About Rare Breeds Centre
Meet heritage farm animals across a sprawling 100-acre site at Highlands Farm, where accessible pathways welcome families with pushchairs and wheelchairs to discover rare and endangered breeds.
What's nearby
- Canterbury Oast Trust next door
Distances as the crow flies, via Google
Good to know
Parking
- ✓Free car park
- ✓Paid car park
- ✓Free street
Accessibility
- ✓Accessible parking
- ✓Accessible entrance
- ✓Accessible toilet
- ✓Accessible seating
Details via Google — worth confirming with the attraction before you travel, especially for access needs.
Photos
Photos via Google
Facilities
Opening hours
- Monday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Sunday
- 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Current hours may differ from the usual schedule above (e.g. holidays) — check Google Maps for today's hours.
What visitors say
Had a great day at The Rare Breeds Centre. Our granddaughters, 7 & 3 loved it there. The Children's Barn was lovely to get close up to animals. All the enclosures were very well presented. Wonderful conditions for the animals. There were 2 playground areas, plenty of seating, abundance of washing stations. Very impressed with it all. We ate in the restaurant, we all enjoyed it. Would thoroughly recommend this place for young children, parents and grandparents.
· via Google
I used to come here as a child and have amazing memories, now I bring my daughter here and it's just as fun as I remember. The volunteers are lovely and so friendly, this is definitely one of my favourite days out. 🤎
· via Google
The friendliest staff and animals ever, especially the guinea pigs 🐁! An amazing array of breeds of 🐔 🐥 and 🐖 🐷 the woodlands walk was gorgeous and the hamburger meal was lush, if a tiny bit pricy.
· via Google
We spent the whole day here with our grandchildren and there was plenty to keep them busy. It is very well laid out and even though there were a lot of people there it didn't feel crowded. There were animals to pet such as lambs, rabbits and guinea pigs. There was also a barn containing new born lambs though unfortunately we didn't see any being born. There are also different play areas with different equipment to suit all ages as well as a variety of different walking routes to choose from. Added to this there were specific activities throughout the day. The one we liked best was the pig racing! Definitely a good day out.
· via Google
At a glance
- Address
- Woodchurch, Ashford, TN26 3RJ Get directions
- Category
- Farm Parks
- Guest rating
- 4.6 / 5 (2,100 reviews)
- Suitable for
- Ages 2-10
- Setting
- Indoor & outdoor
- Dogs allowed
- No
- Destination
- Ashford