Scaddows Farm Shop & Cafe Reviews

Great. They have a team people, possibly members of the public, informing you not to leave your dog in the hot car. I didn't plan to, but had my strawberry picking hat on, so conclusions were drawn.. I then removed the hat and awaited the return of family and fruit.

Fabulous... lovely day, fresh strawberries, might explode in a 'strawberry fest' ... worst ways to go!!!

Strawberries are good and reasonably priced, and that's essentially all you go for. Bloke doing the weighing and charging could use a few lessons in customer service - as I approached the front of the queue I removed an obviously rotten strawberry from the basket my kids had picked and he shouted "put that back". When I pointed out it was obviously rotten he said "well you picked it". Mmmm, impressive stuff, think I'll try Wymswold next time.

Lovely place with stunning views and a top notch shop and cafe

Great little place. Staff very friendly despite being overrun. I never even knew white pumpkins existed.

I'm actually 30 but scaddows made me feel 10.

Loved the fruit selection , picked strawberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants. They also did raspberries,( not ripe on the day) and gooseberries which I grow so didn't need them. Well organised and a shop and cafe which I didn't use this time.

Love this place! Really helpful staff and the kids love it!

I go here for strawberries, and now pumpkins too..lovely. did this with my kids and now they are grown up they go themselves

Loved it, plenty of room for spacial awareness. Planned well, altho some people didn't follow guide lines... but that wasn't Scallows' fault at all. The children loved it, we all did and do every year. Thanks Scaddows. By the way, try their farm shop, great products.

Absolutely lovely place to go! Staff are very friendly

Went pumpkin picking here and had a really good time, kids loved doing the Halloween trail! Will definitely be returning in summer for strawberry picking. tearoom really nice too.

28jun2020 - Had a lovely time picking strawberry from the field. Spent a good time with family on this trip.

Tip - search for strawberry in the middle of the field, if possible at the start of the season.

At the end have a great day and help the local community.

Nothing like the taste of freshly picked strawberries

Its very good farm to pick raspberry and one thing when you go there definitely bought local ice-cream .to farm shop.

Just been strawberry picking there my son loved it.

Tiny strawberries poor pickings badly maintained fields mouldy and over ripe fruit . Would not go her4 again . My advice ? Go to wymswold farm !

Love this place for strawberry picking, they always taste amazing

Beautiful place always go to pick our own strawberries every year farm shop and cafe also lovely

Good PYO especially for redcurrants. Due to a very dry year, other crops like raspberry were not as good. And what little there was get picked off very quickly - but that's not the fault of the place.

Friendly staff, quality produce at a reasonable price.

We had a great time pumpkin picking here. Really well organised and my children loved it

Nice place to hangout and pluck strawberries during summer!

Nice little farm shop and good fruit picking when in season, passes a bit of time with the little one.

The staff are so helpful. Plenty of fresh and juicy fruit to pick at your leisure.

It was nicely set out, they give you sleds and you don't need to book/pay for entry which seems rare at the minute given the climate. Unfortunately I think we came too late in the season (25th Oct) and almost every single pumpkin had some rot/other holes eaten into them. This is obviously just nature and no fault of the farm, we will come earlier next year.

Lovely place for families. Kids loved it. Going again next weekend

Lovely place to spend time together with family while picking up strawberry to eat. Good price too.

Nice farm to go after PYO berries. Also you can find good things at the farm shop of just take something at coffee.

Great fresh produce. Nice layout. Polite staff. Great preserves and curd.

Nice firm. Had a great day with family. Strawberries are sweet and juicy. Will definitely visit next year again.

We love picking our own strawberries. Great value!!

Went strawberry picking, popped into the farm shop for cream. Good quality produce.

Wonderful place for Picking your own fruit. Strawberries are very sweet. Staffs are very welcoming as well. The price is also reasonable. Definitely recommend my friends to visit.

I liked it because it let's you pick anything you want and there's a cafe.

The staff were excellent. Enjoyed fruit picking with the kids. Shake Covid has spoilt the full use of the farm shop.

Should be open at 10am on a Sunday according to the inter web, but it's all locked up. We'll have to take our business elsewhere.

Great little farm shop with jam, ice cream, , frozen baked goods like croissants, drinks, a little coffee shop and a toilet. All was clean and friendly. We picked gooseberry, rasberrys, strawberries, blackcurrant and redcurrents. Both my son and I loved it. A fab little day out!

