Pick your own pumpkin patches near South Manchester..
Happy Halloween!
No, I haven’t gone mad, October will be here before you know it and the supermarkets will fill with enormous pumpkins ready to be carved into gruesome grins and grimaces. However, if you want your pumpkin preparation to start with a little more family fun than simply choosing one in Morrisons and flinging it in the boot, why not head out of town to a pumpkin patch to choose one in the wild, as it were.
We’re going on a pumpkin hunt… and here’s where we’re going to find them:
Libby’s Pumpkin Patch, Gawsworth, Macclesfield
Open dates: Selected dates from 4th ‒ 31st October 2025
What you can do: Libby’s offers a pick your own pumpkin patch with a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere, and pumpkins of many colours. There are photo backdrops, refreshments, and a campfire where you can toast marshmallows. Pumpkins are home-grown and diverse, suitable for carving or for decoration. It’s ideal for families wanting to enjoy autumn outdoors without too many frills – and you can enjoy a wood-fired pizza before you head off home. They’re taking bookings now, so get in early to grab your slot.
Tatton Park – The Pumpkin Patch at the Farm, Knutsford
Open dates: 11th ‒ 31st October 2025 on selected dates only.
What you can do: Visit the farm to meet farmyard animals and then head out to pick your own pumpkin from the field. It’s a rustic patch, muddy and messy in the best way, so dress appropriately. Entry requires purchasing the standard farm/park admission, plus paying per pumpkin (£4 each), which means there will always be a pumpkin to discover. Afterwards head into Knutsford for a bite to eat at one of the many dining spots.
tattonpark.org.uk/events_at_tatton_park
Seven Sisters Farm Ice Cream – The Secret Pumpkin Patch, Knutsford
Another one in Knutsford, but then with all that countryside what else is there to do? Oh yes – cows, hence ice cream. And jolly good ice cream it is too!
Open dates: Weekends from 4th October 2025, and daily through the October half-term.
What you can do: This patch is in a “secret area” within their corn field. Grab a pink wheelbarrow and head into the corn field (it will tower above your child’s head, adding to the fun) and choose your own home-grown pumpkins of many fun varieties, sizes and colours. It’s free entry to the patch, you simply pay for what you pick – so don’t get carried away! Also lots of ice cream, shakes, waffles, a dessert menu and a maize maze challenge.
sevensistersfarm.co.uk/pumpkins
High Legh Pumpkin Patch, Wither’s Lane
Open dates: From 4th October 2025, then Saturdays & Sundays 10am-5pm; plus extra evenings and half-term sessions.
What you can do: It’s free entry and no booking required, so you can be spontaneous and just throw the kids in the car and head over. There are loads of different pumpkin varieties to choose from, from £2 each. There are also special events, such as candlelit picking on certain nights, SEN-friendly sessions, and a Golden Pumpkin Hunt during the half-term week.
Reddish Vale Farm, Stockport
Open dates: The Halloween Festival runs 4th – 31st October 2025; also Moonlight Pumpkin Evenings on 11th,12th,18th,19th,25th & 26th October.
What you can do: Reddish Vale Farm is a ‘spend the day’ day out, offering way more than a chance to just pick from the pumpkin patch. You can take a tractor or “Spooky Express” train ride, enjoy meeting farm animals and burn off some energy on the outdoor play facilities. For Halloween they’re running Halloween themed games: you can pick your pumpkin and take it along to the special carving cavern, try archery, witch’s hat hoopla and even a pumpkin toss, and attend evening events with live music and marshmallow toasting.
Lymm Pumpkin Patch, Lymm
Open dates: 4th & 5th October and 11th & 12th October, then daily from 18th – 31st October.
What you can do: There are loads of different varieties of pumpkin to choose from, from miniature white ones to creepy goosebump ones to the classic huge orange ones. Why not pick one for carving and one for soup? You can also enjoy a mini maize maze, do a treasure hunt, take photos with fun props and guess the weight of a pumpkin to win a prize. Free entry; you pay per pumpkin.
Enjoy!
Eddie – Friday 19th September 2025.
