James Tea Rooms in Erewash

More of a farm shop, cafe and petting zoo than a garden centre. This is the quality of hand tools they sell. This fork bent as soon as I tried to use it in soft soil.

Superb day on our hawk walk, highly recommend 👍👍👍👍 Thanks

Lovely coffee and I loved all the animals.

Stop breeding your gpigs when there are so many in rescues, using them for your " breeding programme" let a rescue take in the ones that are ex breeding ones, also give them hay, which is 80% of their diet ,please think of them

Drinks are really nice lots to choose from. Great place to go feed some animals although my daughter says the cows tongues are rough 🤣

Gd for taking kids feeding the animals

Good to go for an hour to feed the animals free to enter just pay £3 per bucket of food, or don't it's not compulsary.

Farm and garden centre fab. Cafe not so good.

Quite small but our grandson absolutely loved it

All the animals at the farm looked really happy and were so friendly. The cafe is lovely, I had a small breakfast and the sausages were delicious, would recommend stopping by if you are in the area

A great place to take young ( and old) children. A good assortment of animals all well cared for and secure.

Just lovely, kids can feed the animals and the quality of their flowers is brilliant.

We came to lanes from Leicester by looking at your reviews and your reviews are great but it must have been a different place to where your reviews come from as it looked very run down... Farm side: Enclosures rotten framing and the whole place needs alot of TLC. Garden center side: Plants looked dead, the cafe closed, the upside was the fruit & veg they sell looked nice and fresh.

Lovely little garden centre. My children enjoy feeding the animals and always a great range of plants

Lovely place to see and feed the animals. Great selection of plants, gifts and even a good coffee shop

Seemed well stocked with plants and the staff were very pleasant.

Kids loved it not to busy great food and lo lovely animals to feed

A Fantastic family hidden gem. All animals where all clean and obviously loved by their owners. Cost £3 for a bucket full of lettuce abs carrots to feed the animals and £0.50p for bird feed ❤️ will definitely be returned again with the children in future a great family day out for all ages

Felt very sad visiting here, small pens for the animals. Yes being able to feed them is good and the animals seem to enjoy it but I just felt sad for the tiny enclosures these animals live in. Ducks with a tiny child paddling pool with about an inch of filthy water. Peacock that could barely display all its feathers without hitting the top of the enclosure. Pig in small dark shed on its own. I hope I’m wrong and these animals do have a chance to roam at some point but I don’t see how considering between its opening hours/most of the day they’re penned in. I’d rather pay some money and have better looked after animals than have it be free and just come away feeling sorry for them. If you have empathy for other living things I wouldn’t visit here.

Although the plants were lovely, I spoke to a gentleman who was tending to the plants. I felt he was very polite and had a laugh with us, but I don't know if the rest of the staff were overworked but I felt it was of great effort to get even a smile from them. The fòod was rather lame to say the least, i wonder if it would have been a little too much trouble to add a bit of garnish to my sandwich and a bit more choice of bread and creativity

Nice little farm enjoy seeing the animals

Very friendly very clean food always great

Free entry and some animals to see. There are some plants in garden center too but if am honest there isn't much to see there. I think by an hour's time u would have seen all I want to see but it isn't a bad lace at all. Kids enjoyed going on the tractor and seeing the animals

The animals are kept in very tiny enclosures, the ducks looked in bad condition with very little water in their pond. Considering how big the surrounding fields are there is room to extend for decent sized enclosures. The chickens had the same room to roam as the cows, pigs and ducks put together. It was also dirty. Exploiting animals for greed.

Brilliant as always. Great prices. Lovely staff. Animals are so nice to see. Plants are well looked after too. Highly recommend for a little look around and to feed the animals

Great food my grandson loved visiting the animals especially the goats and chickens.

Really good little farm the animals are really friendly also :) all you pay is £3 for the animal food the rest is free

Always a good visit great food James and the staff are absolutely fantastic the food I love and the company's great good prices and friendly professional staff what more could you want

Lovely experience going around and feeding all the animals . My favourite were the baby guinee pigs....so cute. Not majorly impressed with the coffee shop .

Great place for garden supplies looking at farm animals great for kids and lovely food and drink at james coffee shop

Always fresh cooked meals served, very tasty.

Go here alot... Cheap... Go there yourself good place food kids n got a cafe round back £2.50 food n 50p bird food unless it's gone up since this date

Lovely farm visit for young children

What a fantastic find after being stuck in traffic with all the flooding. Great service, food and the animals were a delight.

Just visited for first time, great value, wide variety of plants. Animals to keep kids happy. Will visit again.

Garden centre with animals to feed, no fee to see the animals. £3 for a bucket of food. Kids loved it. Red tractor for them to sit on too for a photo.

Lush place for adults and children alike. The kids love seeing and feeding the animals and the cafe is fab too.

Slightly disappointing as not many hanging baskets evident and was really busy with no staff around to ask. They have very healthy bedding plants though and good prices.

Great for an hour out with little ones to feed the animals, bedding plants always good selection at fair price

It's OK for toddlers but not older children.

Good products/produce. Nice and friendly petting farm. Good and fair prices.

We didn't go for the garden centre we went for the owl experience which is situated on the ground. An absolutely brilliant experience flying the owls out in the open air

Lovely farm with a great opportunity to feed the animals and a little shop with local produce.

What a lovely place to visit..... lots of animals for the children to pet and feed. Also a large variety of plants to buy. And a coffee shop and farm shop. Well worth a visit.

