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Jul
5 Places to Pick Your Own Strawberries near Harrogate
While you might be able to buy strawberries in the supermarket, somehow they taste even better when you pick them yourself. The perfect activity on a sunny July day, whether you wander the farms alone or take the whole family, there are lots of Pick Your Own locations across North Yorkshire. Here are five near Harrogate – offering extras from tractor rides to a bouncy castle.
1 Birchfield Farm, Summerbridge
With year-round experiences alongside a traditional farm, this is the perfect season for picking strawberries fresh from the field. A wide range of strawberries are grown, ensuring that there are always some available throughout the season, running through June and July. The farm sells ice-cream for you to take home to enjoy alongside your pickings, and while visiting you can also experience the petting zoo, animal barn and bouncy castle.
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2 Spilmans, Sessay
A 12-acre field full of strawberries is the epitome of summer fun, and Spilmans also offers other seasonal fruits to pick including raspberries, blackberries and gooseberries. The ticket also includes access to the farm’s nature trail and wildflower field, with refund on entry price given against strawberry purchases.
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3 Kemps Farm, Horsforth
Enjoy a simple farm to table picking experience nestled among the tree lined pastures at this beautiful farm, complete with tractor ride to get to the field. Once you have finished picking you can visit the farm animals, have some fun in the children’s play area or relax in the farm café. The strawberries are also grown at a height, allowing easier access for those who can’t get to ground level.
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Kemps Farm offers raised berries for easier picking.
4 The Balloon Tree, Helmsley
Hunt beneath the leaves for strawberries on this gorgeous farm – and don’t worry about pre-booking, just turn up when you fancy a sweet treat. Alongside strawberries, the farm also has rhubarb, blackcurrants, and the first of their redcurrants and white currants available to pick. Given the nature of farming, the Pick Your Own experience only runs when there are enough berries to pick, so the farm occasionally closes to allow the fruit to grow back. Make sure you check their website or social media to see if there is a current crop ready to pick.
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5 Fruity Berry Fruit Farm, near Copt Hewick
With inclusive adaptations, this is a great Pick Your Own experience for those in wheelchairs or with buggies. While some berries grow on the ground in a traditional style, some have been planted in raised beds to ensure easy access for all. Fields also offer gooseberries and blackcurrants to pick, and there is plenty of space to sit and enjoy your berries with a cold drink and some ice cream in the sun.
Find out more here.
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