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Updates for November 2024
November brings with it cold weather winter crops, like kale, spinach,
some lettuces, peas, kale, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower,
leeks and early onions,
and from southern areas, like Florida and southern Texas,
strawberries, oranges, sumatras, grapefruit.
Farmshops, by county
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Derbyshire
- Rhubarb Farm - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field where
they grow, farmshop, weddings, events, parties, corporate meetings
Hardwick Street, Langwith, NG20 9DR. Phone: 01623 741210. Email:
[email protected]. Open:Friday 16 October 2020 from
10-3 and Saturday 17 October 2020 from 10-1 for pick your own pumpkins,
farmshop hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Fresh produce, grown organically on our site - in the open and in the polytunnels - by
staff and volunteers throughout the year. Rhubarb Farm grows vegetables for sale to individuals, local retailers, pubs and restaurants. The main
focus of our growing is to supply weekly veg bags to customers who pay by Standing Order and collect their own bags, and surplus veg is then
sold locally.
We supply fresh produce and bunches of cottage garden flowers on a weekly basis to the Welbeck Farm Shop, and supply fresh
produce and edible flowers to the School of Artisan Food for their courses and events. We also supply on an occasional basis the Hostess
Restaurant, Warsop, The Elm Tree pub at Elmton, and the White Lion pub in Bolsover. All our vegetables are available seasonally, and this is the
large range of vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit that we grow, and which are available depending on the season: onions, potatoes, beetroot,
spinach, parsnips, kale, purple sprouting broccoli, cabbage - winter & summer, brussels sprouts, leeks, garlic, lettuce, mizuna, rocket, lamb's
lettuce, spring onions, radish, tomatoes, cucumbers, patty pan squash, crown prince squash, pumpkin, Jerusalem artichokes, sweetcorn, peas,
runner beans, broad beans, climbing french beans, courgettes, sweet peppers, chilli peppers, sage, rosemary, mint, thyme, parsley, basil,
strawberries, cherries, pears, apples, raspberries, black currants, red currants, white currants, gooseberries, blackberries, quinces, cut
flowers.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
Rhubarb Farm can offer different spaces on site for hire to groups, companies and parties.
Farm venue: Hold your meetings at the Farm and support a social enterprise.
Use the Village Green for a staff picnic or family party.
Hold
your team away day at the Farm.
We can provide meal, drinks and entertainment services to suit your needs.
Farm weddings: Why not consider
having your wedding at Rhubarb Farm?
We offer a quirky and ethical venue which can be tailor-made to your needs. A marquee on the Village
Green, pizzas from the outdoor pizza oven, barbecue hire, and staff and volunteers to support your event, Rhubarb Farm is a great alternative
and thrifty option for the socially conscious.
We can arrange a bar, entertainers and special requests. For example, for one wedding at the
Farm, which had a New York theme, the marquee was decorated with American flags and other themed items
(UPDATED: October 13, 2020 JBS)
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Scaddows Farm -
Strawberries, raspberries,
gooseberries, red currants, black currants.
Derby, Ticknall,
Derbyshire, DE73 7JP. Phone: 01332 694523. Directions: (Click
here for a
Map). Open: PYO Fruit open everyday = 9.30am - 7.30pm; Farm
Shop and Cafe open everyday = 9.30am - 5.30pm;
Please Note from
27/7/15 the Opening Times will change to: Farm Shop and PYO =
9.30am - 5.30pm. Containers available. Free parking. Remember
strict rule of NO DOGs allowed in the fruit field at all. If you
do bring one it must stay in or near your car and cannot be
walked around the site. With all this hot weather we would
highly recommend you leave the dogs at home, somewhere cool with
plenty of water to drink! (UPDATED: July 28, 2015, JBS)
(UPDATED: June 22, 2014)
A visitor writes on August 08,
2015: "Absolutely brilliant experience. Well organised cafe
and PYO. However need better signage so located more easily.
Lots of selection of different soft fruits. Good to see young
children getting involved."
