Overview

• Farms nationwide have opened fields for October visits, pairing pick‑your‑own with carving tents, mazes, rides, food villages, live music and twilight sessions.
• UK holiday park provider Verdant Leisure ranked top pumpkin patches using Google reviews and Instagram followers, placing Brockbushes Farm in Northumberland in the top ten and naming Kenyon Hall Farm first overall.
• Brockbushes says pumpkin carving returns on site this year alongside pay‑as‑you‑go attractions and two twilight nights on October 17 and 24.
• Schedules vary by venue with weekend openings, daily half‑term hours and special evenings; policies range from free entry and pay‑per‑pumpkin to ticketed admission and pre‑booking.
• The NFU reports the driest spring in more than a century made growing harder, yet farms report plenty of pumpkins, with operators citing large stocks such as Brockbushes' 160,000 and Proctors Nursery's 15,000‑plus.