PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm in Staffordshire has been shortlisted for the Jim Keetch Best Large Farm Attraction award at the 2025 National Farm Attraction Network (NFAN) awards. This prestigious award, often referred to as the 'Oscars' of the farming industry, recognizes outstanding farm attractions across the UK. PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm launched in 2020 and has welcomed over 450,000 visitors with its diverse offerings of play areas, animal zones, educational activities, and seasonal events.
PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm has been shortlisted in the Jim Keetch Best Large Farm Attraction for the 2025 National Farm Attraction Network awards.The top award in what is known as the farming industry ‘Oscars’, Best Large Farm Attraction was scooped by Adam Henson’s Cotswold Park Farm in 2024 – and this is the first time that PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm has been shortlisted for the award.
Farmer Richard Bower, who runs PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm alongside father Ray on the family’s 750 acre working beef and arable farm just outside Penkridge says: “We are absolutely buzzing to be shortlisted against such fantastic farm attractions in the Best Large Farm Attraction of the Year category. We entered last year but given the fact that the attraction had only been open for three years we weren’t too surprised when we didn’t make the final cut.
FARM ATTRACTIONS AWARDS PLAY@ LOWER DRAYTON FARM NATIONAL FARM ATTRACTION NETWORK (NFAN) STAFFERDSHIRE
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