This page provides listings of pick- your- own (PYO) farms in the Northern
Ireland. Just scroll down the page or click here!
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your experience (good or bad) with a farm, ask a question, or comment on the
website. I'm always looking
for more farms to add, so click on the
suggest a farm link if you know of a farm that I haven't listed! And if you have a farm and want to
add it or correct the information, just click on
Add My Farm.
If you want simple
instructions how to make jam or how
to make applesauce or pickles
and/or many other home-preserved
goods, just click on the links. For tips on
picking click here! We also have a harvest
time calendar to tell when various fruit and vegetables will be
available to pick.
Scroll down this page for Northern Ireland farms or click a region in the
list below to locate pick-your-own farms in other areas:
Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name
is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close,
run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!
Bedfordshire
- Grove
Farm PYO - over 30 different fruits and vegetables during the
season.
Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Phone: 01296
668175, email: enquiries@
grovefarmpyo.co.uk. There is a wide range of produce on offer
to pick, with over 30 different fruits and vegetables during the season.
Our Pick Your Own enables you to select your product fresh from the field
and at a very low cost. We provide baskets and bags free of charge and
wheelbarrows and forks to assist you in your picking. There is ample parking
and we are open every day for you to come and pick.
- Pell's Farm Shop - Pick Your
Own Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries and red and black currants (when
in season) Christmas Trees
Renhold Road, Wilden, MK44 2PT. Phone: 01234 771834. Email us at:
candice.pell@hotmail.co.uk.
Credit cards accepted. Open 7 days a week all year round.. - Geese and a few
chickens for you to look at. Range includes traditional and Nordmann's. Also
cakes, breads, home produced veg, flowers, plants, trees etc. A visitor
writes: "Very low prices. Fantastic farm shop and nursery. Definitely worth
a visit."
- Woodside Eggs Ltd -
PYO eggs? Call before you go to verify.
Mancroft Road, Aley Green, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, LU14DG. Phone: 01582
841044. (This is an animal farm and leisure/amusement park, but apparently
they have pyo eggs.
Cambridgeshire
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Chaplans Farm - PYO: strawberries, raspberries, range of vegetables
Babraham Road,
Fulborn
Cambridge. Phone: 01223 880722. Directions:
Exit
to
Newmarket
on A11 then
2.5m to Fulbourn. Farm signposted.
The farm shop has soft fruits and vegetables, eggs.
Facilities: Plants & shrubs, donkey rides, caravan site with WC and
shower, golf driving range, farmhouse cooking to order.
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J
F B Ivens - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Black / Red
Currants, Tayberries,
Blackberries. Summer vegetables including Broad Beans, Spinach, Courgettes, Sweet
Corn, Pumpkins and Squash
Peterborough Chesterton, Peterborough. Phone: 01 733 233270. Directions: On Oundle Road 200 yards West of Alwalton / A1 flyover.
If approaching from A1 Northbound carriageway, turn off Left 1 mile North of
junction 17. From A1 Southbound, turn off into Alwalton and follow
signs to Chesterton.
Open: June to October, 7 days a week
during the season, 9am - 6pm Monday to Friday ; 9am-5pm Sat & Sun.
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Fieldstead Farm (Chivers) - strawberries and
raspberries
Milton road, Impington, NA, Phone: 01223-232599.
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Rectory Farm Shop - Christmas trees, corn (sweet), strawberries
A10 Milton Bypass Milton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DA. Phone: 01223
860374. Email us at:
mail@rectoryfarmshop.co.uk. . We are open June, July, August, September,
October. Our hours are: The Farm Shop is open 7 days Mon - Sat 9.30 - 17.00
Sun 10.00 - 16.00 We are a Farm Shop situated one mile North of Cambridge.
We stock an array of locally produced fruit and vegetables as well as free
range poultry and locally made preserves and ice cream. Each Summer we are
home to The Milton Maize Maze and host a Halloween Half Term Fun event in
the Autumn. Also on the site is The Old Dairy Cafe, Pets\' Paddock and a
small farm trail. Ample parking.
- Sunclose Farm - PYO: Gooseberries,
strawberries, raspberries, black and
redcurrants, Christmas trees
Butt Lane,
Milton. Phone:
01223
860522. Directions:
A10
Ely Road N from A14/A10 interchange. Turn left at
footbridge up
Butt
Lane
. Farm 0.5m on right.
Farm
four miles from centre of
Cambridge
. Fruit
picking within 100 yards of car park. Approved by Nature's Choice,
Assured Produce.
The farm shop also has our own cherries and asparagus. Cream, honey,
preserves, potatoes.
Facilities: Toilets, ample parking.
Essex
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Calcott
Hall Farm - PYO: strawberries,
raspberries
Ongar Road, South Weald, Brentwood, Essex CM15 9HS. Phone: 01277
215279.
Directions:
One
mile N of Brentwood town centre, on A128, adjacent to the A12 bridge (no
access from A12).
Farm
shop in converted
Essex
barn, over
30 crops grown for farm shop, PYO offered in summer. Friendly,
family run farm with an excellent reputation for
superb customer service.
