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The Sunflower Trail at Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm(Image: Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm)<\/p>\nThe fields are in full bloomThe Sunflower Trail at Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm(Image: Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm)<\/p>\n
A sunflower trail is reopening this week in time for the school holidays.<\/p>\n
With families on the lookout for ways to keep the kids entertained<\/a>, Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm is a popular spot with visitors of all ages.<\/p>\n The fields are in full bloom with rows of the towering stems and huge flowers with their brightly coloured petals.<\/p>\n There’s a pick your own section to enjoy, plenty of photo opportunities along the way and a scavenger hunt to keep the little ones busy.<\/p>\n For the best ideas on days out, shopping and parenting issues, get the Manchester Family newsletter here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Tickets cost \u00a33 for kids and \u00a34 for adults and also include access to the new flower meadow at the site, in Altrincham<\/a>.<\/p>\n But it’s not all about flowers here. The place has its own ice cream parlour, with a wide range of flavours including white chocolate and Oreo, Malteser, Caramac, custard cream and many more.<\/p>\n The cafe also sells hot food including toasties and pizzas, as well as hot a cold drinks.<\/p>\n Owner Rick Pennington said: \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to welcome everyone to the sunflower trail and wildflower meadow. Now in its fourth year, we see thousands of people from across the region making memories at this unique attraction. Don\u2019t forget to treat yourself to an ice cream when you visit.\u201d<\/p>\n Join our Family WhatsApp group HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The trail opens from Wednesday, July 30 and will stay open until the end of August. There is no need to book, you can pay by card or cash on arrival. Dogs on leads are welcome on the fields in the ice cream parlour, where you can buy them their own doggie ice cream.<\/p>\n Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm opens daily from 12pm to 5pm. Use the postcode WA14 5SG.<\/p>\n Don’t forget to checkout our list of 50 things to do with the kids this summer.<\/a> And you can find 40 places kids can eat free or for \u00a31 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fields are in full bloomThe Sunflower Trail at Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm(Image: Dunham Massey Ice Cream…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[8831,748,12232,111404,393,4884,2465,485,10968,1289,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-301708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-altrincham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-days-out","11":"tag-dunham-massey","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-manchester","15":"tag-manchester-family","16":"tag-things-to-do-manchester","17":"tag-trafford","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114937623063595236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_EGR_290725sunflower.jpg\")
The trail is open for the summer holidays(Image: Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm)<\/p>\n![\"There](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_EGR_290725sunflower_04.jpg\")
There are plenty of photo opportunities along the route(Image: Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm)<\/p>\n