🎃 Pumpkin Patch 2025 - Standalone Farm, Letchworth


Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Price: £4.00

👻 Boo-tiful News… Our Pumpkin Patch is Back for 2025 at Standalone Farm in Letchworth!

🗓 2025 DATES
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Saturday 11 – Friday 31 October

🎃 WHAT TO EXPECT
It’s bigger, spookier, and more magical than ever! Wander through our pumpkin wonderland and discover pumpkins of every shape and size, perfect for picking, posing, and snapping your fang-tastic photos (don’t forget to tag us so we can see your gourd-geous smiles!).

🎟 WHAT YOUR TICKET INCLUDES:

🐷  Farm entry: Tickets to the patch include day entry to Standalone Farm from 10am-5pm on the day of your pumpkin patch slot —come meet our friendly alpacas, pigs, rabbits, horses, and all the other farmyard friends.
🌾 Halloween Hay Maze – dare you take a twisty, turny trip through our straw-filled labyrinth?
👣 Free games & a Halloween trail with prizes to be won!
💰 Hunt the Golden Pumpkin -  A daily hunt for the Golden Pumpkin—find it and you’ll win a pumpkin to take home (for free!)

📍 WHERE IS THE PUMPKIN PATCH?
The pumpkin patch will be in the field next to the car park. Facepainting will take place in our polytunnel and the other activities will be throughout the farm.

For our pumpkin patch head towards the usual farm entrance; our staff will be on hand to check your tickets and guide you to the event entrance.

🎟 TICKET COST:
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Adults & children: £4.00pp
▪️Annual Pass Holders: £3.50pp
▪️Under 2's: FREE

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01462 686775
📧 Email: info@standalonefarm.com

7 other events on this day

🎳 Midweek Bowling Offer - £10 for 3 games - GoBowling


Time: 12:00 - 22:00

🎳 Strike up some midweek fun at GObowling in Dunstable.

🎉 ABOUT THE OFFER
Enjoy 3 games of bowling for only £10 from Tuesday to Thursday from midday till close – that’s less than £3.50 a game!

Whether you’re looking to practice your game or just get together with friends. Take a break from the daily grind and join us at GObowling to unwind and reconnect with friends.

ℹ️ BOOKING 
Please call to book a lane
☎️ Phone: 01582 472727

Please note: This offer is not valid during school holidays.

🖍 Crafty Tots - Flitwick Library


Time: 09:00 - 13:00

🖍 Free under 5's crafty Tots at Flitwick Library.

🛝 WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
There is a play park next to the library.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 300 8057

🧒 Free Play & Learn Toddler - Eastcotts Children’s Centre Shorts Building


Time: 09:30 - 11:00

🧒 Free Stay & Play for toddlers at Eastcots Children Centre in Shortstown.

ℹ️ ABOUT
These sessions are for mobile toddlers, giving them the opportunity to stretch their imagination and develop the skills they will need as they leave the toddler age and become pre-schoolers.

There is an area for younger siblings at these sessions.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245

🛝 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
There is also a play park next to the Children's Centre.

✨️ Early Years Tuesdays - Biggleswade Baptist Church


Time: 09:30 - 15:00

✨️ Biggleswade Baptist Church: Early Years Tuesdays. All sessions are free and no booking is needed. 

ℹ️ ABOUT
Looking for a welcoming space to connect, play, and grow with your little ones? Join us every Tuesday during term time for a trio of free, friendly sessions designed for parents, carers, and children in their early years.

Early Years Play Café
▪️Time: 9:30am – 11:00am 

Who’s it for? All pre-school children 
Details: A relaxed, playful environment where little ones can explore and make friends while grown-ups enjoy a cuppa and conversation. 
Note: No booking required, but space is limited.

🤝 Pals – Life & Faith Group
▪️Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm 

Who’s it for? Parents and carers 
Details: A thoughtful space to share life, faith, and friendship. Come as you are—whether you're curious, questioning, or just need a moment of connection.

👶 Baby Group
▪️Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm 

Who’s it for? Pre-walkers only 
Details: Gentle, nurturing time for babies and their grown-ups. A chance to bond, chat, and support each other through the early days.

ℹ️ FOR MORE INFORMATION
📧 For more info, contact Ellen at: ellen@bbchurch.org.uk

📖 Toby's Tall Tales (Free) - Daisy Hill Children’s Centre Hillgrounds Rd


Time: 14:30 - 15:15

🫧 Join in with your child as Toby brings stories to life through reading, actions, puppets, bubbles and more! Free no need to book.

▪️AGES:
For children aged up to 7, must be accompanied by an adult.

📍WHERE?
Daisy Hills Children Centre, Kempston

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245

🦁 Universal Credit Low Cost Whipsnade Zoo tickets 2025!


🐵 Reduced price Whipsnade Zoo tickets 2025!
Whipsnade Zoo wants as many people as possible to be able to enjoy a brilliant day out with them, to benefit from the amazing animals which live at Whipsnade Zoo, connect with nature and help us create a world where wildlife thrives.

To help people who might find cost or other challenges a barrier to visiting Whipsnade Zoo, the Universal Credit tickets provide entry at a reduced price.

🙋‍♀️ WHO CAN GET THE REDUCED TICKETS?

Reduced price tickets to Whipsnade Zoo available for those currently receiving:
▪️Universal Credit, 
▪️Working Tax Credit, 
▪️Child Tax Credit, 
▪️Employment and Support Allowance, 
▪️Income Support 
▪️Jobseeker’s Allowance.

🌐 ONLINE BOOKING ONLY VIA THE 'EVENT LINK' BUTTON
These tickets are only available to purchase online in advance, for up to six people per household (under 3’s go free and do not need to book – but must be accompanied by an adult with a booked ticket). As only full price tickets are available to buy at the gate.

📝 WHAT WILL I NEED TO BRING WITH ME?
You'll need to bring proof of eligibility with you and show this when you present your ticket(s) to the friendly staff at the Zoo entrance. This can either be by logging into your Universal Credit portal or by bringing your proof of benefit letter (one proof per household). To be eligible you must have received a Universal Credit payment within the last month and you may also be asked to show photographic ID.

🎟 HOW MUCH ARE THE REDUCED TICKETS?
▪️ADULT (AGES 16+)
  - £7.00 / £6.00     
▪️CHILD (3-15 YEARS) -  £4.00 / £3.00
▪️UNDER 3 - Free

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💡 AN IDEA TO SAVE MONEY ON FOOD...
You can check out the toogoodtogo app to see if they have any surprise bags of food left, generally they are £3 instead of costing £9. Be quick though they can sell out quickly.
https://share.toogoodtogo.com/item/699154/ 

🧒 Stay & Play Ignite Studio, Biggleswade


Time: 09:00 - 14:00

STAY & PLAY  Let the kids run wild and leave the mess to us at Ignite Studios in Biggleswade. Our café is open till 6pm too!
Come join the fun at Ignite - it’s the perfect playtime escape!


🗓 WHEN?
▪️Tuesday's, Thursday's & Friday's
▪️9am - 2pm
▪️STAY as long as you like

💳 COST - NO BOOKING REQUIRED
▪️£4 -  One price per family, not per child.