Glebe Farm in Cheshire East

Got a very good butchers counter, with a very good range of meat, also a great coffee shop

Great local farm shop with mix of small shops Butcher particularly good meats lovely and fresh

Nice little farm, happy animals, getting well fed. Chance to feed some. Some animals clearly taking sanctuary with them. Little play park, nice shop and a great cafe and ice cream place. Lovely environment and duper nice staff/setvice throughout.

been dialling coninuously for half an hour to place a pick up order, phone just engaged all the times 12.30-1.15

Great day out. Some lovely little shops. Vape shop spoils the place, does not belong in a family friendly farm.

We arranged a visit to Glebe Farm, having been there before, to meet family travelling from the Southport area for breakfast. The four of us went into the cafe and asked a member of staff if she had a table for 7 people. She pointed at the table in the far right corner and said “ You can have that one”. As we sat down another member of staff came over with the breakfast menu. I asked what time they served breakfast to be told 11:30. I said that we would probably want 7 large full English breakfasts but would call the three other family members to confirm. The time was 11:25 . A female waitress, who seemed to be in charge, walked over to the table, collected the breakfast menus and literally threw the lunch time menus, skimming them across the table. To say that she was extremely rude would be an understatement. She said “ You’re too late for breakfast, you will have to have something from the other menu” as she stormed back to the counter. And stare over at our table with a look of disgust It would appear that she is obviously on a one woman crusade to damage the reputation of what was once a fantastic cafe. We walked out of the cafe, waited for the remainder of our family to arrive and drove to the Bleeding Wolf whereby we ordered 7 fantastic main course meals that were served in a lovely atmosphere by welcoming staff. I will not be going to eat at Glebe Farm anytime soon.

Visited today as a group of 7 (3 adults, 3 young children and a baby) as a cheap couple of hours out for the kids at the end of a very expensive 6 weeks, planning to have a few coffees, ice creams, feed the animals and take a tractor ride along with letting the kids play on the park. Took picnic food with us to keep costs down and to feed the kids and sit at the benches that we have done many times before. However this time we were greeted by a lady (unsure if a busy body or an actual member of staff) pointing out a (new?) Sign stating that "only food purchased on the property can be consumed" there. After telling the lady that it's ridiculous and that it'd never been an issue before she walked away. We carried on eating regardless and then continued about our day with the kids. However we certainly won't return if in the midst of a cost of living crisis, they'd rather lose visitors completely than just allow people to have picnics in the name of greed. It'd have cost upwards of £50 for the 7 of us to purchase what is probably frozen processed mostly inedible food from the cafe! Probably explains why the place was dead!

Butchers, spent £20 on a piece ofbrisket today. Always have had wonderful meat, shopped here for 8 yrs. Today the brisket was almost all fat. So dissapointed and annoyed

Lovely little petting farm feeding the animals and had ice cream 🍦 😋

Great that you can feed the animals and most of them looked well looked after. However, the meerkat and rabbit enclosures did not look suitable and made me concerned for their welfare. The meerkats didn’t have any fresh air and it was sooooo tiny. Idk why there are meerkats on a farm. The rabbit also looked lonely as they’re social creatures and it was alone. It didn’t have any toys or chew things which are so important for both enrichment and for their teeth. It looked bored. Obviously I’m not there all the time though and only saw a small glimpse into the animals’ lives, but I left with an uneasy feeling.

A rustic working farm with lots of independent micro-businesses and animal encounters for the kids. Enjoyed a nice coffee and icecream. Fed the animals and had a tractor 🚜 ride. No entry fee which is excellent 👌🏻

Nice way to use a couple of hours with small children

We love coming to Glebe farm with our toddlers, feeding the animals with their own little buckets of food, and playing on the playground. Today however we were enjoying your Cart d'Or ice cream when my little boy fell off the bench and dropped the whole cone which went splat onto the floor! After queuing to buy another for my terribly upset 3 year old, the kind lady sorted him a replacement for free. Thank you ☺️

My 2 year old son can't get enough of the animals. Always a great time had by all. Don't forget the ice cream, it's delicious 💯👍

Had a lovely time the Highland cows where so cut and one was pregnant so can't wait to go back and see the baby

Great little place. Free entry and £1 (coin) for tub of feed to feed the animals. Enjoyed feeding goats, ponies, etc. Lovely display by the peacock. And saw meerkats, birds, and the cutest pig. Take care - some animals are labelled not to feed, but you can feed most of them. Good little farm shop with meat and veg to buy. Also selections of jars and beer, though less than last time we came. Then there are all the little quirky shops, my favourite being the crystal/rock shop - bought a beautiful owl necklace there today for only a tenner. There is a café too, though we didn't try that. And ice cream, including vegan options which is important. Definitely worth a visit to Glebe Farm. Highly recommended 💜

Farm animals, tractor rides, gift shops, cafe and lots more at this brilliant free entry location.

