Pick your pumpkin patches are huge in North America and we have some great ones around Oxfordshire too. A great place to buy your Halloween pumpkin, lots also have extra fun activities on for kids. Lots more ideas for what’s on October half term in Oxfordshire too.
SPOTLIGHT PUMPKIN PATCH – HIGH LODGE FARM
High Lodge Farm – With a Spooky Trail and big field of pumpkins and lots of photo opportunities, High Lodge Farm will be opening for selected dates in October. They’ve got thousands of pumpkins of all different shapes and sizes for you to take home. Fill a wheelbarrow and enjoy a spooky woodland trail, Halloween games area and the brilliant barrel train and NEW for 2025 a mud mountan. They even have after dark sessions for a truly spooky Halloween experience.
2025 Pick Your Own Pumpkin Patches in Oxfordshire
Pumpkin Patch & Carving at Roves Farm (Sevenhampton) 23rd – 31st Oct
Roves Farm always have lots of great activities over October half term including a pumpkin patch in the barn where you can choose your own and then get creative carving your design and bonus for grown ups – leave the mess behidn!
Hadsham Farm pumpkin patch will return this year from with lots of extra fun family activities too. Opening 18th/19th Oct and then over half term until 31st Oct. (near Banbury)
Millets Farm will be open again this Autumn, packed full of plump pumpkins to pick, spooky props to explore and plenty of fun for the whole family to enjoy.
Rectory Farm pumpkin patch extravaganza returns for 2025 every weekend in October and everyday for October half term (Stanton St John near Oxford)
Fairytale Farm have lots of family friendly Halloween activities and fun this October half term. The Beast is giving away pumpkins from his very own Castle Pumpkin Patch to show his kind heart. Will this grand gesture convince Beauty to stay and break the spell?
The Old Farm Shop are a family run business with their pumpkin patch opening weekends from 11th Oct and then through half term. (Milton Hill near Abingdon) 2025
Bunkers Hill usually have a great pumpkin hunt raising money for charity. It’s always a lovely little one to do with younger kids and I go with my family every year and then buy our pumpkin at the end. You can find my review here from a previous visit (near Kidlington, Oxfordshire)
Glebe Farm aren’t just about the sunflowers but have a pumpkin patch too. (Banbury)
Earth Trust pumpkin crop didn’t grow this year but they have an magical autumn adventure.
Where stories whisper through the trees, scarecrows guard secret paths, and the mischievous Maize King waits in his mystical maze. Follow the enchanted trail and discover hidden wonders, from fairy dwellings tucked into ancient trunks to wind chimes that turn the breeze into song.
Pumpkin Picking & Scavenger Trail at Carrimers Farm (near Didcot, Wallingford, Goring) cancelled for 2025
Bruern Farm – not taking place in 2025
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Pick Your Own Pumpkin Patch Near Oxfordshire
Wasing PYO Pumpkins have an organic pumpkin patch, woodland trail and refreshments. (Aldermaston, Berkshire)
At the heart of the stunning Wasing Estate near Aldermaston lies a very special pumpkin patch. Follow the enchanting decorated trail through Wasing‘s stunning autumnal woodland then head for the pumpkin patch where a fairytale pumpkin carriage awaits. Choose your perfect pumpkin to take home & carve.
Hallcourt Farm – Pumpkin Picking, Wild Woodland Trail and Halloween Pumpkin Carving (within easy reach of Woolhampton, Thatcham & Reading)
After an amazing first year, Hallcourt Farm pumpkin patch returns for 2025. Not only that but the Woodland Walk will have new fun and spooky things to spot through the trees, a Halloween clue to solve (and a little prize to win!) The big barn will once again be open for pumpkin carving and decorating. Back this year is BIG bale play and facepainting.
The Patch MK Pumpkin Patch (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)
The Patch MK is bursting with over 80 varieties of pumpkins and squash — perfect for picking, carving and cooking! To make your experience even better, they’ve got free parking and plenty of wheelbarrows to help carry your haul. Not only that but roaming witches, barrel rides, bale maze, activites, games and more. The Patch MK is the largest pumpkin patch in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire!
Lillingstone PYO Pumpkin Patch (nr Akeley Village)
Pop on your boots and wrap up warm, collect a wheelbarrow and head down to the Lillingstone PYO Pumpkin Patch bursting with home-grown pumpkins and squashes! They’ve got a spooky trail, play patch and tractor trailer rides too.
Cotswold Farm Park pumpkin patch returns for 2025 with pumpkins, photo opportunities, maize maze and new for this year pumpkin nights.
