Hardwick Park Farm - Visiting the Farm

As part of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS), the Government pays certain farmers to invite groups of the public to visit their farms to learn about the countryside.  Groups can be school parties studying farming as part of the National Curriculum, or groups wishing to learn about food production, farming, wildlife, conservation, landscape and historical features.  These visits are free of charge to the group. 

Within the CSS agreement, we at Hardwick Park Farm are restoring the historic landscape of Hardwick Park though reversion of arable land to grass, extensive grazing and the removal of inappropriate fence lines.  We are replacing trees and recreating species-rich grassland using seeds collected from within the parkland by using traditional hay making methods.

Hardwick Park Farm is a working beef and sheep farm.  We have traditional and rare breeds of cattle and sheep in the forms of Longhorn Cattle and Whitefaced Woodland Sheep, along with Pure Hereford Cows and around 500 commercial ewes are currently a feature in the open parkland.  We also have a number of rare breed pigs including, Tamworths, British Lops, Gloucester Old Spots and Middle Whites. 

It is our aim to increase the numbers of traditional and rare breed animals on the farm in the future.