Lazy server on the ice cream counter.Another can't be bothered "computer says no" type.One star is too much really.

Lovely place to visit. Free entry. £1 coin needed to get a bucket of animal feed. Good range of farm animals. A great way to spend a morning out afternoon.

lovely little free farm with play area and shops ,food available to purchase for the animals and tractor rides, perfect for keeping little ones busy for a few hours on a dry day. Nice little farm shop and cafe. but we were a bit baffled as to why they sell supermarket ice cream over a locally produced one 🤔 would be interested to know the reasoning for this.

Good food great for the children, however the car park is just terrible, just to many cars, pot holes mud and unfortunately a car backed into my car. Won't be going back there.

The butchers at this farm seem to be a miserable lot and are really put out if you go there to buy more than a few items for your freezer. They will actually complain to your face that you didn't phone in advance with your order! Yep, complain that you want to spend so much money in their shop that they have to fetch extra items from the back! Sorry but no, I'll take my money elsewhere from now on.

A little gem of a place. Animals clearly loved and used to being petted by children. Staff very friendly and patient with young children. Highly recommend - a lovely visit. Spent 2 hours there, lovely cafe and tractor ride - perfect Sunday morning with the grandchildren.

The farm itself is lovely, you can get a bucket of food for £1 and feed the animals. The enclosures are a little on the small side but the animals get lots of attention and are very friendly. The aviary is absolutely gorgeous. We paid to go in the sensory session which was run by a lovely welcoming lady who was so accommodating and really good with my son who has additional needs. We had lunch in the cafe. I hadn’t seen the sign that you should wait to be seated and there was nobody there to greet us so I chose a table for our group and sat down. After I’d sat down and moved the used pots to the end of the table a lady came over and very abruptly said “THERES A SIGN TO WAIT TO BE SEATED” I immediately apologised and said I hadn’t seen it and offered to move. She replied “How many is it for?” There were only 2 of us at the time but we were waiting for 3 more otherwise obviously I wouldn’t have sat on a big table. We ordered food and then my son’s meal wasn’t right. I explained at the counter that we had asked for fish fingers and were given nuggets instead. Only to be told I was wrong and I asked for nuggets. When I repeated again that I hadn’t she told me I had. No apology, no offer to change it so my son had the nuggets instead of what he had actually asked for. I’ve given 3 stars because of the rude, abrupt and to be quite honest unkind staff in the cafe. I wouldn’t eat there again but would visit the farm.

great place to take the grandchildren to feed the animals plus a lovely cafe with friendly polite staff 👍

Lovely little farm with some fantastic little independent shops. Kids love the animals and the play park. The butchers sold an amazing steak pie. Highly recommended

I regularly shop at Glebe Farm butchers and I ordered a turkey breast for Christmas which we had on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day. It was excellent! Really moist, tender and very tasty. I also bought stewing steak for a casserole on Christmas Eve and that was lean, really tender and tasty. I can’t recommend Glebe Farm butchers highly enough.

Lovely place all ages. The animals are brilliant for introducing youngsters to the care and welfare required. The bonus is, it’s all free! Highly recommended.

Lovely place to visit to see the animals and have something to eat. Special shout out for the brilliant Santa Christmas experience .. very reasonable price for a train ride, gift and very authentic, friendly Santa! Children absolutely loved it!

We come here throughout the year to feed the animals with the kids and generally it's good/ nice farm. We booked the Christmas train this year so the kids could see santa. It wasn't great, if anything it was quite poor value for money. Santa wasn't great, the train is very small and it's a working farm so unless your wearing the appropriate footwear you will have to buy new trainers on your way home. We won't book the Christmas event again, shame really as I'm not sure if they genuinely tried or it was just an opportunity to cash in on the season.

Lots of small shops selling crafts and various goods, hairdressers, dog grooming, yoga, photography studio, cafe, farm shop, camping shop, personal trainer gym, play area for the kids, animals to look at, tractor ride etc......good day out for adults and kids!

