This Year's Events

SELECTED SPECIAL EVENTS TAKING PLACE DURING 2007

Easter Sunday & Monday - Easter Egg Hunt

Monday 7th May - Official Opening of African Farmyard

Monday 28th May - Bank Holiday - Sheep Shearing

Monday 27th August - 20th Anniversary of opening the farm to the public.

October Half Term - Cider Making (watch the horsedrawn cider press crush the apples)

The Legge family have now farmed at Shortwood for more than 100 years, and this year will mark the 20th anniversary of our farm being open to the public. To celebrate this important milestone we have a new exhibition of photographs and memories which tell the story of the five generations of our family who have lived and farmed here.

Milkmaid