Drakes Farm

Drakes Farm

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Family friendly venue open for bookable visits only (closed to general public) . See our website

31/07/2026

Our neighbour Farmer Paul is busy harvesting wheat with his John Deere combine harvester. The combine is cutting, picking up, and thrashing (splitting the grain from the straw) the wheat.

Once the combine harvester's grain tank is full, Farmer Paul empties the wheat into a trailer ready to go back to the grain store.

We use wheat as a supplementary feed for our cattle, pigs, sheep, and poultry. Normally in the winter months, but this year, as we are low on grass, we have already started to feed.

We use straw to bed the animals in the winter. It's also used to feed the young stock as it's good for their tummies.

30/07/2026

What's on at Drakes farm?

Little Farmers 5 week block-
Our next block of our Little Farmers is bookable online for Sep/Oct.
This is a wonderful educational club filled with animal feeding, crafts and messy play. Come join in the fun.... We run on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.
Suitable for children from 18 months to 5 years. Please spread the word about our wonderful fun and educational sessions.

Summer holiday Pop Up Sessions are selling fast!
We will set up the site for crafts, messy play and animal feeding. Come enjoy the site. We have ice creams, milkshakes, Coffee and cake available to purchase. You can bring along packed lunches/snacks. See our website for more details and to book your spaces.

Children's parties
Our Children's parties work well, with 3 different party options:
- Little Farmers (animal feeding)
- Messy play and craft
- Little Farmers, messy play and crafts
You have the site to yourself.
All served with a traditional Tea party

Email [email protected] for further information.

All our sessions can be found on our website: www.drakesfarm.net then go to the session bookings tab.

Thank you for your ongoing support
Colin and Kim 🤗

Photos from Drakes Farm's post 23/07/2026

Private Hire At Drakes Farm

Did you know we hire out our site for half and full days? You can book the space for a meetup with family and friends, with packages ranging from basic site hire to prepared activities or catering.

The perfect place for meeting with all ages, with lots to entertain the children.

If you are looking for the perfect place to gather and want the whole site to yourself, please drop us an email.

[email protected]

Photos from Drakes Farm's post 23/07/2026

Some scenic photos from across the farm. The greener 2 pictures are from 21st June 2026 & the golden pictures are from 21st July 2026.

21/07/2026

This video of Farmer Colin feeding and checking the young stock was taken just 6 weeks ago. It is amazing to see how green everything was then, especially compared to the golden, dry grasslands our fields currently resemble as we approach August.

21/07/2026

We have lots going on this summer at Drakes Farm, including:

- Weekend Farm School - please note this Sunday’s session is 26th July (not 27th July as per a previous typo 🫣).
- Pop-up Play Sessions
- Private Hire Birthday Parties
- Private Hire Events: Did you know we hire out our site for half and full days? You can book the space for a meetup with family and friends, with packages ranging from basic site hire to prepared activities or catering.

If you are looking for the perfect place to gather and want the whole site to yourself, please drop us an email.

Photos from Drakes Farm's post 12/07/2026

With the recent heat, the animals have been spending most of their time under the Devon hedges and trees, coming out primarily in the early mornings and cooler evenings.

After enjoying a friend’s wedding last night, Farmer Colin was a bit slow to get started this morning😉.

Colin has been busy throughout the hot day completing jobs on the farm, whilst the kids & I headed to the river.

We have all spent this evening completing our usual farm jobs, stock moves and checks as a family🥰.

09/07/2026

So much fun going on this summer at Drakes Farm.

07/07/2026

With the ongoing hot weather and lack of rain, our pastures in Devon are drying out rapidly. As a result, we are running out of fresh grass and must move our livestock much more frequently.

This shortage is impacting the number of animals we can support and has forced us to supplement their diet using our winter feed stores. This will ultimately reduce our capacity to house livestock this coming winter without purchasing additional feed.

This group of cattle are ready for fresh grazing…

07/07/2026

It’s 10:00 PM and the ducklings still don't want to go to bed! They are having far too much fun in the warm evening catching flying insects on the pond. ☺️🤗

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Higher Fingle Farm, Crockernwell
Exeter
EX66NP