Very disappointed. Unless you have young children, they will love the petting animals, most of the stores were closed and it was too cold to sit out with our dogs for a coffee

What's a better way to introduce children to a farm environment than through one that has free entry? Carrots and animal feed are available from the shop for £1 each and you can feed most of the animals here apart from the Shetland pony and pig. There's also highland cattle, alpacas, meerkats, goats and donkeys. More unexpectedly found are meerkats saved from a van. Tractor trailer rides are £1 per person (babies go free with prams and pushchairs welcome aboard) with contactless being accepted.

Great place for the kids, feed the animals and tractor ride are big hits

This was my first visit and I was so upset that the poor pony lives in such a tiny dirty pen, non of the animals looked particularly clean , their hay stank, the pony needs to live in a field where if it wanted to it could run around , places like this disgust me and sadden me

Nice place to visit, great if you have young children. Mondays are quieter as alot of the shops are closed. The animals are well cared for, and respond well to people carrying little white buckets of food (purchased at the farm shop)

A few animals to keep the kids amused plus tractor/trailor rides, some cheap jack 'shops' and a caff. No admission fee

A good quality full English breakfast. However, they've changed the rules and now you're not allowed to make substitutions on the breakfast which is a shame as its a simple courtesy to offer. Would of been 5 stars if they were more flexible and customer friendly.

Ok glebe farm itself brilliant for young children, free entry £1 for food for the animals, safe petting zoo, play area, and great tractor rides for £1 Would have been 5 star but… and this is not run by the farmer… there is a miniature steam train… it cost £8 for 2 adults and a child!!! The track is soooo short it’s literally a small hill!! Not even round a field, or the farm couple of minutes uo a hill sit at the top of the hill for 5 minutes and come back down! Absolutely disgusting and seriously overpriced.. robbery and taking advantage of children. Very wrong for the length of time.. even the children are disappointed and can’t believe how short it is… but the money is outrageous! Spoils the whole day tbh!!

One of ( if not ) the best breakfasts available in the area. Everything is cooked to perfection and quality ingredients used. You'll not find better.

Had a great time with our Grandson.

Great... definitely worth feeding the animals

Lovely time spent at Glebe farm, friendly staff and plenty of animals and a great little play area!

Fabulous cafe with indoor or outdoor, undercover seating. Opportunity to feed the animals (£1) and a tractor ride (£1 per person). Lovely short walks to see the animals and a play area to top it off for the kids. The produce in the shop look amazing although we weren't buying on this occasion. Some independent shops to browse also.

Small farm. Very good ice cream served here

Went for brunch on our way back home, I chose the full English, and the better half chose the pair of staffordshire oatcakes. The quality of the food was outstanding, and I openly admit to being a food snob, but there was nothing I didn't love about it. I sampled the bosses oatcakes (professional standards, honest) and again was impressed. The quality of the raw materials was quite evident, but the price was reasonable, under 20 quid with a pot of tea each. I will go there again, it's a lovely setting with really pleasant staff. I even left a tip, which surprised me as normally I'm as tight as a ducks arse.

Brilliant place for children able to feed a selection of farm animals ,everything at very reasonable prices and free admission. Great children's play area,and ample free parking.

Excellent place for a family trip out to take in the farm and what comes with it is very much worth the visit.

Fabulous afternoon for our grandson For a few hours of free fun, it js a good attraction for young children

This Farm Shop is as good as any I've been to. Not cheap, but good quality usually isn't. The butcher's is great. The bacon and burgers I bought were really good, and the prime fillet steak (a special birthday treat) was beautiful. The other outlets are interesting too. There is quite a wide range of shops.

Lovely place for children. Animals to feed such as sheep, alpacas and goats. A nice play area, farm shop and a cafe and some other smaller craft type shops..spent about 2 hrs here

Firstly it's important to remember that Glebe Farm costs nothing to enter. We visited mid week during the Easter Holidays, so the place was really busy. There was plenty of parking but whilst the road around the carpark was hard standing, some parts were very muddy. Nothing to complain about as it's a working farm, but a consideration in terms of footwear. Our 6 year old loved the animals, there was a good selection of goats, sheep, birds and alpacas to feed and you can purchase food for only £1. There is a nice cafe, farm shop and lots of smaller shops, over all well worth a visit!!

It's the wrong end of the year for a farm to sparkle, but it's pleasant enough and can you get something to eat, get ice cream, feed some of the animals and let your younger kids loose on the play area

Brilliant place to bring the family, lots to do and see. A cafe, shops and petting small and large animals, as well as experiences available. We did the bird experience and really enjoyed it.