Leicestershire
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Grange Farm Soft Fruit - strawberries, Raspberries,
Green and Red Gooseberries, Red and Blackcurrants, Blueberries,
Blackberries and Broadbeans
Copston Magna, near Wolvey,
Hinckley, LE10 3HE. Phone: 1455 220572. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Tuesday to Saturday
from 9 am to 6 pm, Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm.
Directions: Grange
Farm Soft Fruit is only 5 minutes from the M69 and 3 minutes
from the A5. We are situated in the small village of Copston
Magna near Wolvey within easy reach of Nuneaton, Hinckley,
Lutterworth, Rugby, Coventry (all about 15 to 20 minutes drive)
and Leicester (30 minutes from the centre). For SAT NAV users
our postcode is LE10 3HE. From M69 Junction1 Roundabout: Either:
-- Take the A5 towards Lutterworth and at the top of the hill
(High Cross) turn right and immediate right again into Copston
Magna and follow our signs or -- Take the B4109 towards Wolvey,
then the first left towards Lutterworth, straight over the
roundabout following our directional signs*. Half a mile on the
left hand side is the sign for Grange Farm and the turning for
Copston Magna. Please drive carefully as you approach the
village. Our typical season is: Strawberries and Gooseberries -
mid-June to beg August
Blackcurrants and Redcurrants - end of
June to mid July
Raspberries - end of June to mid August
Blueberries and Blackberries - mid July to mid August
The
season is dependent on the weather and some years we are open as
early as the begining of June. (ADDED: July 9, 2015, JBS)
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Heather PYO Fruit Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries,
Gooseberries, Red, White and Black Currants.
The Cattows Farm
Shop, Cattows Farm, Swepstone Road, Heather, Leicestershire LE67
2RF. Phone: (01530) 264200. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: On the main Measham
to
Heather Road, 10 mins from M (A) 42.
Also, prepicked Broad
Beans, New Potatoes. Asparagus cut to order April to June.
Open: Daily during the season, Mid June to August, 10am to 7pm.
We now grow 10 acres of traditionally grown strawberries (8
different varieties), 3 acres of raspberries along with
gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, blackberries,
loganberries and autumn fruiting raspberries. Broad beans are
also available for pick your own. A.k.a, Cattows Farm Shop.
(UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS) (UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS)
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Hollytree Farm - strawberries
699 Broad Gate,
Weston Hills, Spalding, PE12 6DP, UK. Open: call for hours and
availability. Directions:
click here for directions and a map.
(ADDED: July 7, 2015,
JBS)
- Lodge Farm and Snarestone Pumpkin Farm
- pumpkins, bonfires, farmshop, potatoes, local produce,
Lodge Farm, Measham road, Appleby Magna,
Leicestershire. Phone: 7875 231672. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Monday to Saturday, closed on Sunday, Farm shop also
6 days a week (9am-5pm), 25th Year of growing! This is a local farm specialising in the growing several
thousand pumpkins and gouds, potatoes.
(ADDED: 17 September 2024, JBS)
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Mill House - strawberries
Leicester Road Melton
Mowbray, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE13 0DB. Phone: 01664c
500601. Fax: 01664 500601. Email us at:
[email protected]. Directions: A607 Leicester Road.
Leicester Bound. 400 yards past the Focus do it All roundabout.
Turn right on the apex of the first sharp left hand bend. Open
all year. PYO thru late Spring and Summer. We are open May,
June, July, August. Our hours are: 10am to 2pm Tuesday to Sunday
inclusive. Often open until 5pm, call to enquire. Home Grown
strawberries. GM free Free Range Pork. Free-Range Eggs. Plants,
Reclamation, Livery, Haylage, Timber, Railway Sleepers,
Reclaimed Bricks and Tiles, Doors, Hay & Straw. Hens also
available for sale. (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS)
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Rutland water golf course - asparagus, raspberries,
strawberries
Lodge Farm, Oakham, Leicester, Leicestershire,
LE15 8HB. Phone: +44 (0) 15727. Directions: The course is
situated between Edith Weston and Manton along the southern
shores of Rutland Water. We are open May, June, July. Our hours
are: 9 am to 6pm, 7 days a week. May: Asparagus.
