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Animal Farm, Castleton Derbyshire

Welcome to Animal Farm, the conservation farm based in the picturesque village of Castleton. Animal Farm offers a perfect home for British farm animals that face extinction and our breeding programme helps us increase numbers.

The rarest animals we have are Boreray sheep, there are only 77 females left in the world! We also have horses, including the mighty Clydesdale donkeys and Tamworth pigs, and most of the animals have babies.

Contact details:
For information or queries please email us at:  info@animal-farm.org.uk

Directions


Animal Farm is situated on the outskirts of the village of Castleton in the middle of the Peak National Park, Derbyshire.  Once you approach Castleton follow the brown signs to Treak Cavern and we are opposite. 

From Sheffield:  A625 to Hathersage, A6187 to Castleton.  Drive straight through the village, keep going when you see the No through road sign, Animal Farm is on your right opposite Treak Cavern.


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From Manchester:  A6 South to Chapel-en-le-Frith, A625 to Castleton.  Before you get to Castleton you will drive down a steep gorge, at the bottom, turn left at the T-junction signed to Treak Cavern.  Animal Farm is on your right opposite Treak Cavern.

From Derby:  A6 North to Chapel-en-le-Frith, A625 to Castleton.  Before you get to Castleton you will drive down a steep gorge, at the bottom, turn left at the T-junction signed to Treak Cavern.  Animal Farm is on your right opposite Treak Cavern.

M1:  Junction 29, A617 to Chesterfield, A619 to Baslow, A623 to Chapel-en-le-Frith, A625 to Castleton.  Before you get to Castleton you will drive down a steep gorge, at the bottom, turn left at the T-junction signed to Treak Cavern.  Animal Farm is on your right opposite Treak Cavern.

M6:  Junction 20, M56 (Manchester), M60 to Stockport, A6 South to Chapel-en-le-Frith, A625 to Castleton.  Before you get to Castleton you will drive down a steep gorge, at the bottom, turn left at the T-junction signed to Treak Cavern.  Animal Farm is on your right opposite Treak Cavern.

We do not have a car park at Animal Farm but there are marked parking bays on the road next to us or we suggest that you park in the centre of Castleton and walk to us.

There are a number of buses from Sheffield that stop at Animal Farm/Treak Cavern.  For more information contact:

There is a shuttle bus service from Edale and Hope railway stations to Castleton at weekends and Bank Holidays.

0870 608 2608 (Traveline)