Lovely place with loads of different units providing a plethora of different businesses. Farm shop packed with good produce. Ice-cream booth. Butchers on site, with lovely selection of fresh meat. Cafe provides food all day from 9 -4.30. Homemade specials, good coffees, snacks, cake, all your usual deliciousness Then there are the animals to see and feed, and different activities to do. Car park has some rather large pot holes, so be careful, and obviously quite muddy in wet weather, but it is a farm ! Worth a visit, definitely.

Fantastic friendly farm. Fun for the family with a modern park too. Animals all healthy and you get to feed some with carrots as well! Affordable and educational visit.

Lovely breakfast then fed the animals

Great place to take the kids, and the dog. You can feed the animals and enjoy a little tractor ride around the farm. Cute little shops and decent cafe. Well worth a visit.

Visited here today and was quite disappointed, fair enough it's a free day out which is great in the current cost of living crisis, but the animals just seemed not all that well looked after and felt so sorry for them ☹️ don't think will be returning again

We love coming to Glebe Farm. Great little place to bring the little ones to see the animals. A few independent little shops. Cute little farm shop, the food and service is lovely in the cafe.

I've been going to Glebe farm for a couple of years now with my young children and it improves every time we come. There is a good selection of animals that children will enjoy seeing and feeding (animal feed available for £1) as well as several shops and a newly updated park. The staff are friendly and welcoming in my experience. Definitely worth a visit. The only downside is general maintenance. On my most recent visit (Jan 23), the carpark was in a shocking state with huge potholes and muddy puddles everywhere. Also, one of the animal fences was damaged meaning that area was unused. Hopefully this is something that is looked at soon as they are clearly investing in the farm to make it nice for families.

Lots of animals and lovely and friendly. The cafe was lovely absolutely beautiful lunch worth the money. Need wellies though

I'm here today for the first time and I had the full English Breakfast ! Absolutely lovely food pleasant staff I would definitely recommend this place and I will definitely be visiting here again . Astounding breakfast , credit to the Chef

My daughter and I always have a great time visiting Glebe Farm. There is a great variety of animals to see (and feed), a lovely cafe with great good, a play area and lots of small shops to look around.

Some great little shopes, nicd play area for the children. Friendly animals and staff.

Lovely food and a good place to go with kids.

Good farm shop and free entry to the animals. Good cafe and a few small shop outlets

Free place to visit, just £1.00 for a small bucket to feed the animals. I recommend this farm if you want to spend few hours with your kids.

We had steak pie chips peas gravy absolutely fantastic chips like cricket bats Staff are always cleaning up very clean place Would definitely recommend

Lovely day out with kids n free to get in......last time we went I was a little worried about some of the animals

Best farm we have visited! Lots to do such as feeding the animals, tractor ride, steam train ride, go karts and play area. Food at the Le Cafe is nice, so is the ice cream. The farm shop sells great products at reasonable prices. Definitely be going back again!!!

Great place to take the kids. Feeding the animals at a small cost is a lovely experience for them. Some very nice retail units with a quality butcher.

Nice site with all sorts of pets from sheep tp meercats and plenty for kids to do with lots of other shops on site

Took our 2 year old grandson away in the camper van for the first time and stayed here Saturday night. Lots to keep him occupied with all the animals, tractor ride, play area and ice-cream. We visit for the day or couple of hours quite often and would definitely recommend it. Nice having the rockabilly music in the evening as an extra bonus this weekend as well.

absolutely amazing place to visit, beautiful scenery, lovely calm animals, facilities, shops and park.. along with added xtras of tractor rides and go carts etc.. FREE parking and entry too., perfect place to go with your young ones and family x

Amazing farm, animals are so much fun and full of character. Free to enter and animal feed is £1 a tub, very cheap! Nice little shops and a play area. Would highly recommend, no where else has a Unicorn, this place does! Fancy an afternoon of funny animals, food and a tractor ride, this place has it all.

Very nice place to walk around. Good cafe fo coffee etc.

Quirky shops and a few animals not a bad afternoon out

A fabulous farm, with a bit of everything! Animals to feed, a playground, nice cafe, ice cream, and a variety of shops (none of which my children allowed me to look in, but they seemed lovely!) We particularly enjoyed the tractor ride through the field and yards. All good honest fun, and free entry - just bring some pound coins for the incidentals.

Great place, especially for younger kids. A few quaint shops and plenty of animals to pet

Lovely place, very good for small children, I wish I'd known some of the units aren't open on a Sunday, but still enjoyed the visit.

Amazing place to go with children ...free entry ...Farm animals that you can feed for £1 bag of food ...butchers have a great choice likewise the farmshop too ...

