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A day at Smithills Hall and Open Farm is one of the most popular ways to spend a family outing in Bolton, and it's easy to see why. Animals are at the heart of the farm, with a wide range of them ...
And just this week Smithills Open Farm in Bolton threw its doors open for a special open evening on Wednesday where visitors could meet the farm’s moo-arvellous residents. The farm delivers to ...
A SUCCESSFUL farm is bidding to keep its farm shop. Smithills Open Farm has asked the council for planning permission to continue using an agricultural building for ice cream and milk production.
The popular Smithills Open Farm is reopening next week following an easing of lockdown measures. We revealed earlier this week safari parks and zoos were given the green light to open from the ...
A Bolton animal farm torched in an arson attack has been "inundated" with offers of help from around the world. The fire which destroyed a barn at Smithills Open Farm on Monday was started ...
A farm where people can pet animals, go on tractor rides and eat homemade ice cream has been nominated for an award. Smithills Open Farm is one of the 10 finalists in our Bolton News Best Family ...
My toddler and I love a farm day out and we’ve tried out quite a few. However there’s one we keep going back to and it's called Smithills Open Farm. It’s just an hour's drive from Liverpool ...
It had always been an aim at Smithills Open Farm to sell milk direct to customers – either through the shop on their Open Farm, which attracts more than 150,000 visitors a year, or by doorstep ...