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Foxdown Childrens Farm
📍 DT6 5FN
Photo: Nigel Mykura (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Wander around, pet and feed the farm animals
- Guided tour with feeding, animal talks and small animal handling
- Daily Meet the Pigs session and animal handling times
- Children's play area with playfort, trampoline and sandpit
- Pony and donkey experience with grooming and feeding
Foxdown Children's Farm is a small family-run working farm set high in the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset, with views towards the Jurassic coastline. Here you can wander at leisure, pet and feed the animals, join daily handling sessions and a Meet the Pigs slot, or book a guided tour, animal experience or Foxgloves holiday club. There's a children's play area with a playfort, trampoline and sandpit, plus a refreshments cabin and picnic tables. It suits families with young children, including toddlers via the Foxdown Cubs sessions, and there's a large car park on site. Located in Marshwood, Dorset, it's within easy reach of Axminster station and Charmouth West beach, and there are 76 bookable places to stay within five miles for those wanting to base themselves nearby.
Practical details
- Open
- Open five days a week, closed Wednesdays and Sundays in autumn term time
- Booking
- No need to book for general entry, just turn up
- Parking
- Large private car park on site
- Dogs
- Dogs not permitted except guide dogs by prior arrangement
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible toilet, though grassy paddocks may need carer support
From the attraction's own website on 28 Sep 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Playground
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Baby Changing
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Picnic Area
- ✓ Guided Tours
- ✓ Indoor Areas
- ✓ Parking
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Marshwood Manor Cottages - The Lodge
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🗓️ Make a break of it
Turn a visit to Foxdown Childrens Farm into a proper getaway — ready-made plans, and the drive worked out with fuel, EV charging and the best stops.
🚆 Or come by train
- Axminster 6 miles
- Crewkerne 6.8 miles
- Maiden Newton 13.2 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page