Farms to visit near London
4.6 from 6,061 reviews across 15 farms
The best days out at a real farm within reach of the capital. 15 farms made the list.
4.6 from 6,061 reviews across 15 farms
The best days out at a real farm within reach of the capital. 15 farms made the list.
Priory Farm EstateFarm shop · Redhill, Surrey4.5 (1274 reviews)Priory Farm Estate covers 150 acres of pasture, ancient woodland and lakes at South Nutfield near Redhill in Surrey, founded by the Shinner family in 1957 and still family run after nearly 70 years. Today the estate is best known for its award winning farm shop, garden centre, gift barn, cafes and the Discovery Land adventure play trail, open all year.
The farm shop carries seasonal fruit and vegetables, with crab apples, pumpkins and squashes grown on the farm itself in autumn, alongside a butchery making handcrafted sausages by hand, cheeses, bakery goods and deli lines. Much of the range comes from producers across Surrey, Sussex, Kent and beyond under the shop's Love Local banner, so the estate reads mainly as a destination farm shop and family day out rather than a working livestock farm.DawliciousRaw milk & eggs · Hertford, Hertfordshire4.9 (585 reviews)Dawlicious is the Daw family's dairy at Amwell Place Farm in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, home to Barry, Jenny and Claire and their national award winning Bluegrass and Bluerock Jersey herd. The cows graze the fields for six months of the year, and the raw Jersey milk is never older than 24 hours, completely unpasteurised and unhomogenised, with no Bovaer additive in the feed.
Milk is sold from the vending machine at the farm every day, alongside Claire's Dawlicious ice cream made on site from the same milk, local free range eggs and local natural honey. Orders of 20 litres or more must be pre ordered by phone, payment is cash or card, and there is no delivery.Local Honey ManRaw honey · London, Greater London4.7 (627 reviews)Local Honey Man sells pure raw honey from a network of hives across the UK, packed straight from the hive, unfiltered and unpasteurised, with nothing added. The team of beekeepers is based on Sutherland Road in London, and the range covers British lime blossom, golden, heather, borage and rapeseed honeys, along with infused honeys, pollen, propolis, beeswax and candles.
You can order online with delivery across the UK, or call in during the week or on a Saturday. They also sell bees and beekeeping ebooks, offer honey and beeswax wholesale, and put together honey gift sets.
Broadditch Farm ShopFruit, veg & eggs · Gravesend, Kent4.6 (599 reviews)Broadditch Farm Shop sits at the gate of Manor Farm in Southfleet, Kent, a 470 acre farm worked by the Harris family for over 170 years, since they moved from Bedfordshire in 1848. Brothers John and Mark, sixth generation, run today's mainly arable and vegetable farm, cropping wheat, barley, oilseed rape, oats, linseed and five acres of vegetables, with ten acres of woodland. The shop opened in a converted farm building in May 1990 and sells the farm's own seasonal fruit and vegetables within hours of harvest.
Alongside its homegrown produce the shop stocks selected fresh produce from other local farms, plus local meats, cheeses, eggs, bread, cakes and artisan foods from named Kent producers, and local wine, gin, cider and beer. Seasonal events run through the year, including pick your own cobnuts, pumpkins at Halloween and a Christmas market.
Park Farm BrastedRaw milk · Westerham, Kent4.9 (306 reviews)Park Farm is a third generation dairy farm at Brasted, near Westerham in Kent, farmed by the Edgar family and trading as Edgar and Son. The farm milks pedigree Jersey cows and produces raw milk, pasteurised milk and ice cream using sustainable farming practices.
Milk is sold from the vending machine at the farm, open every day from 8am to 6pm. The farm also hosts school visits and offers catering, and larger orders can be arranged by phone or email.
Tablehurst FarmRaw milk & meat · Forest Row, East Sussex4.6 (404 reviews)Tablehurst Farm is a biodynamic farm at Forest Row in East Sussex whose award winning farm shop has grown from a tiny one day a week operation back in the 1990s. The butcher's counter sells the farm's own biodynamic beef and lamb and organic pork and chicken, with nitrate free bacon cured and smoked on site, and the six hectare garden supplies over ninety varieties of biodynamic fruit and vegetables.
The shop also stocks bread baked on the farm by Fermento Bakery, eggs from Orchard Eggs, cheeses from High Weald Dairy and around fifty savoury pies and ready meals from the farm's own Pie Kitchen. Raw milk from the grass fed Jersey herd, whose calves stay with their mothers until they can graze, is sold from a vending machine outside the shop, so bring your own container.
Plaw Hatch FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · East Grinstead, East Sussex4.7 (350 reviews)Plaw Hatch Farm is a 200 acre community owned biodynamic farm on the edge of the Ashdown Forest near Sharpthorne, held by a charitable trust and farmed biodynamically for forty years. It is a true mixed farm, with a dairy herd providing raw milk, cheese, yoghurt and cream, beef cattle, sheep, pigs and laying hens, and a 12 acre garden of seasonal fruit and vegetables, with close to 500 acres farmed in all within a 12 mile radius.
The farm shop sells all the farm's own produce plus organic goods from local suppliers, open 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and closed Sundays and bank holidays. There is an open farm policy too, so pick up a map in the shop and take the farm walk to see how the land and animals are kept.
