Northwest England Pick Your Own (PYO) Farms - Find Fresh Fruit and Veg Near You!

This page provides listings of pick- your- own (PYO) farms in North West England. Just scroll down the page!

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If you want simple instructions how to make jam or how to make applesauce or pickles and/or many other home-preserved goods, just click on the links. For tips on picking click here!  We also have a harvest time calendar to tell when various fruit and vegetables will be available to pick.

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PYO Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close, run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!

Cheshire

  • Church Farm Organics - PYO: Strawberries, raspberries, beetroot, carrots, pumpkins, potatoes, asparagus
    Church Lane, Thurstaston Wirral. Phone: 0151 648 7838. Directions: A540 Chester to Heswall. Then Thurstaston 2nd L down Station Rd L at T-jn farm on RHS. (M53/J4 Clattacadge. Follow signs to Bamstage to next rbt. A540 to Heswall - continue A540 to Thurstaston.) Small 70 acre working farm with views over the Dee , excellent walking. Soil Association certified organic, growing wide range of own fresh produce inc salads; organic PYO strawberries. Box scheme, please call for details.  The farm shop has Fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, cream, free-range eggs, meat, Organic selection.
    Facilities: Ample parking, scenic walks/tractor rides, pub nearby, plants and shrubs for sale, fishing, boating, camping, farm animals, easy access for disabled, toilets. Children's farm parties offered.  Farm-grown Xmas trees
  • Eddisbury Fruit Farm - Apples, blackberries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, loganberries, pears, raspberries (Spring, red), rhubarb, tayberries, farm market
    Eddisbury Fruit Farm, Yeld Lane, Kelsall, Nr Tarporley, CW6 0TE. Phone: 0845 094 1023. Fax: 0845 094 1024. Email: info@eddisbury.co.uk. Open: Please see website for details. Directions: Leave A54 at Kelsall traffic lights. Turn Right up Yeld Lane opposite "The Farmers’ Arms” Public house. We are 1 mile down the lane. For a map to our farm, click here. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Payment: Cash, Cheque, Debit cards, Visa/MasterCard. Eddisbury Fruit Farm are producers of Cheshire Apple Juice and Cheshire Cider, using only our own produce grown, pressed and bottles on the Farm. Vake Royal Farmers’ Market held on the farm on the third Sunday of every month. Wide variety of local produce. Approximately 20 Stalls. (UPDATED: April 14, 2009)
  • Kenyon Hall - Blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, Tayberries, beetroot, broad beans, mange-tout, onions, peas, sugar-snap peas, Pumpkins, rhubarb, whitecurrants, redcurrants, turnips
    Winwick Lane, Croft, Warrington, WA3 7ED. Answer Phone: 01925 763646, Office: 01925 763161. Email: info@kenyonhall.co.uk. U-pick fruit, vegetables and flowers. The Pick Your Own farm shop is after August for the summer and open again in the last week of October for Pumpkins and Squashes, and then at Easter for Asparagus and on for the summer.
  • Pikelow Farm - Raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, possibly other berries
    School Lane, Marton, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9HD. Phone: 01260 224231.
  • Poynton Fruit Farm - Uses integrated pest management practices, blackberries, broad beans, carrots, Christmas trees, currants (red and black), flowers, gooseberries, peas, potatoes, raspberries (red), rhubarb, strawberries, tayberries, Turkeys (organic, not-hormone-fed), Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, already-picked produce (of the pyo crop), restrooms
    Coppice Road, Poynton, SK12 1SW. Phone: 01625 850320. Fax: 01625 879401. Email: ffarm@treeworkers.com. Open: Weekends 10am to 6am; Wednesday 1pm to 7pm. Directions: From Poynton traffic lights head up Park Lane as road splits keep to the right which becomes Coppice Road, the fruit farm is on the right hand side after approximately 3/4 mile. Click here for a map and directions. We use integrated pest management practices. Payment: Cash, Cheque. There is a 391 bus from Stockport which stops very close to the entrance. (ADDED: December 31, 2009)
  • Windmill Farm - I haven't yet found out what they have; write to me, if you know!
    Burwardsley Road, Tattenhall, Chester, Cheshire CH3 9NS. Phone: 01829 770228.
  • Windmill Farm Pick Your Own - Pick your own or ready picked strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants.
    Peter Miles, Windmill Farm, Burwardsley Road, Tattenhall, Chester, Cheshire CH3 9NS. Phone: 01829 770 228. Directions: Take A41 turn towards Tattenhall and from the village follow signs for the Candle Factory, before reaching Burwardsley village, Windmill Farm is on the left. Opening Hours: Seasonal 10 am to 7pm in season from June. Punnets picked for sale at the farm and in local shops. From the beginning of December we have Holly garlands and Christmas Trees available. Wide selection of heights and varieties with or without roots. Orders taken from November.
  • Woore Fruit Farm - Apples, beets, blackberries, broad beans, carrots, currants (red and black), gooseberries, onions, pears, peas, plums, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, tayberries, picnic area
    Newcastle Road Woore, Crewe, CW3 9RE. Phone: 01630 647042. Open: Open every Day 9;30 to 7pm. Strawberries, from June to September, under cover at table top height. Payment: Cash, Check. (UPDATED: May 26, 2008)