15th June:
Strawberries. 25th June: Raspberries. We are located at the same
place as the
golf course.
- Uncle Henry's - farm shop, butchery, deli.
Grayingham Grange Farm, Grayingham,
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 4JD. Phone: 01652 640308. Email: [email protected]. Open:
Monday - Saturday Shop 9:30am - 5pm, Cafe 9:30am - 4:30pm; Sundays & Bank Holidays Shop 10am - 4pm; Cafe 10am - 3:30pm. Directions: We are
located 5 miles north of Caenby Corner off the A15 on the B1205 to Kirton in Lindsey. Coaches are very welcome.
Uncle Henry's facebook page. (ADDED: 11 March 2023, JBS)
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Whetstone Pastures Farm - blackberries, currants (red
and black), gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, snacks and
refreshment stand, picnic area, birthday parties, school tours
Whetstone Gorse Lane Whetstone, Leicester , LE8 6LX. Phone: 0116
2774 627. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: between Junctions
20 21 of M1 Motorway Just off A426 2 miles south Blaby. Open:
Tuesday - Sunday 10 to 6. Payment: Cash, Check. Arts and crafts
activities with HANDCRAFTED creative arts linked in with farm
food and environment. Suit groups, schools Special activities
during season including African weekends, bird watching. CEVAS
accredited for school visits. (ADDED: May 14, 2008)
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Wymeswold Fruit Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries,
Gooseberries,
Red, White and Black Currants,
Blackberries
Wide Lane, Wymeswold, Leicestershire LE12 6SE. Phone:
01 509
880 230. Alternate Phone:
01 509 881 885. Email:
[email protected]. Open: every day during the
season 10am to 7pm. Come and enjoy a day out with the family and
pick your own seasonal fruit in Wymeswold. We grow an abundance
of delicious fruit throughout the summer months, including
strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants and more.
Click here for our Facebook page. (UPDATED: 04 April 2016,
JBS)
(UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS)
Lincolnshire
- J&R Priestley Berries -
Minimizes chemical and pesticide use,
strawberries, already-picked produce
Nr Pilgrim Hospital,
Sibsey Road (a16),, Boston, PE21 9QS. Phone: 07970 862356. Open:
7 Days per week 9am to 6pm. Directions: On the A16 approximately
half a mile north of the Pilgrim Hospital, follow berry signs. Click here for a map and directions. Open from 3rd June
2009. We minimize use of pesticides and other chemicals.
Payment: Cash, only. (UPDATED: 03 April 2015, JBS) (ADDED: May
31, 2009)
- J. N. Downend - asparagus,
currants (red and black), gooseberries, potatoes, raspberries
(red), rhubarb, strawberries, tayberries,
Top Farm,
Lissington, Lincoln, LN3 5AF. Phone: 01673 885351. Email:
[email protected]. Open: 1st June to end of July; 10am
to 6pm Monday to Saturday, Sunday 10am to 4pm. Directions: We
are situated on the main road between Market Rasen and Wragby,
near the village of Lissington and hamlet of Bleasby Moor.
During our open season there will be signs on the main road for
the farm.
Click here for a map and directions. Strawberries: early
June to late July, Raspberries: late June to late July,
Gooseberries: early June to early July, Red Currants: early June
to late July. Payment: Cash, Cheque. We take ready picked orders
as well as providing PYO. Before you come to pick we suggest you
call us to check which fruit is available. (UPDATED: 03 April
2015, JBS) (ADDED: March 04, 2011)
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Spinney Farm - raspberries (Autumn, black),
strawberries,
Carr Lane, Doddington, Lincoln, lN6 4RY.
