When do pumpkin picking slots go on sale near Manchester?
Pumpkin patch slots near Manchester usually go on sale between July and September, and in past years were typically on sale by early September. For a good choice of dates, book by 31 August.
The big ticketed patch near us, Kenyon Hall, releases in late August (23 Aug in 2026, newsletter subscribers first, general sale the same evening) and its weekends and half-term go within about a week to ten days: weekends were full by 3 Sep in 2025 and almost gone by 1 Sep in 2026. Midweek dates in early October last longest, and the farm drips out extra tickets in October when the weather holds. Smaller patches open booking anywhere from mid-July to mid-September and mostly use slots to manage numbers rather than sell out. Why then: the main patch's weekend and half-term slots were gone within about ten days of a late-August release in both 2025 and 2026.
From 6 booking launches we dated across 4 outings, 2024 to 2026, 1 to the day or week; the rest show when tickets were already on sale. Research checked Wednesday 28 October; booking states updated Wednesday 28 October.
Pumpkin picking: the booking year
| Outing | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin picking | January: nothing | February: nothing | March: nothing | April: nothing | May: nothing | June: nothing | July: booking opens | August: booking opens | September: booking opens, sells out, on | October: bookable, on | November: nothing | December: nothing |
A reminder on Friday 6 August, just before booking usually opens, and every year after.
Right now
Today, of the 30 we list that need booking, 12 are on sale, 2 selling fast, 2 sold out. The first we saw sell out this season was Family pumpkin carving at Kampasi, on Monday 26 October.
Selling fast
- Pumpkin Festival at Kenyon Hall Farm Kenyon Hall Farm · from Thu 15 Oct · 25 min
- Witchy Wednesday at Congleton Town Hall Congleton Town Hall · from Wed 28 Oct · 40 min
Sold out
- Family pumpkin carving at Kampasi Kampasi Restaurant · check for returns
- Halloween pumpkin carving contest at Sale Library Sale Library · check for returns
Getting the dates you want
- Sign up to the farm's newsletter: Kenyon Hall gave subscribers first go on the day of release in 2026.
- If you miss a weekend, midweek dates in the first weeks of October and after-school slots stay available longest.
- Keep checking in October: Kenyon Hall released extra tickets at short notice (2-3 days ahead) when the weather was good, in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
- Ready-picked pumpkins in the farm shop need no ticket if all you want is a pumpkin.
When booking opened, year by year
Each date as exactly as its source shows it. Follow the source to check.
Pumpkin Picking at Dunham Massey Farm Ice Cream Dunham Massey, Altrincham · 10 min
- 2025 On sale by 5 Sep 2025. The 11 Jul 2025 copy of the homepage still showed the Easter trail and no pumpkin patch; the 5 Sep copy says the patch returns at the end of September and booking is open. Bookings (one per car) manage numbers rather than sell out. web.archive.org (saved copy)
- 2024 On sale by 14 Sep 2024. No pumpkin booking on the 14 Aug 2024 homepage; by 14 Sep it invited visitors to book Pumpkin Patch slots (first year of booking, brought in because other local patches were not opening, per its Ticket Tailor page). web.archive.org (saved copy)
Pumpkin Fest at The Lambing Shed Moseley Hall Farm, Knutsford · 25 min
- 2025 On sale by 17 Jul 2025. By 17 Jul 2025 the page already had the October dates (regular weekends 4-5 and 11-12 Oct, a limited 'exclusive experience' on 18-19 and 25-26 Oct) with Book Tickets buttons linking to its Beyonk shop: tickets were on sale by mid-July. Ticket only, no walk-ins. web.archive.org (saved copy)
Pumpkin Festival at Kenyon Hall Farm Croft, Warrington · 25 min
- 2026 Booking opened Sun 23 Aug 2026; members from Sun 23 Aug 2026; sold out by 1 Sep 2026. By 1 Sep, nine days after release, the farm said more than 10,000 tickets had gone in the first week and very few weekend and half-term tickets were left; by 10 Oct most dates were fully booked, with only a handful of midweek dates. Extra after-school tickets were released on 7 Oct and an extra day (Sun 1 Nov) later.. The farm's public newsletter archive: on 20 Aug it said tickets would go to subscribers 'this Sunday'; the 23 Aug email (http://eepurl.com/Vqqb-xEaW2) gave subscribers first go before general sale that evening; the 1 Sep email (http://eepurl.com/FiWfUCN9S4) reported 10,000+ booked in week one and few weekend or half-term tickets left. Wayback copy of kenyonhall.co.uk/pumpkins.html on 2026-10-10 says most dates fully booked. us7.campaign-archive.com
