About Newham Grange Farm
We’re an animal petting farm with indoor activities and outdoor play areas, a cafe, a woodland walk, and much more. You can meet many of our furry, feathered, and scaly friends in the petting zoo area of our Discovery Barn.
Where are we?
Come and meet the animals on the farm! We’re in Coulby Newham, south of Middlesbrough near the A19, and just a 20 minute drive from County Durham, North Yorkshire, Hartlepool, and Darlington.
You can find directions and parking on our address page.
Plan your day out with the kids
We have ponies, piglets, goats, tortoises, peacocks, llamas, wallabies, and more! See what animals we have on the farm here.
Get hands on with our guinea pigs, rabbits, chicks and other furry friends in our Discovery Barn
Relax at our cafe or picnic areas with hot food, cold drinks, snacks, and gluten free options
Enjoy mini-golf, pedal go-karts, ride-on diggers, sandpits, and jungle gyms in our many play areas
Rainy day? Our indoor activities include a soft play area, indoor petting farm, imagination play town for tots, and more!
Come to one of our events and meet Bluey, go pumpkin picking, bottle feed our lambs, and much more!
Visit us and enjoy our inclusive farm with no steps, paved paths, and accessible facilities across the site
Map of the farm
Accessible facilities
Address and parking
Indoor activities
Opening times
Café and picnic areas
Animal petting in the Discovery Barn
Play areas
Woodland walk and bird enclosure
Imaginary play town
Visitor centre and gift shop
The visitor centre is at the main entrance to the farm and you can find its opening times here.
We’ve got a range of great gifts for kids, including TY toys, puzzles, slime, dinosaur toys, games, soft toys, books, and much more. For a perfect pocket money treat, there are Newham Grange Farm notepads, pens, and pencil cases – perfect for school bags!
For the grown-ups we also stock local honey and preserves, candles, and other household fragrances.
Don’t forget to buy some animal feed too, so you can give our animals a tasty treat!
History of the farm
- In 1086 the farm was mentioned in the Domesday Book
- In 1580 the Hopper family become the owners and run the farm for nearly 400 years
- In 1945 the farm was connected to mains electricity
- In 1954 the Hopper family buy the farm’s first tractor for £385 (that’s over £22,000 in today’s money!)
- In 2018 the farm underwent some major construction work to add more playgrounds, sandpits, rebuilt the barn, and much more
- In 2019 the gift shop and visitor centre was built
- In 2026 the animal webcams in the Discovery Barn went live