Phone: 01522 703865. Open: see our website for details of p y o
on the b1190. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. on the b1190 between
Doddington and the A57. Payment: Cash, only. (UPDATED: 04 April
2016, JBS) (ADDED: July 29, 2014)
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The Old English Fruit Company - Apples, beetroot,
blackberries, blueberries, cherries, courgettes, cucumbers,
currants (red and black), figs, flowers, gooseberries,
herbs/spices, loganberries, melons, other berries, pears, plums,
raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), rhubarb,
strawberries, tayberries, tomatoes, walnuts, Other fruit or veg,
Honey from hives on the farm, Fresh eggs, U-pick and already
picked, gift shop, picnic area, picnic area (bring your own
food), birthday parties
Simon Field Farm, Rectory Road ,
Anderby, PE24 5YF. Phone: 07771 517917 . Email:
[email protected] . Open: 10 am to 4pm daily
from June to December. Directions: Located between Mumby and
Huttoft off the A52, turn up to Anderby on sharp bend. Flo Gas
depot on one corner, our fruit farm is on the other corner PE24
5YF. First gate on right as you leave the A52 and head towards
Anderby sea front.
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only.
Crab apples, damsons, jostaberries, blueberries, greengage,
quince, medlar, mulberry. (ADDED: June 20, 2015)
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Willows Farm Fruit - blackberries, blueberries,
currants (red and black), gooseberries, loganberries, plums,
pumpkins, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, tayberries
A52
Chapel St Leonards, Skegness, Lincolnshire, PE24 5UB. Phone:
07771 696001. Email:
[email protected]. Directions: From Skegness take the
A52 north towards Mablethorpe. We are situated approximately 1
mile north of Ingoldmells just before reaching Chapel St
Leonards. We are open June, July, August. Our hours are: 7 Days
a week, 9 am to 6 p.m. As well as PYO crops we always have ready
picked fruit available. We welcome orders for large quantities
or special occasions. In the farm shop we also sell our own
grown new potatoes, cauliflowers, cabbage, beetroot, carrots,
peas, broad beans, sweetcorn and salads and pumpkins (October
time). Our farm shop will be open from early June when we will
have our first strawberries available along with the new
potatoes and fresh vegetables. Raspberries and currants follow
in early July. Our Sunday Car Boot Sales start in June and if
you want to come and stay at Willows Farm we now have a small
caravan site. (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS) (UPDATED: July 15,
2015, JBS)
Northamptonshire
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Dovecote Farm - asparagus, blackberries,
gooseberries, raspberries (red), strawberries, Other fruit or
veg,
Dovecote Farm Newton, Kettering, nn14 1bw. Phone: 01536
742227. Email:
[email protected]. Open: PYO - Seasonal: Roughly End
of May - September 10 am to 5. Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit
cards, Visa/MasterCard.
Click here for our Facebook page. Due to the nature of the
English climate, it is impossible to accurately detail when each
fruit season starts and finishes. Please call us to check
availabilty.
Asparagus Late April to June
Strawberries
Early June to Late July
Gooseberries June to July
Raspberries Late June to Late October
Redcurrants Mid June to
Mid July
Blackcurrants July to Late August
Blackberries
August to September. (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS) (ADDED: July
10, 2012)
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Wakefield Farm Shop -
Wakefield Lodge Estate, Potterspury,
NA, NN12 7QX. Phone: 013-278-11493. Email us at:
[email protected]. Opening Times: Tuesdays to
Fridays from 10 am to 5 pm;
Saturday from 9 am to 5:30 pm;
Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm; Closed Mondays except Bank Holiday
Mondays: 10 am to 4 pm. Each punnet holds around 1kg. Free
parking. Farmshop Bakery, Cheese Counter, Butchers Delicatessen,
Country Courtyard Shops around the estate, La Luna Interiors
stepping stones, Jilly Sanders Mooch Appletree Gifts, White
Orchid Weddings, Fields Furniture & Glenn Designs Just 4 You,
Beauty Studio, The Tea Room and Woodland Walk. Strawberries
Raspberries Gooseberries Blackcurrants Redcurrants Plums.
