Things to do in Essex, new attractions, soft play, outdoor activities for fun days out in Essex at Old MacDonald’s open farm

Earlier on in the year, we sadly lost 2 of our male Rheas, this meaning that the farm would now only have one female Rhea. Old MacDonald and keepers at the farm were very sad by this news and decided that the lone female needed some company. To our excitement, our lovely friends at Capel Manor, Enfield (Educational College who specialise in Animal Care) contacted the farm with news that they may have some replacement Rheas.

On 16/11/11, Old MacDonald’s Farm welcomed ‘Kim’ (male) and ‘Aggie’ (female) both born in December 2009, to their new home with existing female ‘Dora’. All 3 Rheas have settled in perfectly and it’s nice to see ‘Dora’ happy again with her new friends.

From the 21st -25th November, entrance for every person visiting the farm will be an amazing £2.99 when you book your tickets online! Go to the ‘Book Online’ page to book your tickets now! Its an offer you can’t resist! For more info email info@omdfarm.co.uk

During our October Halloween Half Term, Old MacDonald’s Farm and Mary Martin (founder of Artbound) hosted a full week of creative, fun and educational spooky activities. Visitors could also join our ‘Ghost Hunt’ and win a ghoulish gift and take part in a competition to win some family day passes!

We are delighted to announce the lucky winners of the ‘Ghost Hunt’ competition, chosen at random.

CONGRATULATIONS: Lexie Hill and Lucy Cottrell

You shall be receiving your prize through the door very soon!!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition and we hope you all had a fantastic visit. Keep your eyes peeled for up and coming Christmas events!

Born on the 2nd November 2011.

Old Macdonald tells us that one of the most enjoyable parts of his work here at his farm is meeting and welcoming people from all over the world as they visit him in Brentwood. This summer he has found, to his pleasure, that lots of our visitors are families from Europe and in particular from Poland.

That is why this summer he agreed that the BBC could film an episode of their series Young, Unemployed and Foreign here at the farm with a group of young Polish workers spending a day here as they find out more about Britain. It was great fun to shoot and we hope they enjoyed their day. Of course amongst the animals they were filmed meeting were our Llamas, who have a tendancy to great visitors by spitting at them, hence Old Mac’s rather clever (his opinion, obvious would be my word) headline!

Thanks BBC and given that we have just been on TOWIE on ITV and now BBC 3 as well, it is hard to avoid your favourite farm on your favourite TV shows now too!