Things to do - Streamvale Open Farm

New Play Village

We have opened the first agricultural themed play village in the whole of Ireland!

This state of the art village encourages children to learn about food and farming through play. Your kids can explore the village which includes a Vets Clinic, Farm Shop, Milking Parlour and Mechanics.

We have costumes for kids to dress up and have live demonstrations throughout the day where they can ‘meet the vet’ and ‘meet the farmer’.

This type of play is not only crucial to your child’s development but great fun!! Parents can sit down and relax in our cosy village whilst your children lose themselves in their imagination.

How many of you pretended to be a farmer or a vet when you were a child!?

Feeding Time

During spring and summer our lambs and kids need their milk – and you can feed them throughout the day!

This is at 11 and 12 o’clock in the morning and 1.30, 3 and 4 in the afternoon, up in the Pets’ Corner!

Cuddle Time

This is everyone’s favourite place to be! Enjoy stroking our lovely new born chicks or cuddling our adorable puppies! We have a new cuddle corner built for 2018!

Milking Time

As Streamvale is a real working dairy farm we milk around 250 cows twice a day. Call up to the viewing gallery at around 3pm to see the cows coming in from the field to get milked.

It can be a bit smelly but very fascinating to see and great for kids to learn about milk! Our milk is used to make our own ice cream and the rest sold to Dale Farm.

Pony Rides

Children love a gentle stroll around the farmyard and for many it is their first taste of horse riding! This is perfect for young children as our ponies are super friendly and not very big!

Pony Rides have a charge of £2- As we need to restrict the number of rides for the welfare of our Ponies.

Pony Rides are not available on event days or bank holiday weekends. If it is very wet we may also have to call off the rides.

During term time – Pony rides are only available at weekends. We have pony grooming during weekdays instead.

Tractor Rides

We hated charging extra for these…. So they are now FREE all year for everyone!

This is the best way to see the beautiful countryside around the farmyard. The tractor will trundle up the farm lanes and stop to enjoy fantastic views over Belfast and Dundonald. Best of all you will get out to feed our Red Deer and your driver will tell you all about them!

Barrel Rides

We also hated charging extra for these…. So they are now FREE all year for everyone!

This is great fun for kids and adults, as our big quad tows you around our new track with tunnels, twists and turns all the way!

Dog Agility

Chase our family pet has been trained up by Helen and performs every day! This is not too serious and visitors have a great laugh as the lovable Chase performs his tricks!

Indoor Play Areas

For 30 years kids have loved our awesome straw bounce with slides and tunnels! Kids and parents both enjoy a shootout in our brilliant air cannon arena!

Our mini tractor zone is also a big favourite with all the mini farmers about! New state of the art Role Play village has just been launched for 2017!

Outdoor Play Area

The Trailblazer playground gets all ages racing around and is particularly well placed as parents can sit and relax in the café and watch the children have fun.

The Zip line and tyre swing are more active play areas to keep the children occupied – and tire them out! Ride on tractors and diggers are a huge favourite with kids zooming around our purpose built track!

Pedal Go Karts

This is another great indoor play space that kids love to zoom around! Sometimes it is not open at the start of spring as all out cows have their babies in this shed!

Puppy Play

This is super fun, we bring the puppies out (weather permitting) to our picnic area several times a day to stretch their legs. Visitors of all ages love to join in the fun running around with them!