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Feather Down Farms: Aller Farm

Feather Down Farms: Aller Farm
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Beach easy drive
Farm animals
Great for babies
Great for teens
Great for toddlers
Pet's allowed

Feather Down Farm Days

This farm of approximately 350 acres, is mixed cropping with the majority being grass, maize and corn. A restored orchard has a fabulous range of mixed apple trees, and in the late summer a great place to play hide and seek! Alongside this the Parris family also has a pedigree herd of 150 Holstein Friesian dairy cows, free range laying hens (always a fresh egg for breakfast), turkeys and roaming ducks. Their year round breeding programme means that there are always calves on site to look after.


Special Offer
Hire a chicken coop!

At Feathersdown Farms your experience will be a unique one. One experience will be to hire your own private chicken coop. Both an educational and fun activity where you cant get eggs any fresher and children will learn!

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Special Offer
Cooking....but a little bit different

In many Featherdown Farms you will be able to hire a Smoke Barrel for £39.50. In this you will receive ingredients, fire wood, recipe and a smoke barrel. From this you can enjoy a meal for four using your very own smoke barrel - a real taste of the outdoors!                                                                          Find out more here.


Price

from £195 in low season to £415 for tents for a weekend break, on popular bank holiday weekends. Midweek breaks and week breaks range from £195/£345 in low season and £439/£679. Boxes of wood are now free, but other items are available from the honesty shop. Other items available for hire for your stay include, Kitchen Linen Package, Childs Playpen, High Chair for Child, Travel Cot, Towels package and Bicycle hire.

Accommodation

each tent has 1 double room, 1 bunk bed room and the famous canopy bed which would sleep 2 children or 1 adult. Feather Down is a fantastic proposition for a group of 5 families. Each tent has a flushing toilet, running water (cold only) and a small wood burning stove. The kitchen is fully equipped with pots, pans, crockery, cutlery and various kitchen utensils (whisks, corkscrews, etc). There is a large cool chest that you keep cold with iced water bottles that you pick up in the farm shop. There are paraffin lamps with hooks all around the tent to hang them up as well as a hanging candelabra above a large kitchen table which seats 6.

Facilities

on each farm there is: - An honesty shop selling provisions such as eggs, milk (fresh from the cow), bread, bacon sausages, etc as well as the essential boxes of wood and kindling. - A Feather Down hen house where fresh eggs can be collected daily by guests - A traditional wood fired oven lit once each week (or stay) for breads, pizzas, stews, roast chickens; anything you like really, so probably worth doing a bit of research beforehand. - The paddock a small collection of petting animals, for example, lop eared rabbits, chickens, sheep, and shetland ponies etc - Bike rental a collection of bikes including child seats, but it’s advisable to book them before you leave. (plus remember this is a farm and it is probably not the same as cycling in Holland) Hot showers! Set away from the tents and usually near the farm house. Pets are welcome on, but should be kept under close control near livestock.

Location

tents are sited in the fields at Aller Farm around patches of woodland overlooking the Devon meadows, and enjoy views over beautiful countryside. The fields & the patches of woodland also offer tons of outdoor space for 'childplay'. The farm itself is situated on the southern slopes of The Blackdown Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Farm is 6 miles from the market towns of Honiton, Axminster & Chard and just 12 miles from the Jurassic Coast and the popular historic town of Lyme Regis. It is also within easy walking distance of the picturesque village of Stockland, with a traditional public house, 14th century church, plenty of village amenities, and two Iron Age Camps with extensive banks and ditches.

Reviews


Written by viphill
5 Mar, 2010 : 13.57

Overall Rating

Great Experience! Fun for Children!

Aller Farm is a family owned Dairy Farm. The family was very friendly, had advice on where to go what to see in the local area. When we were there, they had baby turkeys. All the children at the campsite, went to see them every day. Feed the baby calfs at feeding time. In the evenings, because we had been there for a full week and so did three other family in adjacent tents. The children got to know each other and played games outside as long there was light really. Having no electricity just candles and wood burning stove to cook will make one think a bit more. Forward planning for food for the day etc. The little shop on the farm is well stocked, so you won\'t be stuck. Educational for the children to see how to farm functions. All in all a great experience and fun for those who love the outdoors and can do without the modern gadgets for a week or a weekend.


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