Family Activity Breaks 2026
Easter Family Holiday Long Weekend
- Date:
- Fri 3 – Mon 6 April
- Price:
- Adult £237
Child £135 (under two free)
This is a weekend for everyone who enjoys some of the older and newer Easter traditions.
We shall decorate eggs, eat hot cross buns, construct Easter hats, hunt for Easter nests, boil eggs and roll them! In fact, egg rolling, on the slopes of Barbury Castle is a highpoint of this weekend’s celebrations. Activities will take place in the craft shed, round the fire, on the high hills, and often in the giant hammock or on the barn rope swing! It is a celebratory weekend for young, not so young, and old, in fact, anyone young enough in spirit to have a good time.
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Circus Fun Weekend – workshops and performances,
an extravaganza for all ages
- Date:
- Thu 28 May – Sun 31 May
- Price:
- Adult £237
Child/Young person (5 – 25yrs) £180
Second or third child in same family £168 - with…
- Jacob-Hi Ho, Juggler Jim, Darine, and other Farm Yard Circus friends!
Have you ever dreamed of running away to join a circus?
Well, now you can, because the circus is coming to Lower Shaw Farm, and you can be part of it!
There will be workshops in juggling (balls, clubs, passing); staff spinning, plate spinning, devil-sticks, hula hoop, and more…; aerial hoop and silks; rope walking and slack-lining; acro-balance and human pyramids; uni-cycling; and performance skills. There will be a fire show, and a fire sculpture created by you! After dark, we’ll have a cabaret, UV-light performance, and a Cowshed party to write home about. And on the last day, we’ll finish off with a games session, using your new skills! And for anyone who just wants to watch, the workshop space also has comfy sofas!
Book Circus Fun WeekendThe Lower Shaw Farm Family Holiday Week
- Date:
- Sun 9 – Sun 16 August
- Price:
- Adult £414
Child (2 to 21 years) £261 - with…
- Lower Shaw Farm residents and friends
This is a week for people of all ages
Mornings are likely to be spent art and crafting it in the big shed, while the afternoons will be filled with games, outings, and walking trips. Evenings will find us round the campfire, telling tales, singing songs, and watching stars. And those are only the official bits! The rest is determined by who comes, who connects, and who makes things happen. These might well include juggling, philosophy, board games galore, origami, creative writing, pizza making, a cabaret, campfire cooking, walks, yoga, sauna, riding on the vintage red tractor, and lots more!
Book The Lower Shaw Farm Family Holiday WeekAutumn Family Activities Weekend
- Date:
- Fri 23 – Sun 25 October
- Price:
- Adult £228
Child 2–21 yrs £152 (second child £143) - with…
- Mary Maguire and farm residents
As the season turns and nights draw in, we mark the change by getting together to spark our creativity. We’ll carve and hollow pumpkins and fill them with light; decorate small lanterns to shine brightly and drive away the darkness; make marzipan skeletons; and light fires and make fire sculptures to remind us of the sun.
A weekend for all ages to get together and be imaginative, and have fun, in autumn!
The weekend begins on Friday evening and finishes after lunch on the Sunday.
Book Autumn Family Activities Weekend