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Pick Your Own Farms In London

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Girl picking strawberries at London pick your own farm

Surprisingly there are still pick your own farms in London where you can harvest fruit and vegetables from rhubarb and asparagus in April through strawberries in June and plums in July to apples and pumpkins in October.

And luckily there are still pick your own farms in all parts of London so wherever you live in the city you can enjoy some PYO fun at a farm near you.

So to find a PYO farm near you in London check out this guide covering :

  1. PYO farms in London and just beyond the M25
  2. Fruit & veg at each farm
  3. Public transport options
  4. Other day out ideas nearby you can combine with a visit to the farm.

London PYO Farm Quick Guide

PYO Farm London

To find PYO farms near you click on the following links or browse below :

PYO Farms In London

PYO Farms Near London

Fruit Picking Tips

PYO strawberries

Picking fruit is joyfully simple even for small children but remember these tips when planning your trip. Do check :

  • If advance booking needed, some farms do ticketing to limit crowds
  • Fruit availability the day before as changes rapidly in English weather.

And do remember to take with you :

  1. Big sun hats & long sleeves as can get hot in strawberry fields.
  2. Plenty to drink.
  3. Any 5 litre or so plastic tubs with lids and handles you have e.g. from pet or bird food as these super handy for transporting fruit home.

Oh and don't pick more fruit than you can easily eat, freeze or turn into jam!!

Garsons PYO Farm

PYO farms in London where you can pick strawberries

Opened in 1871 Garsons near Chessington is the granddaddy of PYO farms in London. It is huge and has a big garden centre with cafes.

  • Season : May - October
  • Fruit : strawberries, raspberries, plums, cherries, blackberries.
  • Apples : YES
  • Pumpkins : YES
  • Other : all sorts of vegetables plus sunflowers and dahlias.

The Garsons strawberry season is longer than at most farms as they are in raised beds in greenhouses.

Sadly, Garsons is not easy by public transport, it involves a train to Esher then a bus plus a 15 minute walk.

Other things to do nearby include :

Hewitts PYO Farm

Hewitts Pick Your Own Farm London

Hewitts PYO Farm near Orpington is as different from Garsons as you can get. It is small and family run with just a tiny shop and loos but is delightful.

There are lovely avenues of trees, hedgerows and wild flowers around the fruit fields and it is a wonderful antidote to the hustle of London.

  • Season : June/July - October
  • Fruit : strawberries, plums, blackcurrants, redcurrants
  • Apples : YES
  • Pumpkins : YES
  • Other : Wide range of vegetables including sweet corn.

Knockholt station - direct from Charing Cross or change at Orpington - is 10 minutes walk. Google maps gets path wrong so follow these directions :

  1. Turn left out of station
  2. Left again onto London Road
  3. Left up track over A21
  4. At track end turn left by tall hedge
  5. Turn right in big gap in hedge
  6. Take grassy path north across golf course for 100 metres to A224
  7. Patiently wait to cross road into Hewitts drive - be careful!

If you drive there are other good places to visit nearby including :

Stanhill PYO Farm

PYO farms in London where you can pick your own strawberries

Stanhill Farm is a small pick your own farm on the edge of lovely Joydens Wood between Bexley and Swanley :

  • Season : June - October
  • Fruit : strawberries
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : YES
  • Other : there's a farm shop and a Maize Maze to get lost in.

To reach the farm by public transport take train to Swanley and then 429 bus.

Stanhill is only a small farm but you can combine picking your pumpkin with other adventures nearby :

Crockford Bridge PYO Farm

Girl picking apples in London PYO farm

Crockford Bridge is a pick your own farm tucked away just inside the M25 near Weybridge in south west London.

  • Season : April - October
  • Fruit : strawberries, rhubarb, blackberries, raspberries, blackcurrant
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : YES
  • Other : courgettes, onions, French beans, sunflowers, carrots, beetroot and more.

Addlestone station is a 20 minute walk or bus ride away but West Byfleet has a better service from Waterloo and is only 20 minutes by bus.

If you have transport lovers in your family you could combine a visit with :

Copas Fruit Fields PYO

Girl in sweet corn field at London PYO farm.

The two Copas PYO Farms are just beyond the M25 in Cookham and Iver.

