Sheldon Country Park & Old Rectory Farm Reviews Summary

Picnic and Relaxation

Pros:

• "What a lovely park for a little picnic! Its so peaceful."
• "We enjoyed the animals, the canal, and everything else about this park."
• "There's a large field area as well if you want to play footballs or have a picnic."
• "The park is well-maintained and clean, with ample parking facilities and well-kept walking paths."
• "Great family friendly place to visit especially if you want an experience that is easy on the purse strings."
• "Fabulous little spot, our little boy loves planes so was fab being able to sit right by the end of the runway and watch them take off and land, got a lovely picnic area."
• "Nice large free car park with cafe and toilets with good sized playground."
• "A great place to take the kids with loads of space for them to run around and play."

Cons:

• "We then tried to go round to see the horses but there was no way through from the inside."
• "Not child disability friendly at all. Do not bring a child wheelchair user, can't access the park area!"
• "Sometimes i see children without adults around and if you're reading this please do not let your children go there alone or wonder off."
• "It was a sunny day and it was very exciting to see domestic animals and beautiful nature and the plane landing from a close distance. What is very interesting for me was that we did not hear the sound of the plane at the time of landing."
• "The farm has reopened but its different."
• "Didnt use the play area because there was lots of people not social distancing."
• "Carpark was just extended, nice playground, 3 picnic tables, some cows and horses in the fields, and if u walk up for about 15min you can watch planes take off or land from up close. Amazing!"
• "Parking was awful due to main car park being redone no disabled parking so was long painful walk from where we had to park x if we had known there was nowhere to park would not have gone."

Animal Encounters

Pros:

• "Lovely small farm, with a variety of animals you can pet."
• "Great place to take young kids and families. Nice little play area and a farm with cows, donkeys, sheep, ducks, geese, chicken and a turkey."
• "An understated gem and little known about outside of the local area. I mean, a 13th century church overlooks a working farm."
• "Such a great day out! Little affordable cafe on site as well as a park and a big field near by. Staff are so friendly and the animals seem well looked after!"
• "Good place to go for walking and running also the playground is very good. The animals are lovely and well looked after."
• "The kids play area is good. There are not many farm animals and they are not allowed to feed them."
• "Great for the young children. It's free to be able to let the kids get closer to some animals. Cows pigs sheep."
• "Good couple of hours out with family, wondered round the little farm viewing geese, cows, pigs, horses, chickens etc followed by a 15 min walk to the viewing/picnic area to watch the planes take off."

Cons:

• "I took my disabled child to the park as he likes animals. We parked in a disabled bay and entered the park from the front and visited a few animals and birds. We then tried to go round to see the horses but there was no way through from the inside."
• "My son is also visually impaired and there are no facilities for close proximity interactions with any animals at this park; most of the animals are far away."
• "We love going here. Fantastic play area with many different apparatus for various ages. All mine under 6… Especially love the free parking considering there’s a farm yard and tea house."
• "The farm is accessible but the animals too far for visually impaired. Very disappointed 😞."
• "Smaller than expected (including the kids playground) with less animals than we were hoping for but perhaps we went at the wrong time."
• "The farm was lovely but small, animals looked well kept, the play area is nice but small."
• "Farm was closed there is a snack van there which served drinks food etc...you could see the cows and sheep plus a few horse's was a nice day some good swings etc for the kids nice and clean and free to park.ps good paths."
• "5 different type of animals, could see the ribs on the cows, the staff in the shop left me stood there whilst chatting to a customer about holidays."

Airplane Viewing

Pros:

• "My husband and I had a great time sitting on the bench and watching the planes take off. The scenery was simply breathtaking."
• "The airport viewing area is also very good and is approx 1 k from the parking."
• "It's about a 15 minute walk to Birmingham airport runway where you can see planes land and take off."
• "The highlight of this park is the opportunity to watch airplanes take off and land."
• "The sight and sound of these massive machines are sure to captivate visitors of all ages."
• "A great day out and lovely place to visit...beautiful donkeys and horses. If you walk through the park and keep walking up the hill you can take a left at the top to the benches on top of the hill at the Airport Viewing Area."
• "It is a very large park with the end of Birmingham Airport runway at the far end of the park."
• "Great place to visit, free carpark, free farm to see animals, play area for children, plenty of grass area to play/picnic and enjoy seeing planes landing and taking off on the runway (15 to 20 mins walk)."

Cons:

• "It was a sunny day and it was very exciting to see domestic animals and beautiful nature and the plane landing from a close distance. What is very interesting for me was that we did not hear the sound of the plane at the time of landing."
• "Had our young Grandson staying with us so the Sheldon country park was an ideal place to see the farm animals children's play area and a cafe for refreshments admission free donations welcomed a good experience for a youngster well worth a visit."
• "There is also a good play area, farm animals and a nice cafe."
• "A great place to take the kids to see the areoplanes taking off and landing and lots of other attractions to entertain the children including a little farm."
• "Great for the young children. It's free to be able to let the kids get closer to some animals. Cows pigs sheep."
• "The kids play area is good. There are not many farm animals and they are not allowed to feed them."
• "It was a sunny day and it was very exciting to see domestic animals and beautiful nature and the plane landing from a close distance."
• "The tea shop ladies are working so hard to deliver a good service during this difficult period. They do so with a smile and cheerful disposition and serve up good, very well priced food. Thank you for your hard work x."