Salvation Army-Hadleigh Farm

Salvation Army-Hadleigh Farm

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A great Day out in the Countryside!

Welcome to our web site. The Rare Breeds Centre has now opened for the 2009 Season.

We are pleased to announce that Hadleigh Farm has been confirmed as the prefered venue for the 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike event. For more details please look at www.salvationarmy.org.uk

Welcome to the web site of the Salvation Army-Hadleigh Farm including

The Rare Breeds Centre.

Open to the public to help make conservation and learning fun.

The Rare Breeds Centre opened in mid 2004 to promote conservation and education in rare breeds.

We are a 900 acre Hadleigh Farm that has been owned and farmed by the Salvation Army for over a hundred years. This is a mixed comercial farm aiming to demonstrate conventional farming as well as organic farming with 600 acres of crops and 300 acres of organic grassland and Hereford cattle. We are members of Organic Farmers and Growers (OF&G) organic certification UK2. We own and farm all the land surrounding Hadleigh Castle. (Some areas are very steep like you would find on a mountain)

A visit to our farm gives you the chance to learn about, get close to and even feed a range of rare breed Goats, Sheep, Poultry and Pigs.

There is a whole host of exciting things to see and do and countryside to enjoy for individuals and families alike.

Its also a fun and safe farm visit for groups of all ages lead by Access to Farms trained staff. We now have teacher packs and resources tailor made for the farm by the Salvation Army Schools and Colleges Dept. For more details please contact us.

Rare Breeds Manager Clare Fleming

The Rare Breeds Centre,

Salvation Army-Hadleigh Farm,

Castle Lane,

Benfleet,

Essex.

SS7 2AP

Phone/Fax: 01702 558550

info@hadleighfarm.co.uk

Over 45,000 people came to visit us in 2007 and 40,000 in a very wet 2008 to see the improvements we have made and see and feed the animals. Things change all the time so Please click on News Page for latest news.

Garlic our Bagot Billy Goat

There are less than 100 Bagot females in the UK

The Rare Breeds Centre is now open for the 2009 season. Entry is £2 per person. Under 36 months are free. Season Tickets are £14 on the gate or £12 bought in advance. Under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. Sorry No Dogs.