The indoor pumpkin maze - where kids can meet farm animals and watch sheepdog demos too

At this time of year, families love to head out to do some pumpkin picking in time for Halloween events and there's a host of farms doing special events. But we've also found a farm doing something a little bit different this year - with a pumpkin MAZE to pick your perfect gourd.

The cute pumpkin maze is all undercover in a barn at Pye Ash Farm near Macclesfield so you're less likely to get muddy feet or soaked in the unpredictable British weather. You can choose either a large wheelbarrow or small for the little pumpkin pickers to wheel their way through the hay-bale maze.

You can then choose your favourite pumpkins from a spectaular array of the Autumnal fruit - including traditional orange as well as pink, white and even blue. The pastel blue pumpkins, known as the Crown Prince variety, have all been grown especially on the farm to raise funds for the East Cheshire Hospice - with every £5 paid for one of these going direct to the charity.

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After selecting all your pumpkins and navigating the maze, you take your array to be measured and then pay based on size - from £1 up to £12 for the largest. And there are some huge pumpkins here, including one that has grown to weigh 50lb!

The pumpkin maze is open on Saturdays and Sundays throughout October at the farm in Bosley, Cheshire. It is accessible for wheelchairs and prams, although visitors are warned it is a barn still so the ground is uneven.

You don't have to pre-book, but tickets to enter the farm are £5 per car, and for that everyone can also get access to see the farm animals including, sheep, pigs, cows and chickens. There are also hourly sheep dog demonstrations run by farmer James Gilman, and a