About Ark Open Farm
Get up close with more than 200 creatures at this family-friendly farm featuring hands-on animal encounters and exciting outdoor play zones, all fully accessible for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
What's nearby
- Somme Museum 250m away
- Whitespots Country Park 250m away
- Landscape Supplies 300m away
- The Dog Barn NI 400m away
Distances as the crow flies, via Google
Good to know
Parking
- ✓Paid car park
Accessibility
- ✓Accessible parking
- ✓Accessible entrance
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
We had the best day at the Ark open farm today! The staff were all amazing and so friendly! (especially Patrick) The whole farm was so clean and the beautiful animals were all so happy and loved to interact. We had special one on one time with all of the animals and were surprised to see such cool reptiles there too. I can't recommend Ark open farm enough and we'll definitely be back soon!
· via Google
Wonderful therapy visit here with myself and my husband. Lots of fun relaxing time with the animals and nature. We loved it. Moved to Newtownards recently and The Ark farm certainly made a big difference for us especially myself having epilepsy.
· via Google
My friend and I attended 'The Ark Open Farm' in June and we loved every second of it, highlights were the goat stealing and eating the entire bag of feed from my hand, then the donkeys trying to eat my t.shirt 🤭 and the meerkats my goodness i almost took them all home with me. This is a great place to take the family, staff are so nice just be careful around those pesky goats and hide the feed bags 😁
· via Google
Absolutely brilliant from start to finish. Great staff and lovely to get to see the animals. Great christmas treat for the kids. Definitely will be back throughout the year for playpark! Tickets sold out quick would have preferred night to make most of lights but was still a brilliant day
· via Google
At a glance
- Address
- 296 Bangor Road, Newtownards, BT23 7PH Get directions
- Category
- Farm Parks
- Guest rating
- 4.8 / 5 (1,068 reviews)
- Suitable for
- All Ages
- Suggested visit
- 2-3 hours
- Setting
- Indoor & outdoor
- Destination
- Newtownards