Picking Your Own (PYO) strawberries is a fun, frugal, and family-friendly activity growing in popularity across the UK. Strawberry season typically falls between June and July, but this can vary depending on local weather conditions, and it’s always best to check with the farms directly for crop availability. PYO allows you to pay for only what you pick, often at lower prices than grocery stores. It provides kids an engaging, educational experience and a perfect all-ages day in nature.
Wear appropriate hats, sunscreen, and comfortable shoes for your PYO adventure. Beyond the fresh strawberries, it’s about the joy of outdoor activity and quality family time.
The below farms currently have strawberry crops ready/ soon to be ready for picking.
- London
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Hampshire
- Hertfordshire
- Kent
- Oxfordshire
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Further Afield
London
Parkside Farm (Enfield): Offers PYO strawberries and other fruits and vegetables.
Bedfordshire
- Grove Farm (Leighton Buzzard): Offers PYO strawberries and other fruits and vegetables.
- The Secret Farm (Moggerhanger): The farm offers a variety of fresh produce that can be picked straight out of the field.
Berkshire
- Gray’s Farm (Wokingham): Offers a variety of fruits for picking, including strawberries.
- Copas Farms (Cookham): They have two locations within an hour’s drive of Central London and offer a range of PYO options, including strawberries.
Buckinghamshire
- Peterley Manor Farm (Great Missenden): A family-owned farm shop with a PYO option for strawberries now in season.
- Copas Farms (Iver): They have two locations within an hour’s drive of Central London and offer a range of PYO options, including strawberries.
Cambridgeshire
Hill Farm Pick Your Own (Peterborough): Known to offer a variety of PYO fruits and vegetables when in season. This includes strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, gooseberries, and various vegetables.
Essex
Spencers Farm Shop (Halstead): A farm shop and café offering PYO fruits, including strawberries, from 21 Jun.
Hampshire
- Durleighmarsh Farm (Petersfield): Durleighmarsh Farm is renowned for its pick-your-own farm; nestled in the beautiful Hampshire countryside, it’s a perfect way to enjoy the peaceful surroundings whilst hand-picking your produce.
- Bourne Valley PYO (St Mary Bourne, Andover): Offers a variety of PYO options, including strawberries.
Hertfordshire
- Hawkswick Lodge Farm (St Albans): A family-run farm that offers a variety of PYO fruits, including strawberries.
- Bury Lane Farm Shop (Royston): Have fun with all the family at Bury Lane Pick Your Strawberries, where you will be spoilt for choice with rows and rows of fresh juicy strawberries to choose from 23 Jun.
- Cammas Hall Farm (Hatfield Broad Oak): PYO slots have been released until 25 Jun. Strawberries and gooseberries are available for PYO.
Kent
- Stonepitts Farm (Sevenoaks): Known for their PYO strawberries and raspberries.
- Hewitts Farm (Orpington): A family-run farm offering various PYO options, including strawberries.
- Stanhill Farm (Dartford): A family-run farm offers a variety of ‘Pick Your Own’ (PYO) produce throughout the growing season. This typically includes strawberries, one of the most popular PYO crops.
Oxfordshire
- Millets Farm Centre (Abingdon): Alongside a farm shop and garden centre, they offer a range of PYO fruits, including strawberries.
- Rectory Farm (Stanton St John): Known for its wide range of PYO crops, including strawberries.
Surrey
- Garsons Farm (Esher): Known as one of the largest PYO farms in the UK, Garsons Farm offers a range of fruits and vegetables, including strawberries.
- Crockford Bridge Farm (Addlestone): Offers a variety of PYO fruits and vegetables, including strawberries now in season.
Sussex
- Sharnfold Farm (Eastbourne, East Sussex): They offer a wide range of fruits for picking, including strawberries.
- Roundstone PYO Farm (Worthing, West Sussex): A well-established PYO farm known for its various fruits, including strawberries.
- New House Farm Shop (Horsham, West Sussex): Their farm shop offers PYO strawberries when in season.
- Chichester Pick Your Own (Chichester, West Sussex): Offers a range of PYO options, including strawberries.
Further Afield
- Clive’s Fruit Farm (Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire): Along with other fruits and vegetables, Clive’s Fruit Farm offers PYO strawberries.
- Trevaskis Farm (Cornwall): A working farm that offers PYO opportunities, including strawberries.
- Craigie’s Farm (South Queensferry, Edinburgh): Offers various PYO options, including strawberries.
- Kenyon Hall Farm (Warrington, Cheshire): Known for its wide range of PYO crops, including strawberries.