- 2025 On sale by August 2025; sold out by 3 Sep 2025. Every weekend date was fully booked by 3 Sep 2025 (still the case on 23 Sep); in October the farm said most dates had sold out quickly in August, then released extra tickets as the weather held.. On 27 Jun 2025 the page said tickets would go on sale in late summer; the 3 Sep 2025 copy has booking open and all weekends fully booked; the 9 Oct 2025 copy says tickets for most dates sold out quickly in August. web.archive.org (saved copy)
- 2024 sold out by 25 Sep 2024. All weekend dates fully booked by 25 Sep 2024 (season opened 28 Sep); by 30 Sep every weekend and every date after 17 Oct was full.. Copies from 18 Jun and 9 Aug 2024 say tickets would be released in late August; the 25 Sep copy says all weekends are fully booked and the 30 Sep copy adds all dates after 17 Oct. The exact release day is not captured. web.archive.org (saved copy)
Grange Farm Pumpkin Festival Lowton, Wigan · 35 min
- 2025 On sale by 25 Sep 2025. The farm's own news piece spoke of strong ticket sales but named no sold-out dates.. Wigan Today, 25 Sep 2025: the festival (weekends from 11 Oct plus half-term) had tickets available now in two-hour timed slots and was reporting impressive sales, about two weeks before opening. Release date not given. web.archive.org
Only Kenyon Hall has a day-exact release date (2026) and dated sell-outs; for 2024 and 2025 the release is known only to the month. Other farms' dates are upper bounds ('on sale by'), from Wayback copies or news; onSaleBy is used where the source shows tickets on sale but not when they started. Brookheys, Cockfields, Reddish Vale and Farmer Ted's could not be dated (pages render by script, few archived copies, Facebook not readable). Farm-park pumpkin festivals (Farmer Ted's, Mrs Dowsons) sell day tickets that rarely sell out, so they behave differently from pick-your-own patches.
Questions parents ask
When do pumpkin picking slots go on sale?
Pumpkin patch slots near Manchester usually go on sale between July and September, and in past years were typically on sale by early September. The big ticketed patch near us, Kenyon Hall, releases in late August (23 Aug in 2026, newsletter subscribers first, general sale the same evening) and its weekends and half-term go within about a week to ten days: weekends were full by 3 Sep in 2025 and almost gone by 1 Sep in 2026. Midweek dates in early October last longest, and the farm drips out extra tickets in October when the weather holds. Smaller patches open booking anywhere from mid-July to mid-September and mostly use slots to manage numbers rather than sell out. For a good choice of dates, book by 31 August: the main patch's weekend and half-term slots were gone within about ten days of a late-August release in both 2025 and 2026. From 6 booking launches we dated across 4 outings, 2024 to 2026, 1 to the day or week; the rest show when tickets were already on sale.
When do pumpkin patch slots sell out?
The big ticketed patch near us, Kenyon Hall, releases in late August (23 Aug in 2026, newsletter subscribers first, general sale the same evening) and its weekends and half-term go within about a week to ten days: weekends were full by 3 Sep in 2025 and almost gone by 1 Sep in 2026. Midweek dates in early October last longest, and the farm drips out extra tickets in October when the weather holds. Smaller patches open booking anywhere from mid-July to mid-September and mostly use slots to manage numbers rather than sell out. Of the 3 sell-outs we dated, typically they had sold out by early September.
When should I book pumpkin patch slots?
By 31 August: the main patch's weekend and half-term slots were gone within about ten days of a late-August release in both 2025 and 2026. Sign up to the farm's newsletter: Kenyon Hall gave subscribers first go on the day of release in 2026.
Is there a pre-sale or early-bird price for pumpkin patch slots?
Sometimes. Pumpkin Festival at Kenyon Hall Farm opened to members first (2026: Sun 23 Aug 2026).
Can I still book pumpkin patch slots now?
Today, of the 30 we list that need booking, 12 are on sale, 2 selling fast, 2 sold out. See them all.
How we worked it out
We dated when booking opened for 4 of the most popular pumpkin picking within about an hour of Timperley, 2024 to 2026, from the organisers' own announcements, saved copies of their booking pages on the Internet Archive, local news and ticketing sites. "Usually" and "typical" mean the median date, ignoring the year. Today's booking states come from our own checks of each booking page, rebuilt every night. Something wrong or missing? [email protected].