Brilliant little garden centre where you can take the little ones to feed/see the animals. Been a few times now and will continue to come back!

Only stopped by for breakfast but absolutely loved the place, a definite working farm and the staff were really friendly. The food was delicious and it's easy to see why booking is recommended. Fortunately we were early and managed to get a table. The breakfast was delicious and it was easy to tell all the produce was fresh. Can't wait to visit again.

Not the largest place of this type but easy to get too, good car parking and a great site. I've already posted a couple of photos..

Nice little farm for the kids together close to some farm animals.

Very small however, its local and a good price. I have taken my daughter many times, plenty to do, staff are spot on and will return.

Lovely place to tack the children for a hour or two

Love this place, the kids always enjoy feeing the animals. They have also painted the rusty tractor.

Visited with the children, they loved it. Its fairly small, but enjoyed feeding the animals. Nice cafe also.

Thoroughly enjoyed feeding and interaction with the animals. Loved the buckets of fresh food you could hand feed them with (apart from some, clearly signed, who were in different diets). Well priced selection of plants for sale, farm shop which was also sensibly priced. Unfortunately we missed the Cafe by a few minutes, a shame as it looked very nice. Not a big place, but friendly animals & staff.

Went for the owl experience, loved it

It was a pleasant surprise. Unfortunately the day I went the café was closed (which was Monday).

We went with daughter and and granddaughter. It was very nice especially as there were 12 little piglets there. Not a lot of animals but very nice. There is also a shop and a juice cafe. It is split into two areas, one to accommodate under 10 children with parents and the other for over 10 with parents.

Feeding the animals was fun, however they were kept in quiet small areas. In addition to this the water for many of these animals was completely brown and there was very little of it.

Brilliant little farm where you can feed the animals and Nursery really friendly staff well worth a visit just a shame cafe was closed today

Lovely farm, animal feeding is great for the kids and amazing cafe serving so many options. Would highly recommend the breakfast waffle! So good!!!

Love coming here to feed the animals with all the family. Would normally give 4 or 5 stars unfortunately though , One of the busiest days for families to get together and the cafe now doesn't open on a Sunday at all. Very disappointing 😞

Great to take the grandchildren for an hour think I enjoyed feeding the animals more than they did

Friendly staff lovely and clean !!

Small but plenty to see. The garden center is not just garden center, it has cafe, farm shop and animals to view/feed My children love visiting, there is old tractor to play on and animals to see (cows, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, golden pheasant and even chip munks) And best of all it's free. If you have a hour to spare def worth a visit

We come here regularly because it's so cheap you pay for the food for the animals and then you get to feed them it's only 2 pounds for a bucket of veg and the 50p for bird food! It's a great trip out! Definitely recommend

Love going to see the animals and buying from the farm shop great afternoon out

Highly recommended going with little ones just the right size for the under 5s

Took 2 of the grandchildren here today. Very good they really liked feeding the animals. Free to get in £2 for animal food and a nice cafe and gift shop.. Plenty of free parking.

Enjoyed an hour or so nice cup of coffee meals look nice as well although didn't have one this time.

Always love going here. We have been bringing my children here in and off for the last 9 years and it's still fantastic

Visited today and have a lovely experience, well stocked little farm shop with pleasant friendly staff. Free entry and 2 Pounds for a large bucket of feed. Great place to visit with kids for an hour!

Great inexpensive outing for the kids

Lovely little place to take younger children not very big but its free entry so cant complain about it. Its a quick treat for the kids

My grandaughter loved feeding the animals

Went to the falconry centre for an amazing experience.

Amazing value for money great place to visit thanks so much we really enjoyed feeding all the animals 😊😊😊😊😊

I've got no complaints you go for animals and plants there's animals and plants.

Great little farm and cafe. Great experience feeding the animals and value for money.

Good for children to feed various animals. Feed has gone up sharply in the last couple of years.

Lovely place and friendly staff. Will definitely go back again.

The kids love it here... Such a great way to introduce them to farm animals up and close..

Brilliant little place. Kids loved it.

Nice place to take small children.

Nice place to take the kids and although it has a cafe, sadly I had no time to use it. Also you can buy your eggs and veg from here but it is really nice to see the kids feeding the animals.

Great for children to interact with the family - a lovely way to spend a couple of hours

Cafe small inside, tables outside. Service a bit slow but food ok.One way system through the shop to flowers and to see animals.

Great place to introduce kids and yourself with farm life.

Lovely little farm, kids love it 😁 definetly worth a visit!

Amazing staff and have some farm animals and birds to look at and you can buy food to feed the animals that my kids loved keep up the good work

Amazing staff and alot of animals to see and feed as well

Great garden centre with free admission to a brilliant farm

Nice place, quite a lot of animals and good selection of plants. 😀 lovely caffe and little shop.

Free farm for the kids to enjoy And a bucket of food for £2 to feed them plants wasn't bad either 😉

Food service excellent. Food was good .shop was pleasant.

Garden centre with a petting/farm with birds, pigs, goats and sheep.. free admission and £2 for a bucket of food. Plenty of hand sanitizer stations and restaurant on site. Great afternoon with little kids. Definitely worth visiting

Lovely place to visit. Very reasonable prices.

James coffee shop is always worth a visit. Everything is cooked fresh. The chips are amazing.

Great time and the kids loved it the cafe on site was also really nice.

Lovely to be able to feed the animals. Feels a little bit cramped.

Nice local farm, feed animals, get a coffee.

Great experience to see happy animals in a good environment, safe for children and with food and a garden centre. A great famiky outing.