Cumbria

  • Park House Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Blackcurrants.
    Heversham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7EB. Phone:  01 539 563340. Directions: We are on the right hand side of the A6, 6½ miles South of Kendal, just before Milnthorpe. Opening times:  10.00am to 8.00pm, 7 days a week.
  • Rowley's Raspberries - raspberries, Christmas Trees
    Glassonby, Penrith, CA10 1DU. Phone:  01 768 898382. Directions: In the centre of the Eden valley.  Look for our signs! (1)   From Penrith take the A686 to Langwathby, turn Left and follow the signs to Little Salkeld, then follow the signs towards Glassonby. (2) From Lazonby, cross the River Eden near Kirkoswald.  Take the first right to Glassonby, and follow the signs. Raspberries, PYO  and Ready picked. Also Christmas Trees   (available later).

Lancashire

  • The Farm Shop at Claytons Strawberry Farm - A visitor writes on August 25, 2008: "I think it closed for good last Thursday. We called a last Tuesday and were told this by the shop. It would be well to check"
    strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, black currants, red currants and pea pods
    Course Lane, Newburgh, Wigan, Lancashire WN8 7UB. Phone: 01257 462695. They also do hanging baskets and flowers and there new potatoes at the Farm Shop. Ask for peter or David for the tip of the day
  • Greenbank Farm - Strawberries, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Redcurrants, Blackcurrants and Potatoes
    Over Kellet, Carnforth, Lancashire LA6 IBS UK. Phone: +44 (0)1524 733296. Email: fruit@greenbankfarm.co.uk. Strawberries and Gooseberries in late June. Raspberries, Redcurrants, Blackcurrants and Potatoes will be ready in early July. Check back closer to the time for updates. (UPDATED: August 06, 2008)
  • Mansergh Hall - A visitor writes on May 16, 2009: "Just to let you know that Mansergh Hall at Kirkby Lonsdale are no longer doing PYO. I telephoned them yesterday for opening times and the lady told me then"
    strawberries, gooseberries and blackcurrants
    Kirkby Lonsdale, via Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2EN. Phone: 015242 72219, Fax:+44  (0)15242 72219. Email: info@manserghhall.co.uk Farm shop and pick-your-own. Directions: in the Lancashire village of Kirkby Lonsdale.  The fruit farm is well sign posted off the A65 and the B6254.(Click here for a Map) Open: PYO is open, weather permitting, from mid-June until August 10am to 7pm seven days per week. We have fantastic facilities including a children’s play area and a wide range of refreshments. For crop information and opening hours please phone.

Merseyside

  • Brimstage Maize Maze at Gregorys Farm - cornfield maze
    Brimstage Hall Brimstage, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 6JA. Phone: 07709 339490. Email us at: maze@gregorysfarm.co.uk. Directions: You will find us just off Junction 4 of the M53. Follow the brown and white tourist signs for Brimstage Hall and Craft Centre, the farm is situated behind the craft centre and shares its free car park. We are open July, August, September, October. Our hours are: The cornfield maze is open daily from July 21st 2007. 10.30am to 6pm.
  • Claremont Farm - blackberries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, tayberries
    Old Clatterbridge Road, Wirral, Bebington, Merseyside, CH 63 4 JB. Phone: 0151 334 1906. Email us at: paulinepimbley@hotmail.com. Directions: Junction4 M53, take the road to Bromborough. First right. We are open June, July. Our hours are: Every Day 10pm-6pm
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Meats, Milk and Eggs (Not PYO):

Cheshire

  • Poynton Fruit Farm - Uses integrated pest management practices, Turkeys (organic, not-hormone-fed), Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, already-picked produce (of the pyo crop), restrooms
    Coppice Road, Poynton, SK12 1SW. Phone: 01625 850320. Fax: 01625 879401. Email: ffarm@treeworkers.com. Directions: From Poynton traffic lights head up Park Lane as road splits keep to the right which becomes Coppice Road, the fruit farm is on the right hand side after approximately 3/4 mile. Click here for a map and directions. We use integrated pest management practices. Payment: Cash, Cheque. There is a 391 bus from Stockport which stops very close to the entrance. (ADDED: December 31, 2009)