Mudchute

I love taking the children to Mudchute farm. Children really enjoy it and I think I may enjoy equally as much! It's fairly large, and children can spend a few hours looking around, feeding the animals and playing on the playground equipment. And it's free!

They have a little café inside the farm which sells some produce from the animals. There are also picnic tables if you want to take your own food.

I would advise people to take public transport as parking is tricky. It's also easier to find if you take the DLR.

Oh where oh where do I start?

Paradise. Honest.

Nothing could be more refreshing for the spirit than to spend an afternoon looking at comical rare breed chickens with enormous polkadot mohican/judge's wig hairdos, fat delicious looking pigs with obscenely massive yawns and rabbits which are just, you know, lovely. Soft and that.

Who's weekend would not be improved by stroking a huge fluffy llama, tickling a baby cow or patting the teddybearish head of a silly great big sheep? All the better if feeling hungover and cranky.

I have a thing for goats, and there are 3 types here, so happydays. You can pet their utterly mad old/young heads, laugh endlessly at their antics and feed them grass pellets (50p a bag).

There's a petting zoo type yard with a cafe, education centre, stables,and a riding school, set within a lovely little green park, where the other (best) animals look happy in their fields. If, like me, you're a fan of nature/city juxtapositions in one sweeping view, you'll appreciate the cool weirdness of being in what feels like the countryside, and spotting Canary Wharf blinking behind the Llama that you are feeding.

I felt very smug and clever when I guessed that somewhere this big and well resourced had to have been sponsored by all the big banks etc when Canary Wharf was developed, and sure enough, a plaque in the yard confirms it.

When you've had your fill of fluffy, bristly, absurd, feathered and oinking creatures, head to the cafe. Staffed by volunteers, there are always several fresh cakes on offer, all the usual hot drinks and a few wholesome lunch options such as pancakes with cheese and spinach and tomato and basil pasta.

The cafe is littered with newspapers, sofas, children's toys and softly glowing vintage lamps. It's boho/shabby chic, probably organic and contains some very well dressed toddlers and parents, but not in a twatty way at all. Cosy enough to flop off your shoes, curl up and read a paper on a cold winter's afternoon. When we were last there I had still-hot-from-the-oven scones, cream and jam. Oh my.

If I sound evangelical about this that is because I am, it is brilliant, and you must go.

I want a bunny.


They have bunnies here. I had to be dragged away before I smuggled one out in my hand bag.

Fluffy bunny.

We came to Farm in the early evening, with Canary wharf as a backdrop, (very pretty at night) was met with two Cows one was chewing grass and the other one was sitting rather contently. We took are picture's, not going to close, you don't know what Cows could do, I remember going next to my dog with its bone and it was not HAVING IT......DO NOT DISTURB animals and their food.

We moved on and saw my lamb dinner in front of me, cute little thangs, doing their sheep thaaannnng, again I wanted to stroke them but no!

I like the way this farm gets animals that Ive never seen or heard of before from other parts of the world, like this short little midget donkey's forgot what they were called), they were sooo cute.
I love the way God makes some bizarre animals like Anglo Nubian goats, they are across between a rabbit and a goat. Wow!
Unfortunately we didn't get to see them and most the animals because they were asleep.

If you happen to go at night be careful where you tred,(animal poo).

I would definitely love to come back here when the farm is alive and kicking and in the day and then ill give you an updated review. But yeah I enjoyed it.

Cows, sheep, goats and llamas!

When the fun and games of working for a bank get too much for me, I skip (trudge?) down to Mudchute Farm to visit with the animals. This is no zoo, people. You have to walk across a field to get to the farm and there are sheep and cows RIGHT next to you.

It's not like I'm scared or anything, I might be a city girl but I've been on farms before. But, still the animals are RIGHT THERE!

Ahem. Sorry. It is a great experience to be right in the city but know that there are horse stables and adorable animals nearby. You can almost convince yourself that you are in the country.

Mudchute Farm is a really cool place to hang out and get lunch. Ignore the group of corporate stooges running in laps around the field, they have some kind of mass exercise torture experiment going on.

Instead pop down and have a treat in the little café, ran by volunteers, so sometimes is closed. They even hold a little farmer's market sometimes, totally an oasis in the desert of Millwall.

I love Mudchute Farms!! They don't care if you hop over the fence to frolic with the sheep! Maybe I'm not really supposed to disclose that...

Protip: There's a big Asda right there. They sell big bags of apples and carrots for £1. Do you know what happens when you walk onto a farm with minimal security with a buttload of apples and carrots? All of the animals want to be your friend suddenly, except for this one skeptical brown llama who didn't trust us. Whatever, he was a hater.

It's kind of amazing to think that you're just a stone's throw away from Canary Wharf. Get some photos of the sheep on their little hill with the skyline in the background.

Such a gorgeous park and farm!
This is the biggest city farm in London and it's very well maintained. Lots of fields and pastures for the animals to roam.

They have cows, horses, donkeys, llamas, goats, sheep, chicken, bunnies, pigs, all the farm animals you'd expect. You get to feed a few of them, especially the goats, so bring carrots with you!

On weekends you can book horseriding lessons too, during the week there are adventure trails between the enclosures and just so many animals to look at.

They also have a café, but it was closed when I visited, so I don't know if it's good or bad.

I have taken the kids to Mudchute twice over the school holidays and they still want to go again an infact so do i!


Itis easy to get to even from out of the area only being a short walk from Crossharbour station thorugh Asda's carpark.


Covering 32 acres of land Mudchute really does have something for everyone!


The llamas are my particular favourite! However I am still yet to see the rabbits etc (the first time i didn't realise they were there and on the 2nd visit we were too late and they had gone to bed for the evening!).


I would definatly go back for another visit! The area itself are clean and the staff are friendly.


However the cow does seemed to be renowned for headbutting from reading another posters review and i actually have a video of the cow attempting to headbut my friend however it was her own fault!


All in all its a fab day out and my kids love it and we will be back for another visit very soon!

Great little farm for a day trip out. Has all the animals you'd expect to see at a farm. From pigs to Shetland ponies to lamas. You can feed some of the animals too so take some carrots along! There is a cafe which serves hot food although I did not eat there. It's very easy to get to on the dlr and it's free!!

Amazing change from the usual City activities. Short walk from Greenwich under the Thames tunnel by the cutty sarknd across the park by the dlr. Perfect place for a walk on a sunny day. They have sheep, pigs, alpacas, lamas, horses, Shetland ponies, rabbits, turkeys, donkeys, chickens. ... and more. Bring lettuce and carrots to feed the animals. Entry is free and there's a cafe on site, but there is plenty of places to eat a pic nic. Really green and seems a million miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city despite being right in it. Great for kids or couples etc.