. (Bishop Stortford)
Hatters Farm PYO have grown thousands of pumpkins and squash at their Pumpkin Patch. As well as pumpkin picking, there will be plenty of other fun activities for kids. Open on the 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, and 21st to 29th of October (Takeley, near Bishops Stortford)
Church Farm Ardeley have lots of spooky fun going on for October half term with the option of picking your own pumpkin from their patch then carving it in the creepy carving tents. (Ardeley, near Stevenage)
Willows Activity Farm have their own pumpkin patch with 1000’s of home grown pumpkins for children to pick too. There’s also a Gourds Grott and lots of other great fun to be enjoyed for a full family day out. The pumpkin festival runs from 14th to 15th and then 19th to 31st October 2023. (St Albans)
Aldenham Country Park spook fest 2023 includes pumpkin picking and carving as well as horrid hay tractor rides, spooky trail, monster bale play and more. (Elstree)
The Patch not running this year, back in 2024 (Weston, Hitchin)
