Pumpkin Picking near Nottingham
Halloween is creeping near and it's the last week of spooky season. We've got more pumpkins that you can shake a wand at.
Check out places to pick pumpkins in Nottingham below
Nottingham's options run from a no-fuss farm-shop field to a 90,000-pumpkin patch just over the Derbyshire border.
PYO Pumpkins in Nottingham open this week
Maxeys Farm Shop | Kirklington – to Sat 31 Oct
Mr Pumpkin | Morley, Derby – to Sat 31 Oct
Doddington Hall | near Lincoln – daily to Sat 31 Oct
Nottinghamshire Pick Your Own Pumpkins | Oxton
The closest big patch to the city, a few miles north off the A614, and the easiest to fit around a half-term day: free entry, free parking and no booking. You pay only for what you pick. Pumpkins, squashes and gourds come in sizes from mini to XL, and tractor rides run out to the field.
When: Daily until Sat 31 Oct, 9.30am–4.30pm (last entry 4pm)
Where: Oaks Lane, Oxton, Southwell NG25 0RH
Pumpkins: From £3. Cash and card accepted.
Good to know: Tractor rides run until 3.30pm, roughly every 45 minutes on weekdays and every 15 minutes at weekends. No dogs. The ground is grass and bare earth, uneven in places and muddy in wet weather, so think twice about a buggy. Food and coffee on site; portaloos and hand-washing too. There's no direct public transport.
Maxeys Farm Shop | Kirklington
Deliberately low-key: no booking, no timed slots, no queue system. Pumpkins from £2 and squashes from 50p. It's a useful backup when everywhere else has sold out.
When: Weekends, plus Sat 31 Oct 9am–3pm
Where: Maxeys Farm Shop, Hockerton Road, Kirklington NG22 8PB
Extras: Tractor ride and pumpkin bouncy castles (£2.50 each), maize maze, straw bale mountain, pumpkin cannon and a scarecrow competition.
Mr Pumpkin | Lime Farm, Morley
About 90,000 pumpkins in more than 40 varieties on a fourth-generation farm outside Derby. There's a pumpkin trail, a bouncy castle and a small fairground.
When: Until Sat 31 Oct
Where: Mr Pumpkin, Lime Farm, Mansfield Road, Morley DE7 6JU
Price: Adults £2.50 off-peak, £3.50 peak. Ages 3–15 free off-peak (with someone 16+), £1 peak.
Doddington Hall | near Lincoln
Free to walk in, and you pay only for what you pick. Thirty-plus varieties grown in the Hall's own kitchen garden. Turn a pumpkin over and find a golden bottom and you win a family ticket to Christmas at the Hall.
When: Daily until Sat 31 Oct, 10am–4pm
Where: Doddington Hall, Doddington, Lincoln LN6 4RU
Good to know: No dogs in the patch (fine on leads in the kitchen garden). Card and cash accepted.
