Heads of Ayr Farm Park sits on the A719 coast road between Dunure and Ayr, about twenty miles from Girvan, and it has been a family fixture for over thirty years. It has grown a long way from being a farm: it now keeps over 80 species, from Highland cattle, Clydesdales, goats and donkeys to meerkats, wallabies, lemurs, llamas, camels and a pair of zebras.
What there is
Animals first — a good deal of it hands-on, with feeding and handling sessions through the day. Bags of animal feed are sold separately and are worth the extra couple of pounds; they change the visit entirely for small children.
Outdoors there are jumping pillows, a zip line, sand pits, trampolines, ringo sledging, Wild Child Woods, Buccaneer Bay and Diggerland, plus quad bikes, mini tractors, bumper boats and water wars. New for summer 2026 is Lost World Adventure Golf.
Indoors the adventure barn holds all-ages soft play, separate baby and toddler areas, giant drop slides and a shooting arena — which is what makes this a genuine wet-weather option rather than a fair-weather one.
A few of the rides carry a small extra charge on top of admission; most of the park is included.
The thing to know about winter
The page you will often see elsewhere says this place is seasonal. It is not quite that simple: it is open year-round, but there is no access to the outdoor park from January to mid-March, and winter tickets cover the indoor play and indoor animal areas only. If you are coming in that window, you are buying a soft play visit with some animals attached — perfectly good on a wet January day, but not the full park.
Online booking is required, and last admission is 4pm. Come as early as you can; families routinely stay five or six hours.
Getting there
About twenty miles and thirty minutes from Girvan on the A719, which also takes in the Electric Brae and Dunure Castle — easily combined into one day. Without a car, the nearest station is Ayr with buses running to the park, though not frequently.
See Girvan with children for what else works locally, and note that Culzean is the free-range alternative twenty minutes the other way.