Went a couple of weeks back with my two-year-old and one-year-old to pick some strawberries. The picking experience was okay - not brilliant. Perhaps we arrived too early on in the season. The strawberries themselves were small and pretty tasteless, but given the inexpensive price to purchase, you can't complain. You get what you pay for. In truth, I think we were spoilt by what I would consider a much better overall experience, up the road in Tamworth, at Manor Farm Fruits. Much larger, juicier strawberries, available for picking at a reasonable height for kids and adults alike. They're on what I can only describe as "planters", so no need to bend or crouch. Not only that, there are tonnes of excellent quality strawberries to pick from. This does come at a significantly higher price compared to the cost of Scaddows' strawberries; however, that premium is justifiable - as is the extra fuel cost to get there. I had high hopes for Scaddows, but unfortunately, it failed to deliver, when compared to Manor Farm. If you want a fun morning out with the kids, you'll still have a good time at Scaddows - you just might not get as good a quality and range of strawberry to pick from, in comparison to Manor Farm.

Lovely open space for strawberry picking, plenty of bushes to go around without people having to get too close. Very well laid out. Loved our time spent there today.

Generally, it's very cool to get strawberries, but today they were miserable.
No rain made theirs.

We really enjoy bringing our children to pyo. Good value beautiful strawberries! See you next year!

Lovely little farm shop. Picked our own pumpkins here for Halloween

We went pumpkin picking, the fields are big and there were lots of pumpkins to choose from. The prices were very reasonable and the staff were very friendly and willing to help. The shop is great with lots of choice of homemade food.

Loads of strawberries and gooseberries but the raspberries were not ready

Hardly any produce in the shop, not enough strawberries available for the amount of people picking. We overheard another customer ask a member of staff a simple question and get a very sarcastic answer, younger staff members really pleasant

Awesome.. lots of childhood memories and a lovely couple that run the place :)

Great to pick your own fruit and inexpensive. You can pick your one strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries and blackberries. Strawberries are always delicious. The farm shop and cafe is lovely too. Staff are friendly. We go every year to pick our own strawberries.
Only thing that could be better is more outside seating as there is not enough at all for the cafe.

Lovely place, big area to pick strawberries, gooseberries and blackberries. Ample amount of parking (although off road).

They only accept cash at the PYO part of the farm so remember to take cash, it is reasonable priced.

There are some strawberries set up high so you don t have to bend down to pick them, however the majority are on the ground.

There is a little farm shop/cafe too for you to enjoy.

Was not aware this little gem existed, very fortunate a friend recommended. Will definitely be going back.

Fruit quality very bad, overgrown aisles and no buggy access... This was Mid August:
The had run out of fruit, but neglected to accept it and so let several groups expecting to be able to pick at least a punnet or two of raspberries (initially we came for strawberries but they had none due to bad weather during the start of the season, would have been nice to know before going via the website)... We came away with hardly any yeild alike everyone else, and they were very white mouldy, dry and bad quality ... Four of us picking and yet not even enough raspberries to fill the bottem on the punnet.
They should have been free/they should have said they were done for the season. We left and went elsewhere.

Fantastic place!!! Kids love being able to pick their own fruit. A nice outing for the whole family

Great place to visit. Social distancing rules were nice and clear and the strawberries we picked were lovely!

Very well laid out, and socially distanced. Good prices on fruit. Helpful and friendly staff, selling drinks, biscuits, crisps etc, as well as ready picked fruit. Would definitely recommend.

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Scaddows Farm is located in beautiful countryside on the A514 between #Ticknall and #Hartshorne in #South_Derbyshire. John and Ann Webster have been farming all their lives and moved to Ticknall in 1987 with daughter, Lizzie, and son, Tom. The farm is a family run business and produces lamb, vegetables and pick-your-own fruit.
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Lovely...reasonably priced..
Great strawberries and gooseberries...very hot today!

8 August, the farm is now closed and has a sign saying it will be open for pumpkin picking.

Cannot get fresher, better produce grown locally, the kids, wife and myself come for the strawberries every year

Friendly local pick your own, with a farm shop too. Quite tucked away but worth a visit.

Absolutely lovely place, staff are so friendly and great prices too, will 100% be coming again