COMPARE ALL
Tractor Driving Experience in Penzance
St Buryan Farm is the Penzance-area tractor-driving venue, with two current ways to get behind the wheel.
Choose the full 60-minute solo experience if the tractor is all yours, or the two hour Double Trouble if this is one of those occasions where somebody else has absolutely no intention of being left out.
The venue sits in the farmland of far west Cornwall, beyond Penzance and close to the Land’s End side of the county — surroundings in which a large agricultural tractor requires very little explanation.
From Arrival to
Your Turn at the Wheel
The Penzance experience starts with the welcome, safety briefing and familiarisation before the driving begins. Once you have been shown the essentials, it is your turn at the controls.
St Buryan currently gives you two choices: a 60-minute solo drive, or the two-person Double Trouble experience. The booking is different; the important bit is the same — you are there to drive.
Arrive & Get Briefed
Meet the instructor, get welcomed in and go through the safety briefing before the driving starts.
Meet the Tractor
Get shown around the modern agricultural tractor and the controls you will need before you start driving.
Take the Controls
This is the important bit. Once the briefing and familiarisation are complete, you get behind the wheel and drive the tractor yourself.
Get Stuck In
From there, the experience is about getting comfortable with the machine and making the most of the time included in the option you have chosen.
This Isn’t a Tractor Ride
You’re not climbing aboard to watch somebody else demonstrate the machinery. After the welcome, safety briefing and familiarisation, you take the controls.
At St Buryan, the current experiences use a modern agricultural tractor with instruction before the driving begins. You are shown the cab and the controls first, so your own turn at the wheel starts with a proper introduction to the machine.
The choice here is unusually simple. Take the 60-minute experience if you want the tractor to yourself, or choose Double Trouble if driving one is an enthusiasm best shared with somebody else.
Which Penzance Tractor Experience Should You Choose?
Penzance has only two current choices, which makes this less of a comparison exercise and more of a question: are you driving solo, or bringing somebody else into the plan?
A Surprisingly Easy Gift Decision
If someone in your life has ever stopped mid-conversation because a particularly impressive tractor has gone past, you may already have enough information.
Open-dated vouchers are available, so the recipient can arrange the driving date later. You simply have to decide how much tractor seems appropriate.
DRIVING. For the right person, that rather sells itself. Choose a gift voucher
Tractor Driving at St Buryan Farm
St Buryan Farm places the experience firmly in far west Cornwall, outside Penzance and in the rural part of the county heading towards Land’s End.
That makes it a particularly useful option if you are based around Penzance, Newlyn, St Just or the western end of Cornwall and would rather not travel back towards St Ives for your tractor fix.
There is no need to oversell the scenery. The setting simply makes sense: proper Cornish farmland, a modern agricultural tractor, and you arriving to drive it.
Use the joining instructions supplied with your booking for the final meeting point and arrival details.
Useful Things to Know
Including the useful bit: Penzance and St Ives do not currently offer exactly the same tractor-driving choices.
Where can I drive a tractor near Penzance?
St Buryan Farm is the current Penzance-area venue, with a 60-minute solo experience and the two-person Double Trouble option available here.
Is there a 30-minute tractor drive at Penzance?
Not currently. The shorter 30-minute experience is available at St Ives, where prices start from £75.
Can I do the two-hour solo experience at Penzance?
Not currently. St Ives offers the two-hour solo option. Penzance instead gives you the 60-minute solo drive or the two-person experience.
What about Newlyn, St Just or Land’s End?
St Buryan is in far west Cornwall, so this is the Penzance-area venue to investigate from Newlyn, St Just and the Land’s End side of the county.
Do I need previous tractor-driving experience?
No previous tractor experience is expected. The session includes an introduction, safety briefing and familiarisation before you take the controls.
How old do you have to be?
The current minimum age for the tractor-driving experiences is 13.
Can family or friends watch?
The current solo experience welcomes spectators. For the two-person package, check the current booking information for any additional spectator arrangements.
Is parking available?
Free parking is included with the current tractor-driving packages. Use the joining instructions supplied with your booking for the final arrival details.
Your turn at the wheel.
Choose your 60-minute solo drive or Double Trouble for two, grab an open-dated voucher, and sort the actual driving day later.
Buy Your Tractor Driving Voucher OPEN-DATED · 12 MONTHS