Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo
In farming, and at Folly Farm in particular, there’s never a dull moment.
As dairy farmers for years and years, they always had their work cut out at Folly Farm; a new calf, an escapee cow… so much to deal with.
Passers-by were interested in the farm, too – so, in 1988, Folly Farm opened its doors and made it their mission to create great days out.
Now, it’s much, much more than a farm. There are animals from around the world in the Folly Farm zoo, plus adventure play and a vintage fairground too.
They are still very much a family business, so nurture and care are important in everything they do. Folly Farm describes itself as Wales’s biggest independent visitor attraction and is proud to have won a number of awards.
Founded by Glyn Williams and his wife Anne in 1987, Folly Farm was a working dairy farm run for three generations by Glyn’s family.
In the 1980s, with the introduction of milk quotas, dairy farming was a tough business and whilst walking his cows across the road to milk them in the dairy parlour, Glyn had his lightbulb moment.
A popular tourist route to Tenby and Saundersfoot, the A478 was often busy with visitors heading to the beaches from further afield and Glyn would chat to day trippers as the traffic stopped to let the cows cross.
Along with his wife Anne, then a headteacher at a local primary school, they saw the opportunity for an educational attraction where visitors could come and see the cows being milked and learn about farming. Folly Farm the attraction was born and has developed from there!
Glyn sadly passed away in February 2020, enormously proud but humble about everything he achieved over three decades. Anne, his daughter Karina and her husband Chris continue to run the business with the rest of the Folly Family and Glyn’s grandchildren even work shifts in their time away from school and university!
Family is at the heart of everything at Folly Farm.