  • Season : April - October
  • Fruit : strawberries, blackcurrants, raspberries, cherries, plums
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : YES with a Maize Maze
  • Other : asparagus, sweetcorn, French, runner & broad beans,

Fruit Fields - Iver

Langley on the Elizabeth Line is the closest station to the Iver farm. Trains take 30 minutes from Bond Street and its a 25 minute walk on the Colne Valley Trail up Trench and Love Hill Lane.

Fruit Fields - Cookham

Trains to Cookham take 40 minutes from Paddington. It is then a 15 minute bus ride or 30 minute walk to the farm.

Other attractions nearby include :

Home Cottage Farm PYO

Home Cottage Farm is very close to Fruit Fields Iver farm - see above - but has a different mix of fruit :

  • Season : July - September
  • Fruit : blackberries, raspberries, plums, pears
  • Apples : YES
  • Pumpkins : NO

A number of buses run from Langley station - 30 minutes on the Elizabeth Line from Bond Street - to the farm.

If you want to combine fruit picking with another adventure check out :

Hawkswick Lodge Fruit Farm

PYO farms in London where you can pick your own strawberries

Hawkswick Fruit Farm is just north of St Albans and specialises in strawberries and soft fruit.

  • Season : June-August
  • Fruit : strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants.
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : NO

Trains to St Albans from St Pancras take 35 minutes and there is a bus from the town centre to the farm.

St Albans is great to visit with kids into Roman history as it has some of the best Roman ruins in Britain.

Stonepitts Farm

PYO farms in London where you can pick your own strawberries

Stonepitts Farm near Sevenoaks is one of the oldest PYO strawberry farms :

  • Season : June - August
  • Fruit : strawberries, raspberries
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : NO
  • Other : Christmas Trees

The farm is a 30 minutes walk from Kemsing station but there is only one train an hour from Victoria. Sevenoaks station is a 15 minutes cab ride away.

If driving you could combine fruit picking with visits to :

Graveley Fruit Farm

Girl holding pick your own strawberry tub

Graveley Fruit Farm near Stevenage focuses on strawberries and raspberries which are grown on "table tops" in polytunnels so easy to pick :

  • Season : June - August
  • Fruit : strawberries, raspberries
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : NO

Graveley is about 30 minutes on the bus from Stevenage Station (30 minutes from King's Cross).

If driving you could combine strawberry picking with visits to :

Cammas Hall Farm

Girl picking redcurrants at London PYO farm

Cammas Hall Farm is another long running family pick your own farm near Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire.

  • Season : June - October
  • Fruit : strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, gooseberries, blackberries, cherries
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : YES
  • Other : sunflowers, sweetcorn

Cammas Hall is not a great choice by train unless you can get a cab from Sawbridgeworth or Bishop's Stortford.

Hatters Farm

Hatters Farm is a specialist pumpkin farm near Bishop's Stortford which grows over 100,000 pumpkins and hosts all sorts of Halloween themed pumpkin picking activities.

They also have a beautiful Dutch style tulip festival in the spring.

Again, Hatters is not a great choice for public transport. If your kids are horrible history fans they will enjoy Mountfichet Castle a reconstructed Norman castle and village nearby with wildlife and a toy museum.

Secretts of Milford

Secretts of Milford near Godalming run a different model than most pick your own farms and organise PYO events on weekends across the summer with petting farms, pony rides, children's entertainers, games and more.

They do tend to book up early.

Trains to Milford take 50 minutes from Waterloo and Secretts is about 20 minutes walk from the station.

Bloomfield Fruit Farm

Plums at PYO farm London

Bloomfield Fruit Farm near Chipping Ongar focuses on plums of all sorts.

  • Season : July- September
  • Fruit : plums, damsons, greengage
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : NO

You can get a bus from Epping station at the end of the Central Line to within 5 or so minutes walk of the farm.

You could combine plum picking with :

Boxted Berries

Boxted Berries near Colchester is an hour's drive from east London but is a well regarded specialist berry farm.

  • Season : May - September
  • Fruit : strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries (for jam & desserts), red gooseberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants
  • Apples : NO
  • Pumpkins : NO
  • Other : broad beans, sweet corn

Boxted isn't the best public transport choice - it's 45 minutes from Liverpool St - unless you want a day out in Colchester. In the car there are other cool places close by to visit :

And there you go, a complete guide to pick your own farms in London plus fruit picking near London. It really is a lovely day out for the whole family.

For more inspiration check out my other guides to fun things to do in London and follow me on Pinterest.

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