It's very good for families with children but not as disabled friendly as it should be difficult with wheelchair from car park + shops not able to get into & couldn't find a disabled toilet the only one was near the animals of which had a step to get over even with crutches impossible as the floor was soaking wet but the toilet situation is the most worrying one

Great hour and a half, £1.00 for a bag of animal food. Also try the homemade sausage rolls from the butchers, great value for money, £1.75 and absolutely delicious. Pity the cafe didn't have any white sugar for my brew,had to settle for brown.

Nice location. Free parking on site. Cafe, ice cream stand, plant sales, fa animals for the kids to look at Butcher, deli, fishmonger on site. Plus other businesses on site. Walks in surrounding countryside from here. Ice cream is surprisingly by Carte D'Or , in large tubs . Nice place to bring young children for an hour or two . Basic, but clean toilets on site. Good camping goods shop too. Not a big chain store though.

Excellent quality produce from Glebe Farm butchers, everyone is friendly and very helpful. Wide range of meats, pies etc

Good place to go with young children, and the farm shop has nice section of local good

Probably the best Full English breakfast I've ever had!

Cute free farm to take kids. Animals feed only 1.00 bags from the shop.

Perfect little place to visit with the kids. They is lovely farm shop with some amazing treats. Also has a great butchers inside. There is an icecream counter and lots of outdoor seating (some undercover) Cafe on site is lovely but a little bit over priced. You also won’t be the most welcomed if you have a pram as they have clearly tired to put as many table in as possible. £1 for animal feed and the kids love feeding them so much. They have sheep, llamas, pigs, goats, donkeys and pony’s to feed as well as ducks walking around and chickens near the play area. The is a lovely little fenced off play area which If you have been and got a coffee you can sit and enjoy while the kids play. This is also 2 minutes from castaway play so highly recommend doing both with the kids.

Good Parking. Great cafe reasonably priced food good quality. Farm shop Animal farm Small train. All free well worth the journey.

Recent visit over the bank holiday weekend not been since last summer has the little steam train ride and tractor rides … little boys love …. New Meerkats here in cage next to the Aviary…. Small little play area for children . Had a visit for some lunch In the cafe . Good value for money . Worth the 30 mins wait for food as peak time. Be nice if they had some colours/colouring for children to occupy during the wait for food. We will be back .

Small number of animals and a play area suitable for under fives. We bought some meat from the butcher's and it was amazing.

Absolutely beautiful place. Loved our visit here today. No admission fee, lots to do, staff were lovely. Place is clean and well cared for. Definitely going to visit again for sure

What a fabulous place this is for all ages to visit and enjoy something. They have farm animals that you can feed, donkeys in the paddock. Farm shops selling fresh meat & fish, hairdressers, car detailing shop, ladies dress shop, gift shop and many more. There is also a superb cafe there where you can sit and enjoy the views of everything around you & it has lots of choice. Highly recommended

The animals were lovely, tents were there selling items, little go carts and tractor rides were available. Really enjoyed ourselves.

First time visiting, it's a great family day out, my daughter was happy to see some farm animals and to feed them. There is a cafe, and an ice-cream stall, so delicious.

What a little gem. And it's free for everyone . Animals,food and a little bit of shopping

My review is based solely on going to Glebe farm to let the children play on the park, say hello to the farm animals and nip into the shop for some biscuits or cake. People complain that the shop is expensive, yet are happy to let their children play and pet for free.. these places have to make a living some how! So I have no idea how they have the cheek to complain 🙂 we love visiting this little farm because it is a small - not overly large and complicated place that is easy access and perfect to just nip to on any day we are free or even when just driving past! We come during the weekdays when it is quieter mostly. We have purchased from the butchers once - just a stir fry pack of which could have been a little bit more spicy but overall lovely and the servers were very happy, all with smiles on their faces and happy to chat. Our most recent visit was today, which my girls really enjoyed thanks to a lovely lady who brought a lamb out and knelt down to their level so that they could stroke her. Thank you, you really made my girls day! The only worry I have for this place is the amount of people that I see feeding the shetland pony that clearly has a written sign across his gate stating 'DO NOT FEED' due to him having lami.. yet people (adults amazingly) continue to feed and allow their children to feed him. I've seen him have apples, carrots, grass nuts etc. This will make him so poorly, yet people continue to be ignorant. Hopefully you could maybe put him a little more out of reach, so that people cannot continue to feed him.

Absolutely brilliant. A great day out for youngsters to see and feed farm animals. Highly recommended.