Lower Ladysden Farm ShopFruit & veg · Cranbrook, Kent4.6 (390 reviews)Lower Ladysden is a family run farm at Winchet Hill, Goudhurst, in the heart of the Kent countryside, specialising in fresh fruit and vegetables grown for pick your own and for its award winning farm shop, a winner of the Kent Life Best Farm Shop award. The PYO seasons run from late April asparagus through strawberries, raspberries, runner beans and blackberries in summer to sunflowers, wildflowers and pumpkins in October, with picking areas opened field by field as crops ripen on this active working farm.
The farm shop is stocked with the farm's own freshly picked produce and homemade jams and juices, alongside local Kent produce from brands the family trusts, from everyday essentials to weekend treats. The farm also hosts seasonal events including car shows, charity days and Christmas visits, and is open seven days a week, 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
Wayside FarmRaw milk · Kings Langley, Hertfordshire4.3 (557 reviews)Wayside Farm is one of only two remaining Jersey herd dairy farms in Hertfordshire, farmed by Charlie Wray on the outskirts of Kings Langley. Its 156 acres carry 75 Jersey cows and 70 young animals, nearly all born on the farm, on a county council holding first set up for officers returning from the First World War.
Raw Jersey milk is sold at the farm seven days a week, and a small farm shop opens Thursday to Sunday. Call in at the gate, or ring Charlie ahead of your visit if you want to check on milk.
Buckmoorend FarmMeat · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire4.7 (273 reviews)Buckmoorend Farm is a family run farm at Butlers Cross near Aylesbury, farmed by the Hares family around a simple idea, responsible farming, quality meat and local produce. Alongside the fields there is a farm shop and kitchen, and the gates open for events such as Open Farm Sunday.
The shop sells the farm's beef, pork, lamb and chicken together with fruit and vegetables, cheese, bread, store cupboard goods and local drinks, much of it also available through the online shop for delivery or collection. Shop and kitchen open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm and close on Monday.
Thomas Joseph ButcheryMeat · Brentwood, Essex4.8 (239 reviews)Thomas Joseph Butchery is a butcher's shop at Coxtie Green Farm in Brentwood, founded by Tom Joseph and built around dry aged, grass fed beef and ethically sourced meat. The counter and online store run from grass fed and dry aged beef through Golden Herd UK Wagyu to free range pork, Iberico and Basque Ibaiama pork, grass fed lamb and free range poultry.
Beyond the meat there are artisanal cheeses, organic dairy and butter, raw honey and smoked and cured produce. You can visit the shop in person or order online for nationwide delivery, with next day delivery on orders placed by 11am Wednesday to Saturday.
Flock and HerdMeat · London, Greater London4.8 (116 reviews)Flock and Herd is a butcher's shop on Bellenden Road in Peckham, south London, open since 2012 and supplied by a small circle of farmers in and around the Home Counties. The team visit every farm themselves, and much of the rare and heritage breed meat, reared free range in the traditional way, is exclusive to the shop. Wild game comes only from licensed suppliers.
In Peckham the counter sits alongside wine, craft beer, hot sauces and groceries, and a second shop on Beckenham High Street adds a bigger deli with cheese and charcuterie. Both shops open Tuesday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and Saturday from 8am to 4pm, and the firm delivers wholesale across London with its own vans.
The Green ButcherMeat · Twickenham, Greater London4.8 (116 reviews)The Green Butcher is a butchery and farm shop on Twickenham Green, started by Nick Green, who began in 2019 delivering produce into London in a rented van and later by electric cargo bike. The shop works directly with organic and regenerative farmers who raise their animals on pasture, and the butchery itself is Certified Organic, 100% Pasture for Life and FSA approved.
The counter carries beef, lamb, pork, chicken and poultry, dairy, and offal, bones and fats. Online orders are for collection at the shop only, though you can get the produce delivered across the UK through Abel & Cole or Wylde Market. Nick also runs butchery evening classes and farm visits.
Loddington Farm ShopFruit, veg & eggs · Maidstone, Kent4.7 (113 reviews)Loddington Farm is a fifth generation family farm in the Kent countryside near Maidstone, run by James Smith, whose great great grandfather first grew apples on the land. The farm has turned away from chemical farming: no synthetic fertilisers or herbicides are applied to the soils, fungicides and insecticides are being phased out, and the focus is on rebuilding soil ecosystems and growing nutrient dense food, with apples and pears still at the heart of the farm alongside the Owlet fruit juice pressed on site.
The award winning farm shop opened in January 2024 and was named among The Times 35 best farm shops in Britain. It sells as much of the farm's own fresh produce as the season allows, plus the farm's own eggs, slow grown native breed pork reared outdoors, venison and juice, alongside food and drink from carefully selected Kent producers. A cafe in the courtyard behind the shop serves breakfast and lunch.
Court Farm Butchery & Country LarderMeat & eggs · Rochester, Medway4.6 (112 reviews)Court Farm Butchery and Country Larder is a farm butchers in the Kentish village of Upper Halling, near Rochester. The farm rears its own beef and lamb on pasture, farms regeneratively and is part of Pasture for Life, and also sells Hebridean mutton from a conservation grazing scheme under its own management.
The counter carries local free range pork, venison and seasonal game, specialty sausages, handmade pies and pasties and home cured bacon, while the larder stocks free range eggs, honey, jams, pickles, locally pressed apple juice and local beers, cider and spirits. Open six days a week, closed on Mondays, with click and collect from the shop or from the Royal Arsenal Farmers Market in South East London.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
