Oaks Barn Farm

Quality Family Farm Stay Experience set in the heart of Rural Warwickshire - Shakespeare's Country

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Premium Bond Prize Decline Under Labour

Premium Bond Prize Decline Under Labour

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Oaks Barn Farm Beekeeper's Guest Blog

Worcestershire’s Award Winning Bee Keeper Rebecca Sealey Guest Blog. Last year we contacted Worcestershire Beekeepers Association to see if anyone would be interested in keeping bees on our farm, a year on, we now have 10 established Hives and 2 new friends in Rebecca and Gary. We invited Rebecca to tell us and our farm stay guests a littl more…. What sparked your interest in keeping Bees? My…

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Oaks Barn Farm Now Recruiting

Despite Labour’s efforts in destroying The UK Economy, we are delighted to announce we will be working with Rebecca’s Honey, installing 10 Bee hives on Oaks Barn Farm. Each hive will eventually have the capacity of between 20,000 & 80,000 bees. These bees will work to pollinate the surrounding land. They will also produce an excellent range of local produce. This growth will take us from a…

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Wishing all customers suppliers and friends a Merry Christmas

Whether you are working, taking time out, or a combination of both, We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas from Oaks Barn Farm. We look forward to welcoming you to the farm in 2025. Wayne & Sue

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Closure of London Iconic Smithfield Market after 800 years

London’s iconic Smithfield Market is set to close after almost 800 years. Yet another hammer blow on our independent food supply and trading networks. Just 1 week beyond British Farmers marching in London to protest about the Labour Government’s move to destabilise British Family Farms through Inheritance Tax. This break in the independent food supply chain into the heart of London will be wide…

Closure of London Iconic Smithfield Market after 800 years

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Our Sustainable Farm Stay Delivers Great Green Credentials

SDL Pellets Ltd Chipping Campden Back in 2015 we increased our holiday accommodation offering by conversion of The Granary. At this time we needed to upgrade our heating system and opted to move away from Oil by installing a biomass boiler. Gas or propane were both expensive and not possible due to our location. At the time the shift to biomass was a big commitment, and required significant…

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Clarkson’s Farm Makes Good Business For Oaks Barn Farm

Now in season 3 the popularity for this heart warming series continues to grow ever stronger. so to does the public hunger to experience first hand staying on a farm. The show continues to be educational and informative on the challenges faced by farmers in getting food to your table served with a good portion of humour to complement each serving. Though the summer has been slow to start we…

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Farmer deploys hidden feature on Fire Angel Technology

Some 12 months ago across our farm stay accommodation we installed Fire Angel integrated smoke and heat alarms together with co2 monitors to our biomass plant room. So impressed with the system and its mobile alerts and system testing, we added it to the 2 barns giving whole site protection. It’s lambing time on the farm, and we have CCTV on the lambing shed, this allows us to monitor activity…

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Oaks Barn Farm Host Crufts 2024 Winners

This weekend we once again hosted Francis McMillan, Louise Anderson, Karan Peel and Victoria Korotkich, who with a little help from their Dachshunds, went on to win 3 Firsts, 2 Seconds, Best Bitch and Best Puppy. Congratulations on an amazing achievement. For more information on booking a farm stay with us please visit: https://visitoaksbarnfarm.wpcomstaging.com/dog-friendly-options/: Oaks Barn…

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Travel adds new colour to your pallet

Dropped in to here for a pint ended up having 3, great live music traditional Irish Bar Bar Rosie O’Grady’s came away with 2 great new songs Every night about this time I can’t remember if I said goodbye This is the bar not to be missed during your visit to Fuertuventura https://maps.app.goo.gl/rU3VPrKDjtKYzTXC7?g_st=ic

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Making Your Money Go Further This Christmas

Is your current account working for you? A Kroo account will pay you 4.35% on positive balances. Kroo is better with friends. Join using my link, and we’ll both get £5 when you open a current account and make your first transaction. Kroo will also plant 2 trees on your behalf when you join. Tap my link to apply now: Open link https://our.kroo.com/r/inviteFriendsGet5/t8R9L2 Open a Nectar…

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Making the most out of every day Banking

With interest rates projected to stay high for at least five years, now is the time to ensure your bank account works for you. Many banks are offering higher rates of interest, often these limit how much can be paid in each month. ISA’s offer good rates but also tie up your cash so a current account that pays you good interest while in credit with an upper investment limit of £85,000 Kroo is an…

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How 2050 Could Look If We Fail At Climate Change

Take a look at these world wide Cities under water: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/tripideas/a-look-at-earth-in–if-climate-change-isnt-stopped/ss-AA1fIdlB?ocid=sapphireappshare Maybe then we will come up with a better solution to discharging sewage into the sea. Fresh water will clearly be an issue. Farm land and farmers will be recognised as critical infrastructure. If over population and…

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Converting Orchard Contents Into Cider

Washing Apples Setting up Sheep eating leftover mash Using cake crusher to pulp apples Fruit Press 4 gallons

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Worcestershire Sauce Back Story

Worcester Based Factory The world-famous Worcestershire sauce owes a great deal to a product that comes a very, very long way from Worcestershire itself, as Martin Fone discovers. Read the full story here: https://flip.it/CaWuBKhttps://flip.it/CaWuBK For more information on staying locally visit Oaksbarnfarm.co.uk

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Climate Change - Creating A Legacy Within Our Grasp

As a small business, we are confident in doing our bit towards slowing down climate change, This is not just about being green, most of what we have done makes good business sense too. Starting our business in 2006 we converted part of our farmhouse into guest accommodation to encourage more people to experience our idyllic rural lifestyle. In February 2007 we planted an orchard with 30 trees…

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Family Farm Stay Leading The Way to a Greener Future

Nestled in the heart of rural Worcestershire, Oaks Barn Farm delivers not only a quality farm stay experience but also outstanding green credentials. Working alongside Climate Essentials, we have been able to benchmark our business achievements against our business inputs and related emissions with an impressive set of data. As we advance 2023 will provide more data on our off-grid capability…

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