Spitalfields City Farm

Came here for the Oxford and Cambridge Goat Race and had a wonderful time. The farm had a lovely environment and the event was great, and at a reasonable price!

One of the best farms I’ve been to! Loved the goats and the 2 pigs! Coming back every week

They have tiny pygmy goats! This is one of my favourite places in the whole of London. It’s adorable and clean, the food is awesome, and did I mention the pygmy goats?

This is a wonderful farm where the animals are well cared for and really friendly! A lovely place to grab a coffee and have a stroll around or get involved with one of their projects!

As a person who grew up on a small farm, I always find city farms a bit amusing. It’s more like a petting zoo, really. But this place is great fun. Free to visit (donations appreciated) and lots of types of animals — both traditional farm and traditional pet — to see and interact with. Definitely recommend!

OHMYLIFE I LOVE THIS FARM! my boyfriend and i are both animal fanatics, there is no denying it. we love to visit city farms, and this one is just delightful. the people volunteering there are friendly and obviously passionate about what they do which is great to see.
they have the friendliest assortment of farm animals you could ever wish for. lovely purry meowing moggies that love a stroke, pigs that make the funniest noises i’ve ever heard pigs to make, a sweet donkey, goats that love being petted behind the ear, and the friendliest sheep i have EVER had the pleasure of meeting. he was fluffy and adorable, and followed us around begging for more strokes. I LOVED HIM!
i will be probably be making treks in the future just to come here and visit with my sheep pal!

My boyf’ and I were looking for somewhere to go on a lazy Sunday afternoon with a friend who was visiting for the weekend. After scanning an «out and about» review listing, we stumbled upon a «Strawberry Fayre» that Spitalfields City Farm was hosting.
The review suggested heading down to the farm with a picnic and blanket to enjoy many delights including a strawberry salad recipe demonstration, storytelling and strawberry hunt!
The farm was a little tricky to find on a first visit, and especially given I’d only briefly looked at the address before leaving home! The nearest tube is Whitechapel and apparently it’s well signposted from there. Unfortunately, I confidently told our group Old St was the closest tube, so we had a 20min walk — oops! As there’s no signs on that route we had to ask directions. Lesson learnt. Definitely use Whitechapel if it’s your first time!
Back to the farm… it’s a real mix of cultivated vegetable patches, flower beds, conservation areas, children’s activity areas and of course, pens and fields for the animals. We saw donkey rides for the kids, pigs taking shelter from the sunshine in huge stys and although we didn’t see them, I believe there’s ponies, goats, rabbits and sheep too!
The whole area is well tended, colourful and a tranquil space away from the hustle and bustle of the nearby streets and Brick Lane.
The day was great for everyone to enjoy (kids, adults and families alike) and even though their website suggested taking a picnic, after Saskia’s brilliant strawberry salad demo, we were all invited to take a plate and dive in. Which we did with great gusto after seeing all the delicious types of leaves she’d used which were grown in the farm’s own gardens.
It was a really enjoyable day and so good to be in London, but to have all the fun of being «down on the farm!». It’s free to enter and I highly recommended a visit. Although the farm is funded by lottery and local funding, it’s still a project which needs huge investment to keep going, so once you’ve visited, please consider supporting them further with a donation. These farms offer so much to inner city dwellers. It would be so sad to see their demise.

What a fantastic way to spend a day out, and it’s not just for little kids. They have a café that sells tea and cafes and sandwiches as well as a play pen for the little ones. But what is so great about this place is the big fat piggy that loves to eat apples (but no you’re not allowed to feed him) and has the longest eyelashes EVER! The piggy spend most of her morning scratching herself against her tree — very cute!
There are ducks, chickens, donkeys and more… basically it does exactly what it says on the tin — it’s a farm.