Five favourite things to do at Cannon Hall

Five of the favourite things to do while you explore Cannon Hall in South Yorkshire are as follows:
Cannon Hall Museum which is actually two museums in one with military and art displays, the gorgeous scenery of the Country Park with fairyland and walled cottage garden, the nearby Maize Maize, the open farm and the farm shop.

5. Cannon Hall Museum

Cannon Hall is home to 2 museums, both with free entry. The Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th Royal hussars and the Light Dragoons contains uniforms and weapons from these regiments, and exhibits them along with the historical information and facts that demonstrates the part they played in the Charge of the Light Brigade.

The other gallery in the museum contains painting, ceramics, pottery, furnishings and glassware and has been accumulated over the years to make a lovely display.

4. Cannon Hall Maize Maze

All through the summertime a farm close to Cannon Hall is home to the Maize Maze. This Maze showcases a varying design each year so you probably will not have the opportunity to memorize from last year. This is a family run destination and they deliver not only the maze, but pursuits and food stalls so you can make a day of it.

Fun-based activities normally include country fair style games (hoopla, bean bag throwing games, themed noughts and crosses, space hopper races), tractor trips, mini mazes. Meals include a real Bbq most days delivering homemade hamburgers, in addition to an ice cream stall with Maizie Moo (home-made) ice cream.

3. Cannon Hall Country Park

On the hillside below Cannon Hall, the Country Park sweeps majestically downwards in the direction of the pond. These grounds were developed and landscaped in the 18th Century to produce a wonderful place for the Spencer family to delight in. It's fortuitous for us that we are now in a position to enjoy these gardens in all their glory. There is a £3 per day parking price but apart from that, use of the gardens is free.

The gardens include:
- the walled cottage garden with about 40 types of pear tree together with other fresh fruits and vegetables. It's intriguing to see the kind of gardens that provided for a stately home in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Fairyland - designed as a fun fantastical play area for the children, this area of the grounds contains arches and windows from nearby church buildings, a stream and fish-pond to provide an out of the ordinary magical area of the grounds
- The parkland - miles of sweeping grassland and woodland that are wonderful for a walk with your family and the dog.

2. Cannon Hall Farm Shop

There is certainly a large drive towards choosing locally procured, fairly produced food at present, and the Farm Shop at Cannon Hall is one of the top purveyors of this type of produce in the region. As far as possible the produce is produced by Cannon Hall Farm itself, with home produced beef, pork and lamb.

But toprovide a complete assortment, the owners have found the best produce from other local suppliers, plus some from a greater distance. The Farm Shop has got to the finals of the "Taste of Yorkshire" contest on a couple of occasions since it was started in 1999

1. Cannon Hall Open Farm

If you have got children this is the one area of Cannon Hall that you really should certainly visit. This is a day-trip in itself and is really worth the admission fee to go to the Open Farm and Adventure Playground.

There's a wide variety of fun-based activities for kids.
- The open farm is actually a petting farm where your children can stroke and feed sheep, goats, llamas, pigs, cows and many more animals.
- The Adventure playground has been renovated to make one of the most thrilling playgrounds nearby.
- Cannon Hall farm shop has high quality local produce - you're sure to want a little something when you stop by.