A nice hour or so out. They have lots of photo opportunities and some activities for after pumpkin picking. Was a little disappointed with the range of pumpkins this year but we got 3 biggish orange ones, a grey one and another one for decorating. This came to £20 + £6 for entry. Fun for little ones to just run and lots of mud to splash in, so bring wellies or a change of clothes!

A lovely little place, our 2nd visit. Unfortunately this year wasnt as good as last year. We went early, 10th Oct. And there wasnt nearly as many pumpkins as last year, not as many varieties as last year either. I have since heard of many places that dont charge an entrance fee, so may try somewhere else next year, as we are a large family, it costs a fair amount just to entry, plus then the price of pumpkins.

Great couple of hours pumpkin picking, just be careful not to get carried away, its a bit like pick n mix, of you always get more than you plan and its approx £3-£4 a pumpkin if good size, but nice place and people

Lovely little Pumpkin Patch. Lovely choice of colours and sizes.Great facilities with photo opportunities as well as great coffee to give you strength before scraping mud from your boots whilst you berate yourself for not taking wellies.Wheel barrows available for lugging your pumpkins of choice back to be paid for (or 3 year old who refuses to get muddy)

Was a little let down to be honest. I booked online for a time slot. For there and found you could just turn up. Only food was coffee and crepes, burger bar at colchester. Got pumpkins but wheelbarrow very hard to find. Saw a lot of damaged ones.I think you could have done more. Maybe had some stools selling autumn bits and better organized. Maybe next year

Some good photo opportunities and staff friendly but unlike last year not many pumpkins available and very overpriced! And the Pumpkins have already rotten real shame! I’ll go get a cheaper one from Tesco instead I think!

We paid £6 per family to enter this year, for what, I dont know, there was nothing different or anything extra.There was hardly any pumpkins left just some wooden crates with damaged ones in.The price for the pumpkins was very over priced.The queue to pay was so long we saw people dumping their pumpkins and leaving.Its a shame because every year previous we have been weve had a great time.Think we will give it a miss next year.On a positive note the guys parking the cars were really helpful and friendly.

Shame they cant give more notice when cancelling your pre paid slot. Ive used a holiday day from work for them to cancel less than 24 hours before it.

So much fun picking pumpkins here for the last 4 years at both Basildon and Colchester locations! Highly recommend as lovely autumnal activity.

We went on 25th Oct and the whole farm looked like run down. Apart from some pumpkins stored (a hand full) I did not see any pumpkins which are not quashed or rotten. We finally did a photo op by carefully placing the rotten side behind ! Think they should put the daily status in their website . I am sure when they opened end of Sep, this would have been a sight to marvel, but not after a month later

Came down for the pumpkin picking expected kids games and great fun, but we arrived to see a field of smashed pumpkins and hay bales for photos only. Staff told us to contact head office as kids the day before smashed them all up. Very disappointed!

No pumpkins left dont go, waste of time very disappointed, were no pumpkin to pick... full of mud an rottenAfter paying to get in then had to get 2 display pumpkins that cost us £4Not a great experience for the kids

Usually a fab day and have been most years! This year was cancelled at the last minute. Its a shame other people cant control their kids and prevent them from smashing up the pumpkins and ruining it for everyone.

SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDSTHEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT HERE! GOING IN TO THE BIG PUMPKIN PATCH FIELDS AND CHOOSING THEIR OWN PUMPKINS! SEEING WHERE PUMPKINS GROW AND ACTUALLY COME FROM 🎃

Cancelled last minute so now have a very upset child. Do not book this patch.

Very disappointed. Went last weekend, when showed our booking confirmation - girl mentioned something like very busy today, we have more people than we expected today- how is that possible? It was pre-booking only??Good choice of pumpkins though (even though we didnt get a chance to buy) but if you want to buy any be prepared to wait in a queue of at least 30 families with only 1 cashier operating. Also note, people dont just buy 1-2 pumpkins, some have at least 10. So it is very slow - so many kids were crying/screaming while waiting in the queue.Definitely not a good place to go pumpkin picking.

We really enjoyed our first pumpkin patch. We brought our little one and he had a blast. Pumpkins are literally everywhere and the staff is very friendly.

Lovely afternoon spent at the pumpkin patch. We enjoyed picking pumpkins (there are some already picked in crates for you) and taking insta photos of course.There was a lovely vibe to the day; families with adorable kids running around in their Wellington boots.I didnt realise I had a email sent from the farm prepping us beforehand as it went to my junk mail. We didnt realise how muddy it was going to be; silly me wore my new suede boots! I would strongly recommend you wear clothes you do not mind getting muddy, wellington boots, bags to place the dirty shoes in when you get back in your car, wipes, tissues and water.We picked quite a few pumpkins and needed a wheelbarrow which is provided at the entrance to take them back to the car. It was fun but a proper workout pushing this through the sticky mud!They have a cabin onsite with hot drinks but we were too exhausted after pushing the pumpkins.Its a lovely place to visit, I would recommend the place to have extra bags and wipes available incase people forget

Paid £15 to walk around searching through rotten pumpkins. Always come every year, never again... AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

Had the best day .will return definately, the animals are well looked after and everything is clean .plenty antibac everywhere and hot water to wash hands with too.all in all a wonderful day out.xx Tiptree restaurant was also a wonderful experience.and the staff there excellent and very smiley.nothing was to much trouble fod them.and as soon as a table is freed up.They clean it to a tip top of cleanliness.xx

Great spot for pumpkin picking! Friendly service and well organised.

Very expensive pumpkins! Little one smaller than my hand £5! Big ones are also £5! I bought it at Asda big one for £2! I will never go there again!!

Excellent location and we had lots of fun!! Would definately recommend!!!

