James Tea Rooms in Erewash

Good choice of plants (all well watered) at reasonable prices.

Lovely place with plants and birds and animals to feed. Would great for kids. Shop selling all sorts and a nice café. Can't feed your own food to the animal, you have to buy from them

Great little farm, fun for kids to feed animals

I have been going to the farm for years with my children. Had a bad experience in James's cafe last week but we have always loved feeding the animals.

But run down and a lot of items with no price on. Animals to visit though which was nice and it's free

Such a brilliant place to visit been going near enough everyday to see the animals the buckets are food are brilliant price value and getting to feed the animals is a bonus too staff are very friendly and extremely helpful

We tried to buy the animals so we can make sure they aren't sold for meat, they said no. We have obtained a licence, we offered well over market value. Shouldn't be in charge of animals if they don't care what happens to them once they aren't 'cute' anymore. They said themselves they don't know what happens after they are sold at age 6 months. (they know) of course the pigs and cows go to slaughter. What else. And people bring their kids here & they see how cute they are. It's messed up. If this resonated please watch Earthlings (google it). It's a shame because it's a nice day out. But to know that they kill all their animals means we will no longer support them.

Good for taking children, can feed the animals and nice Cafe on site ran separately to the farm.

Not a very welcoming place, lot of parking but no price and in poor state of repair. You would think it was closing down. I have to say the animals did add 2.5 starts the goats are great. It is such a shame need alot of investment to bring it back to life

We love it at Lanes! Delightful family run farm, garden centre and cafe. The food in the cafe is great and the staff are so friendly and helpful, I always love to stop in there for a visit. There is outdoor seating, open and under cover, and indoor seating with a separate area for families, and a quieter place for adults. You can take the kiddies along to the petting part of the farm, and for a small price you can buy a cup of chicken feed or a small bucket of carrots and cabbage to feed to the other animals. There are chickens, peafowl, goats, donkeys, pigs, sheep and cows. Then there is the garden centre which has lovely plants at reasonable prices. They aren’t as perfectly pruned as you might find at somewhere like Bardils, but they’re healthy and it’s nice to support a family business. There is plenty of parking, and a cute gift shop where you can get gardening equipment, fruit, veg, and eggs from the hens on site. Lovely place visited by generations of local kids.

Good place to take the kids to see the animals, the food tray for the animals has gone up to £3 but Good value. Cafe was shut on the Monday which was a shame.

My Granddaughter loves this place

Wonderful experience for grandchild to get up close to the animals and birds. Highly recommend and will be a frequent visitor going forward!

Lovely well stocked garden centre, coffee shop does a great latte and we had the cheese and onion scone with pickle which was delicious- loads of choices for food and the farm is great - you can feed the animals - pigs, goats, peacocks, chickens, cows, sheep …..

Buy some food and enjoy some cheap fun at the farm, a good way to spend an hour with the kids

Concerning animal welfare standards: I don’t like to be negative, but when it comes to animal welfare, I believe it’s important to speak up and spread awareness. Having been in the animal industry for over five years, I was saddened by what I saw today. I completely agree with a review from eight months ago, which highlights concerns that still haven't been addressed—showing a clear lack of progress despite multiple visitors pointing out the same issues. The enclosures are far too small for many of the animals. While the opportunity to feed them is a nice touch, there should be clear signage indicating what animals can be fed what. From what I saw, the feed buckets given out contained a large amount of carrot and lettuce, which children were feeding indiscriminately to all the animals. Clear guidance would help ensure that the animals are receiving appropriate food that suits their dietary needs. The ducks were confined to a tiny child’s paddling pool with only an inch of filthy water, far from the clean, natural environment they need. The peacock had so little space that it could barely display its feathers without hitting the top of the enclosure. The pigs had very little bedding, raising concerns about their comfort and enrichment. One of the most concerning things I witnessed was the geese attempting to drink from dirty water, but they kept sneezing as if they were struggling with its quality. This is a clear sign that their environment is not being maintained to a suitable standard. Additionally, the flooring in nearly all the enclosures was just mud. While I understand that mud can be an issue on farmland, especially in wet conditions, it would be beneficial to incorporate straw bedding to help keep the animals warmer and more comfortable. The lack of suitable substrate made many of the enclosures appear bleak and unwelcoming. Another major concern was the complete lack of visible enrichment in the enclosures. There were no toys, structures, or natural features to stimulate the animals, making the spaces look bare and the animals appear bored. Providing enrichment is essential for both physical and mental well-being, and its absence only adds to the sense that welfare standards are not being met. I truly hope that steps are taken to improve these conditions. I would much rather pay an entry fee if it meant seeing animals in well-maintained, spacious environments where their welfare is prioritised. As it stands, I would not recommend visiting if you have empathy for other living beings. I wish I would've taken more pictures but I did get a picture of the 'pond' in the Wildfowl enclosure, there are more reviews similar and pictures showing the environment.

Lovely to visit and feed the animals. We didn't spend long here at all 30 mins max, which was a little disappointing after travelling 30 mins to get here. Nevertheless, my daughter enjoyed feeding the goats, cows and pigs!

Love this place. Primarily used to buy well priced chicken pellets but sometimes stop for a cheeky breakfast.

Laines Garden Centre Borrowash is a small open centre. You can take your young ones; and old ones to visit the cafe and animals; including the wildlife. You can visit the shop and feed the animals too! The wild owls and eagles are a sight to see; and you can book to see them all; and have their story told. A lovely time out.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

It's OK for toddlers but not older children.

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.