Open Farm Sunday in Kent
Open Farm Sunday in Kent 2024
This year, celebrate British farming and learn more about life on a working farm! Head down to a farm near you in Kent on Sunday, June 9th 2024. Discover the daily routines and inner workings of a real farm. Gain a deeper appreciation for the countryside and its role in our lives. Meet the farmers themselves and hear what they’re most passionate about – producing delicious British food!
Ready to find a participating farm in Kent? Read on to discover the farms waiting to welcome you!
Further Afield
Head to organisers of the charity Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) website for a full list of UK farms taking part in Open Farm Sunday.
Places To Visit
Brockhill Farm
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Sandling Road, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent CT21 4HL
At this school farm, you can learn about the journey of wool.
Watch a sheep shearer in action and see raw fleeces off the sheep. Join Romney Tweed as they show you how fleece is used in their bespoke weaving, and you can try it yoiurself.
See also their other animals including cattle, pigs, chickens, goats and rabbits.
Time: 1pm-4pm
Price: Free
Activities: Meet the animals
Accessibility: Partially accessible by wheelchair
Frogholt Farm
Beachborough Road, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8BW
Time: 10am-3pm
Price: Adult: £5, Child: £2, under 3 years: Free
Activities: Meet the animals/Static machinery display/self-guided walks and food is available
This is an extensive sheep farm with 500 Romney ewes with forestry, meet ewes with lambs of their rare native breed Toggenburg. Plus see goats with kids, pigs, Dexter cattle and alpacas. There will be a sheep shearing demonstration, and craft, food and drink stalls.
Loddington Farm
Loddington Lane, Linton Maidstone, Kent ME17 4AG
Booking details: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DMTH
Time: 11.30am-4.30pm
Price: Adult £4. Child – 3 to 12years: £1
Activities: Meet the animals, Static machinery display/tractor and trailer rides//self guided walks/Farm shop and fresh produce/hosted farm tour/food/science in farming
Accessibility: Partially access by wheelchair
This year, the fifth-generation fruit farm in the heart of Kent is opening its gates for its 3rd OpenSunday. For 2024 the farm’s focus is on health, something they are passionate about – from soil and water health, to plant health; personal health and wellbeing and the planet’s health. There will also be a bouncy castle, PYO flowers, food stalls, a face painter and live music.
Moat Farm
Moat Farm, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst, Ashford, Kent TN26 1LY
Booking details: TBC
Time: Farm tour 11am-1pm
Price: Free – voluntary donations, minimum £5 per family, collected for Kent Wildlife Trust
Activities: Meet the animals/hosted farm tour/science in farming
Enjoy a farm walk at the height of the wildflower season, the highlight of which will be the thousands of common spotted orchids, and various other wildflower species. You will return through the ancient woodland, past the wetland project, with commentary on the management of ancient woodlands. See the longhorn cattle, a range of bird species and butterflies/dragon & damsel flies. Moat Farm is 260 acres of which 100 acres is species-rich wet grassland, and 160 acres are ancient semi-natural woodland. The farm is in the Upper Beault farmer cluster and a feature is the seasonal headwater streams and numerous Wealden ponds, around which a southern water-sponsored project is in progress for wetland creation and retention of water in the landscape (natural flood management).
Mote Farm
Mote Road, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0NT Time: 11am-4pm
Booking details: email – motefarmsales@gmail.com
Price: Free
Activities: Meet the animals/hosted farm tour/science in farming/food
Mote Farm is a family-run farm which forms part of the Ightham Mote Estate owned by The National Trust. It is an arable farm with a small suckler herd. Meet some of the Mote Farm livestock including cattle, ewes and lambs. There will be children’s activities and a farm yard trail.
Princess Christain’s Farm
Riding Lane, Hildenborough, Tonbrige, Kent TN11 9LN
Time: 11am-2pm
Booking: To help indicate numbers please book (not essential) – at https://buytickets.at/kasbah
Price: £5. Under 2 years: Free. Tractor rides £1
Activities: Meet the animals/ tractor and trailer rides/food/self-guided walks/static machinery display/food/science in farming
Accessibility: A majority of the farm is accessible to wheelchairs
Learn about the animals on the farm including pigs, poultry, and livestock and listen to animal talk. You can enjoy the beautiful grounds on this working farm specialising in pigs, and find out about its unique day service for adults with disabilities who come to develop their independent living skills and make long-lasting friendships. There will also be plant sales, advice, plus tractor rides. In addition, there will be a trim trail, zip wire, handmade crafts and prizes.
Seal Community School Farm
Seal Chruch of E Primary School, Zambra Way, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0DJ
Time: 12Noon-4pm
To help indicate numbers please book (not essential) here
Price: Adult: £3.Child: £5
Activities: Meet the animals/Farm shop and fresh produce
Accessibility: Partially accessible to wheelchairs
Small community school farm based on a primary school site, with friendly animals to stroke and hand feed. They have rare breed pigs, pygmy goats, chickens, ducks, guinea pigs, bees, micro pigs, tortoises and rabbits.
The National Fruit Collection
Brogdale Farm, Brogdale Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8XZ,
Time: 10am-3pm
Price: Free
Activities: Hosted farm tours/tractor and train rides/Farm shop and fresh produce
Accessibility: The majority is accessible to wheelchairs.
Head to The National Fruit Collection which is home to one of the largest collections of fruit tree varieties in the world, including cherries, plums, gages, apples, pears, nuts, quince and medlars. Celebrate the beauty of farming together and enjoy a family-friendly agricultural adventure. Join them in the orchards for a day of tractors and walking tours. Explore the orchards, learn how fruit cultivation has changed and how the orchards are maintained and cared for throughout the year. In addition, find out about the importance of the collection and what it means for the future.
Nearby
The Woodlands Farm Trust
331 Shooters Hill, Bexley, DA16 3RP
Time: 11am-4pm
Price: Free entry, but other charges apply for rides and some activities
Activities: Hosted farm tours/tractor and train rides/Farm shop and fresh produce/meet the animals/food/static machinery display
Accessibility: Partially accessible to wheelchairs
Throughout the day there will be guided walks around the farm and tractor and trailer rides to see the wider farm. In addition, there will be shearing demonstrations throughout the day and talks about the animals. These include sheep, pigs and poultry. There is a scarecrow competition and traditional games for children. There will also be a chance to discover more about vegetable and flower growing with our partners Sitopia Farm. Entry to the farm is free, however, as a charity they do appreciate any donations.
Picture Credit: Main Image © Luke Stackpoole at unsplash.com
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