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Come and pick your perfect pumpkin at East Grange Farm, High Shincliffe, Durham DH1 2TB.
What3words location: prom.inch.glove
Please do not go down strawberry lane. Your Sat Nav may try to take you down there as we share the same postcode. Please do not go past the no entry signs - the entrance to East Grange is clearly signposted from the road.
Whats On? ......
We have our main pumpkin picking event running during October on 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th and 24th through to 27th. Should we have enough pumpkins we will extend the opening hours. This event runs with entry between 10am and 4pm. If you fancy grabbing a torch and attending our twilight pumpkin picking, then these events will be running on October 18th, 24th and 25th with entry slots between 4pm and 6pm.
For 2025 we have 20 acres of pumpkins with over 10 different varieties for you to pick from!
Our brilliant Facepainter will be joining us this year with lots of spooky themes from you to choose from! Please note there will be no facepainter on Saturday 11th October. Please see FAQ section for more information on this.
Plenty of photo ops
Can you find the golden pumpkin? Multiple opportunities throughout the day - when its found we hide it again! Children win a bag of sweets each if they find it!
Pick up some treats from our local business stands including Justalittlmore cookies
Hot and cold food and drink will be available each day in the Pumpkin Patch Cafe supplied by Robinsons High Class Butchers
Donut stand
Fairground rides will be on site each day but please be aware that the rides may vary daily. These will incur an additional charge.
Our bar will be open from slected times each day - please see our social media posts and FAQ section for more information on opening.
Plenty of seating to enjoy your food and enjoy the atmosphere
Additional Information ....
We have increased our car park capacity, which means that we can have more of you to visit. Parking is free and clearly signposted on the right as you come up the farm road.
Tickets are £5.60 (including transaction fee) per car or per walk in group (plus transaction fee). You DO NOT need a ticket per person. You will receive a band to hand in when you pay to redeem the £5 back off the pumpkins that you buy. If you have bought a ticket per person, we can refund these (excluding the transaction fee) up to 48 hours before the event.
If you are not arriving by car, you will need to purchase one walk-in ticket which is per group arriving. Again, this is per group not per person, it doesnt matter how many are in your group. Tickets are £5.60 (including transaction fee) per walk in group and you will receive a band to hand in when you pay to redeem the £5 back off the pumpkins you buy.
At check-in you will receive a token worth £5 to claim back off the pumpkins you buy. Please do not lose this or you will not receive your £5 back off the pumpkins.
Each ticket has a 10-minute arrival time. That is only your arrival time slot. Once you are in you can stay until our closing time. Please see our FAQ section for this information.
Ticket Information
Tickets are only refundable up to 48 hours before your ticket date and time (excluding transaction fee) but you can amended the date and time of your tickets up to 48 hours before your booking by logging into your ticket account and managing the booking yourself. The link for this can be found at the bottom of the ticket confirmation.
If in the event that we sell out of pumpkins a refund will be offered.
Please take care in picking your date and time as we cannot offer a refund for this instance but you can log in and manage the booking to an available slot up to 48 hours before the original booking.
Some activities on the site may incur additional charges which include but are not limited to face painting and fairground rides.
Please wear appropriate footwear and clothing - remember it's in a field in October. It can get very muddy and wet! We will be open whatever the weather!
We do not advise that the site is pushchair or wheelchair friendly due to the unpredictable weather conditions.
Sorry but we do not allow dogs with the exception of guide and medical assistance dogs.
There will be a transaction fee of 10% plus VAT for each ticket.
We do not transfer tickets or refund due to the weather.
Please check our FAQ section for more information
Inclusions
What you'll need
Warm Clothing
Waterproofs
Other - Suitable footwear
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