Very good time spent on that farm 🎃🎃

Complete waste of time, literally hardly any pumpkins, those that was there was damagedCame here last here and was much betterHow can they open for pumpkin picking with hardly any pumpkinsDefinitely do not recommend won’t be backStaff very friendly though, I felt sorry for them as everybody was moaning

Lovely place! We had so much fun!

Terrible, booked to go pumpkin pick with the kids, got here and it’s shut, called to see what wrong and VM says they have decided to close for the season, refunds will be given in due course ! No courtesy call or email, nothing ! Very rude.

Lovely place to spend the afternoon; suitable for all. There were families with kids and young couples all collecting pumpkins. It was a fun experience; pushing the wheelbarrow through the mud was exhausting! VERY MUDDY. I recommend wearing Wellington boots and clothes you dont mind getting messy. Also to have bags, wipes and extra shoes when you go back into the car

Good selection of pumpkins and squash. A fun day out for all ages. Wear your wellies as its very muddy!

I booked tickets a few weeks ago for the pumpkin picking on 22nd Thursday I have now just received on Sunday (18th) afternoon that the patch will be closed Tuesday - Thursday and therefore any tickets booked for that day will either be cancelled or have to move to Monday (19th) How can you give less than 24 hours notice before the only available day?! I’m shocked to be told that it has been cancelled and only give ONE other option which I will now not be able to attend. Certainly won’t bother booking again in the future.Has been nearly a month since they cancelled our tickets and I have still not received a refund! Company ignoring all emails about refund. Avoid at all costs!!

Worst pumpkin patch we ever visited.The farm is nothing like the pics..no fall deco, barely anything. Dont understand why they charge an entrance fee just to buy pumpkins!! If you check the website, expect 20% of whats shown. There are a few big wooden crates filled with pumpkins and thats it. No pic opportunities, no activities for kids. . And note that we went when it was sunny, but it was still REALLY muddy!!The pumpkins are expensive too. Their so called large are smaller than the medium pumpkins at waitrose and MUCH more expensive. We bought a ton from them not knowing that pumpkins were sold in stores too and to find out that prices were triple of waitrose prices was hard to swallow.AND they charge an entrace fee ( For what?) which cannot even be redeemed towards purchase of pumpkins.I am all for promoting small businesses and farms.. but this was a ripoff

Great fun had by all - lovely atmosphere - dont forget your wellies, toilets and refreshments available too

Awful service, booked weeks in advance, then the company cancelled our visit morning of. Will never ever use the company again.My friend went last week and said it was just a field of mud, barely any pumpkins left and all rotten so I can only assume thats the reason for cancellation

On the website the wording says we have pick your own pumpkin patches but I believe it would be more accurate to say choose your own pumpkin, because the pumpkins are already picked and sorted into piles on the ground. I was looking forward to actually picking something, like you would with pick your own strawberries, but instead it was more like a trip to the farmers market only outside. On the plus side there is lots of parking and they do have a good selection of different varieties of pumpkin. There are good photo opportunities if you can find a pile that doesnt have too many rotting pumpkins in the middle. It would just be nice if someone would take those away, and I find it odd that no one thought to do that.

Great fun, but prepare your self for a muddy walk.

Took my son to the patch, great time had by both, really helpful and friendly staff. looks to be a very popular event for familys. the team did very well with the traffic volume as didnt look an easy job. everyone must have had the same idea as me that day. really would recommend.

Large and pumpkin patch. Lots of parking, although you may have to queue to get in and out because the road its off is only 1 lane in each direction. Prices are good. There are plenty of sizes of pumpkins. Small stand selling hot drinks and food. Didnt look like there was a toilet. Cash only.

Very disappointed come all theWay from south London . on Google says open got here to find out it was closed very disappointed come all the way for nothing

Went here for pumpkin picking which we found very underwhelming and they were just charging what they fancied for the pumpkins vowed never to go back.We then returned for the maize maze which we have done at various locations and as this is just down the road thought wed give it a go.The games and activities advertised where in our opinion vastly over exaggerated.The maze itself was tiny and when compared to other sites there was a serious lack of planning and effort gone into it.I would recommend the owners visiting other sites to see how its done properly.Overpriced and lack of planning/effort we wont bother again.

Lovely family day out yesterday. Great selection of pumpkins, friendly and helpful staff. Definitely worth a visit!

Great for kids while youre in there, trying to get out is THE worst experience. If you have to be home for anything Id arrange leaving at least 2 hours before you need to be there as its only 1 road in and out. Will never come back due to this

Fantastic! Had a great time there today with our little one and friends. Exactly as we expected and always happy to support a local business. Thank you!

Unlike some other pumpkin picking places, the pumpkins actually grow here and most can be picked! Our fav x

So much better to show the kids where the or pumpkins actually come from plus fresh air.... dont mind paying a little more for the pumpkins than from a supermarket for the whole experience

Had a great time at the pumpkin patch, the kids loved it, will certainly be going again. Thank you

Such a lovely family day out, we really enjoyed choosing our pumpkins 🎃 highly recommended

Fantastic day, was there around 2 hours boys loved it and some very unusual pumpkins.

I would reccomend getting there earlier to get the bigger pumpkins, even if you dont its good fun for all

Great

We checked the opening hours on google, made an effort to drive here only to find it is closed. Absolutely ridiculous. Will you update your opening times? Put some effort in there. Thanks

Well worth a visit.

Really fun day out got loads of pumpkin, not as cheap as getting them in the shops but its worth the little bit extra to actually run around a muddy field collecting your own pumpkin

Me and my family was there for 3 hours picked 18 pumpkins up

Still only one road in and out give your self 2 hours to get home as the traffic is so bad .

A must for every child, the memory of a visit to the pumpkin patch will ladt a lifetime