You can hold Muddy to this promise – nowhere keeps the kids happy like Fishers Farm Park just outside Wisborough Green, West Sussex. This award-winning family-run park has attractions galore – animals, rides, theatre shows, indoor soft-play and much more. But it’s really the atmosphere at Fishers that makes it so special. Although it’s packed with fun activities, it still manages to keep a relaxed vibe and there’s enough space so nothing feels too overwhelming or crowded.

There’s heaps to do – kids can bottle feed animals, get wet in the Splash Attack water play zone, take a big red tractor, pony or barrel safari ride, brave the ghost tunnel, tackle the Devil’s Dyke Descent toboggan-style run, fling themselves off the 6m Skyfall platform and so much more. Indoors, there’s soft play, a sensory den and the barn theatre for sing-a-longs, magic and more in the holidays.

The farm is home to all sorts of animals including rabbits, chicks, goats, llamas, pigs, cows, sheep and horses.  Free-range chicken patrol in high-vis security vests and a resident peacock and his harem also have the run of the farm. There are plenty of options for eating and drinking including a restaurant and the outdoor Farmer’s Grill.

Fishers is open 363 days a year, 10.00 to 17.00. Check out annual membership to save on unlimited visits. Also look out for special events each school holidays, Halloween and Christmas, like princess and pirate and superhero weeks, spooky trails and a chance to meet Santa.

Put Fishers on your list for birthday parties, choose from a Fishers Party with all-day access to the farm and a birthday tea, or a pony party which also includes a bespoke grooming session and pony ride, perfect for those pony-mad youngsters.

And if you want to make a weekend of it, stay over at Fishers in cottages in a converted milking parlour next door. All guests automatically get free access to the farm for the duration of their stay.