Magical Unicorn Festival: 17th May - 1st June 2025

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ALL visitors, including season ticket holders, must book tickets online in advance as we have a limited capacity and want to ensure the best experience for every visitor.   

 

What's On

🦄Get the chance to meet a REAL LIFE Unicorn!
🦄Complete the Magical Trail around the farm to earn your official graduation to the Unicorn School of Magic!
🦄Magical Unicorn Hobby-Horse Racing!
🦄Relax on the Unicorn Bench
🦄Discover your very own Unicorn name!
🦄Find some fantastic themed photo areas around the farm
🦄Spot the Unicorns hiding on the Tractor & Trailer ride
🦄Spot Rainbows
on the Rainbow Railway!

All this and more is included in your day tickets!

White horse with rainbow mane and unicorn horn at outdoor Magical Unicorn Festival

Earn stickers, Win prizes, and so much more!

🦄Guess How Many Unicorns in the Jar!
🦄Create a Magical Spell Competition!
🦄Guess the Name of the Unicorn!
🦄Find the Lucky Horseshoes hidden around the Farm! - Bubbles the Unicorn has hidden 8 lucky horseshoes around the farm. Some are easier to find than others but the GOLDEN Horseshoe is expertly hidden! Will you be the one to find it?

Children enjoying Magical Unicorn Festival with unicorn-themed costumes and activities

To complete the Magical experience, we're offering limited-edition treats in our Food & Beverage outlets!

🦄Magical Unicorn Ice Cream!
🦄Magical Unicorn Cake!
🦄Magical Unicorn Hot Chocolate!
🦄And more!

Four images showing a pink and yellow layered cake slice, a cupcake topped with marshmallows, a blue and pink ice cream cone, and a girl wearing a unicorn headband eating ice cream

 

An unforgettable Experience

 

Don’t take our word for it, take theirs...

 

 

What's Included In A Visit To Pennywell

Colourful illustrated map of a family farm park showing various attractions and activity areas

- A full day of farmyard fun! Plan your visit from the day's activity board. With a new activity every 30 minutes there's not a moment to waste! 

Weekend & Devon School Holiday Activity Schedule*:

Colourful farm event timetable with activities, free rides, tips, and food options for Magical Unicorn Festival

Weekday Activity Schedule*:

Colourful event schedule for Magical Unicorn Festival with farm activities, rides, tips, and snacks

*Please be aware that the activity schedule may change slightly from day to day - always check the activity board upon arrival!

Enjoy Piggy & Pet cuddles in our pigs and pets corner. A hit with everyone, it's one not to be missed. For the welfare and comfort of our animals, a pet blanket must be used during piggy & pet cuddles. You are very welcome to bring your own or they are available for purchase in our shop. 

Children and adults happily holding various small animals including a piglet, rabbit, and guinea pig

 

Meet all of your favourite animals as you explore the whole farm. From the mighty heavy horses, Duchess & Delilah, to our internationally renowned miniature pigs, who can’t wait to welcome you! 

Meet The Animals

 

- Pig Racing! You will have never experienced anything like the phenomenon that is Pennywell miniature pig racing. Everyday at 12:30pm!

Pig Racing Pennywell Farm

 

- Farmyard Activities will include Bottle Feeding, Miniature pony pampering, deer feeding, ferret racing, goat milking plus so much more! 

Children interacting with animals including a lamb, ponies, deer, and ferrets at a magical unicorn festival

 

Our Miniature Pony and Donkey paddocks will also be open for you to wander in and say hello. Complete with a spectacular picnic and viewing area overlooking Dartmoor.  

Miniature Pony & Donkey Paddocks

 

- Hand-feed our Animals. The Goatarama provides the perfect place to feed our cheeky Pygmy goats and watch them jump and play! Head down to our Animal Feeding Paddock for more friendly animals to meet, greet and hand-feed. 

Goatarama

 

- Our 3 FREE farm rides will all be running. The Rainbow Railway (all ages), Tractor ride (all ages), and Red Rocket (age 4+) are great fun for all the family.  

Children enjoying various outdoor rides including a colourful train, tractor trailer, and pedal cars at a festival

 

All outdoor play areas including the willow maze, commando course, trampolines, and more are ready to be discovered. PLUS our BRAND NEW Treetops Adventure Towers Play Area is now open for you!

Children enjoying outdoor playground with slides and climbing structures under blue sky

 

Enjoy our giant indoor bouncy castles within our Picnic and Play Barn, complete with picnic space and a seasonal coffee shop & takeaway.

Children enjoying colourful inflatable slides and bouncy castles at indoor festival

Food Options

- Our Coffee Cabin opens daily selling a selection of local produce including, Devon pasties, sandwiches and wraps, delicious coffee, snacks, cakes, and ice creams. 

- Noah's Barn takeaway (weekends and school holidays). Offers all of the above plus tasty stonebaked pizzas!

- Coffee Shack takeaway (most weekends and school holidays). Offering our NEW authentic German Hot Dogs plus drinks and snacks.

- Treetops Adventure Towers (weekends and school holidays. Grab and Go outlet offering a range of drinks, snacks and stonebaked pizzas, beside our brand new Treetops Adventure Towers Play Area - you won't beat the view from this outlet!

- The Ice Cream Parlour will be serving a delicious selection of local Langage Farm ice creams (seasonal opening)

Click here to read more! 

 

Collage of farm animals including white and brown ponies grazing, Highland cattle in a field, piglets jumping over hurdles, close-up of a pink piglet, and two black and white baby goats on hay 

Multi Award-Winning

Four award logos featuring gold and orange colours for South Devon tourism and Muddy Stilettos family attraction awards

 

Our Visitors Love Us!

(and we love them!)

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Don't Let The Weather Dampen Your Enthusiasm!

Wet weather? Book with confidence no matter what the forecast. If it rains for more than 30 minutes during your visit then we will give you a ticket to come back and visit us for FREE anytime in the next 7 days.  

Three small piglets standing close together under a pink and blue umbrella in the rain on green grass 

 

How To Find Us

Address: Pennywell Farm, Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh TQ11 0LT.

 

 

Important Ticket Information

 

TICKETS: All visitors MUST book online in advance of your visit. 

SEASON TICKETS: If you are a season ticket holder, you MUST book tickets (remember you must add children under 3 too). To book these tickets, you must have a valid season ticket card and this will be required on admission. If you arrive without a valid season ticket, you will politely be refused entry.