Updates

  • Fordhall Press, just confirmed…

    Just Confirmed…… After the article’s in the Sunday Times and Saturday Mail over the weekend, the office has once again gone crazy as interest in the Fordhall Community Land Initiative gains momentum. You can read the Sunday Times article by…

  • The Fordhall Book

    As you may be aware, Charlotte and Ben have written a book entitled ‘The Fight for Fordhall Farm’ due to be released on July 12th by Hodder and Stoughton. This book began as an update to their late fathers (Arthur…

  • Welly Wanging in the Rain

    Even though the Family Fun Day was postponed due to poor weather, some enthusiastic volunteers still braved the rain and sold tea and cake to the flurry of visitors arriving throughout the day. The decision to postpone the original event…

  • Postponed – Family Fun Day!

    Due to the exceedingly wet weather this week we have decided to postpone our Annual Family Fun Day. The new date, with excellent weather confirmed, will be Sunday 19th August at the same time 11am-4pm and will all the same…

  • Excitment Builds for Fordhall Family Fun Day

    Not long now! As the last minute plans click into place, the biggest day of the year (Sunday July 1st) at Fordhall Farm is shaping up nicely. There will be lots of food and craft stalls, games and activities for…

  • Otter Heaven at Fordhall

    Another brilliant volunteer weekend at Fordhall Farm with the sun shining and the enthusiasm bubbling. A huge list of jobs was proposed on Saturday morning and with grim determination and a healthy slice of team work the list quickly diminished.…

  • Shearing photos as sheep strip off

    As promised, some pictures of the sheep shearing extravaganza that took place at Fordhall Farm last week. As the sheep form an ‘orderly queue’ the shearers warm up with a good strong cup of tea and flapjack. Once they got…

  • Reappearing from the technological wilderness

    Due to BT incompetence we have been offline for 2 weeks; not completely inactive! Recent updates include: A mass sheep shearing at Fordhall Farm which has left lots of ‘naked’ sheep looking confused and bewildered about themselves. Scouts centenary is…

  • Kiwi at Fordhall Farm

    Margaret came to volunteer at Fordhall Farm for a week earlier in the year. She is from New Zealand and read about Fordhall in Country Living. This is an extract from her account of her time at the farm… “Woah!…

  • St. Wilfreds visit Fordhall

    The benefits of Fordhall Farm as an educational resource slowly expand as more children visit and enjoy the farm. Two weeks ago we had a visit from the St. Wilfreds Youth Group from Cheshire. We walked around the farm, they…