Stonehurst Family Farm and Motor Museum

A working farm that doubles as a motor museum - Stonehurst sits just outside Barrow upon Soar and takes you back to a time when agriculture actually meant something to the landscape. The farm itself is still operational, so you're not wandering through some sanitised heritage attraction. Instead, you get the real thing: animals to see, vintage tractors and farm machinery dotted about, and a proper collection of classic cars in the barn.

It's genuinely worth stopping by if you've got kids. They'll spend a solid hour here without complaining - feeding animals tends to do that. The motor museum side is less extensive than you'd find in somewhere like Leicester itself, but that's rather the point. It's intimate, and the collection tells the story of farming through the machines that changed it.

Family groups will get the most value. Teenagers might find it a touch slow unless they're into vintage cars or farm life. There's something refreshingly low-key about the whole operation compared to the polished attractions you find elsewhere. No admission charge listed online, which suggests it might be donation-based or free entry with a honesty box system - worth ringing ahead to confirm.

If you're based at Meadow Farm Marina or Proctors Park just down the road, Stonehurst makes an easy morning visit before heading over to Bradgate Park for something more substantial. The two work well together as a day out - one for the hands-on farm experience, the other for proper walking and scenery.