UPDATE:
18 July 2016: I'm told they no longer do PYO(ADDED:
July 06, 2008)
Nottinghamshire
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Brooke Farm - strawberries, raspberries and plums.
Brooke Farm, Main Street, Linby, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8AE.
Phone: 0115 963 2638. Open: Monday to Thursday from 8 am to
3:45pm; Friday: 8 am to 3:15 pm; Saturday: 8 am to 3 pm. In the
summer months, you can come and pick your own strawberries,
raspberries and plums. They also grow raspberries,
blackcurrants, gooseberries, apples, pears, plums, tomatoes,
peppers, lettuces, courgettes, beans, cabbages and cauliflower.
Any soft fruit left over at the end of the season is turned into
home-made jams and preserves for sale in the farm shop. Our 350
chickens are free to roam in our orchard, producing fresh free
range eggs throughout the year for competitive prices. All our
Christmas trees
are grown by our teams at other sites in
Nottinghamshire. We sell Nordman Firs and Spruces from our farm
shop from early December.
(ADDED: 04 April 2016, JBS)
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Goacher's Farm Shop - Uses
integrated pest management practices, Wide variety of
seasonal, locally grown fruits and vegetables, Apples,
blackberries, cherries, currants (red and black), gooseberries,
other berries, pears, plums, pumpkins, raspberries (red),
rhubarb, strawberries, tayberries,
Greenacres, Wood Lane
North Wheatley, Retford, DN22 9BG. Phone: 014278 880341. Email:
[email protected]. Open: See our website for current
hours.
Click here for current open hours, days and dates.
Directions: On A620 Gainsborough to Retford road at North
Wheatley. Do not turn into the village we are on the opposite
side of the dual carriageway on Wood Lane. We use integrated
pest management practices. Payment: Cash, Debit cards,
Visa/MasterCard. (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS) (UPDATED: May 12,
2014) (ADDED: November 10, 2009)
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Hills Farm Shop - Wide variety of seasonal, locally
grown fruits and vegetables, currants (red and black), raspberries,
strawberries
Kirklington Village, near Newark, Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire, NG22 8BU. Phone: 01623 882664. Email:
[email protected]. Open: June, July; Tuesday to
Sunday from 10am to 4pm.
Directions: 617 between Mansfield and
Newark. also Farm Shop at Edingley selling fresh home grown
produce and plants.
Click here for a link to our Facebook page.
(UPDATED: 04
April 2016, JBS)
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Maxeys Farm Shop - Wide variety of seasonal, locally
grown fruits and vegetables, gift shop, concessions /
refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting,
inflatables/bounce house, birthday parties, school tours, group
reservations
Hockerton Road, Kirklington, Nottinghamshire,
NG22 8PB. Phone: 01636814566. Email:
[email protected]. Open: Monday
to Saturday from
8:30am- 6pm; Sunday 10am to 4pm.
Directions:
Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit
cards, Visa/MasterCard.
Click here for our Facebook page. Maxeys Farm Shop was
opened in February 2012. The shop operates from within a modern,
purpose built wooden building situated on our family farm in
Kirklington, Nottinghamshire. We take great pride in our
homegrown vegetables, from delicious seasonal asparagus,
potatoes to brassicas and of course, our famous pumpkins! We
really do focus on food steps rather than food miles! We source
many other locally produced foods to compliment our range so
that we can provide a complete food haven. Within our shop we
have a butchery counter with locally sourced, fully traceable
meat. A deli counter with a large range of cheeses, many English
and local where possible. In our farmhouse dressers you’ll find
locally produced condiments & preserves, to be accompanied by a
wide selection of crackers & biscuits. We have many store
cupboard essentials along with soft drinks and confectionary.
Locally produced real ales and cider complete your experience
and not forgetting our ever-expanding gin collection! We include
a variety of diet intolerances within our ranges so as you can
see, there really is something for everyone! Our own in house
bakery has a team of experienced chefs who produce our delicious
homemade cakes, sausage rolls, pork pies & meat pies, savouries
and seasonal treats. (UPDATED: August 04, 2017)
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