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Cammas Hall Fruit Farm - blackberries, blueberries, broad beans,
corn (sweet), currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries,
strawberries, other vegetables
Needham Green Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishops Stortford, Essex, CM22 7JT. Phone:
01279718777. Fax: 01279718662. Email us at:
paula@jmlukies.co.uk. Directions:
see www.chff.co.uk . We are open June, July, August, September. Our hours
are: 9am to 6pm every day except Mondays: when closed go to
our website.
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Cramps Farm
- I haven't yet found out what they have -
write me, if you know!
Little Wakering Road, Great Wakering, Southend-On-Sea, Essex SS3 0LG. Phone:
01702 219314.
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Craner Produce Soft Fruit Farm
- Blackberries, strawberries, tayberries, loganberries, Black currants, Red
currants, Gooseberries, runner beans
Merryleas, Common Road, Broadley Common, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 2DF. Phone:
01992 892862.A visitor writes: "Extremely friendly owners,
very tidy picking areas, suitable for children, tea room available in
afternoon, best to phone to see what is selling, information updated daily."
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East Mersea Nursery & Pick Your Own
- strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, Blackcurrants,
Runner Beans, French Beans, Broad Beans, Peas, Sweetcorn and Flowers
East Road, East Mersea, Colchester, Essex CO5 8TQ. Phone: 01206 386387.
Directions:
Click here for a map. They have Strawberries - traditional on the ground
or at Table-top height, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries,
Blackcurrants, Runner Beans, French Beans, Broad Beans, Peas, Sweetcorn &
Flowers are available either to pick yourself or freshly picked, also
tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, calabrese, courgettes,
pumpkins & marrows are grown on site and are for sale freshly picked. We
also grow bedding plants on site and fill hanging baskets and containers
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Graces Fruit Farm - PYO: Apples,
plums, blackberries, blackcurrants, strawberries, raspberries, loganberries,
Tayberries, asparagus, broad beans, runner beans
Causeway End, Thaxted Road, Wimbish, Saffron, Walden.
Tel.01371 830387.
Directions:
On
B184 Saffron Walden/Thaxted rd 4 miles S of Saffron
Walden on R. Clearly signposted.
PYO large range soft fruits, apples plums plus summer vegetables. PYO
Asparagus in April/May (call to check when ready). Farm shop with range of
produce. Tea room, childrens play area, picnic
area.
Facilities:
Ample parking, children's play area, nearby pub, picnic area, tea room,
plants and shrubs, easy access for disabled, toilets, caravan club.
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Hilltop Farm - They have some PYO - but I haven't heard just what!
Hilltop Avenue, Benfleet, Essex SS7 1PH. Phone: Phone: 01268 752734.
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I.F Burroughs & Sons
- I haven't yet found out what they have -
write me, if you know!
New House Farm, Poynters Lane, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, Essex SS3 9TS.
Phone: 01702 217330.
- Lathcoats
Farm - PYO: apples, red and blackcurrants, gooseberries, strawberries,
raspberries, dessert cherries, plums.
Beehive
Lane, Galleywood,
Chelmsford. Tel.01245 353021. Open: Farm Shop is open Mon-Thurs & Saturday 9:00 -5:00, Fridays
9:00 - 6:00, Sundays 10:00 - 4:00, The Farm Shop is open all year round. Our
specialty is English apples - we grow 40 varieties in our orchards. The
apple season begins in August. Other pyo crops:
June - Strawberries, Gooseberries & Raspberries;
July - Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries, Currants, Blackberries &
Gooseberries
August - Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries & Plums
September - Plums.
A date for your diary is
Saturday October 18th. Then we will hold our annual Apple Day and Farmers'
Market when you will be able to sample 30 varieties of apple grown at Lathcoates and enjoy many other attractions. Directions: A12
Galleywood exit. Take B1007 towards Galleywood
for one mile, at traffic lights straight over. After 200meters, Turn right just
past Helix Garage, into Beehive La, B1009. Farm is less than 1 mile on L.
Click here for a map to Lathcoats Farm. They have
45 hectares of apples, 40 varieties grown, also 3 hectares strawberries and
other soft fruit, plus cherries, plums, asparagus, pumpkins. You
can rent lots of varieties of apple trees and get to keep all the apples at
harvest time.
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Little Baddow Hall Fruit Farms Ltd
- strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, tayberries, blackberries, apples,
pears, plums and currants. Also Christmas trees.
Church Road, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 4BE. Phone: 01245 222827.
- McLauchlans of
Boxted Pick Your Own Berry Farm - berries, broad beans and sweet
corn
53, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, Essex CO4 5RB.
They have all type of berries,
broad beans and sweet corn. Directions: The farm is half way down Boxted Straight Road,
near Colchester in Essex. They are only ten minutes drive from Colchester
North Station, Highwoods and the A12.
Click here to send them an email. Click here
to view a map of Boxted and Colchester.
- Mill Farm Strawberries - strawberries
Brightlingsea Road Thorrington, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8JJ. Phone: 01206 303007Directions: Turn Right at Thorrington Cross for Brightlingsea. Farm 1/2 mile on Right hand side. . We are open June, July. Our hours are: 7 am to 7 pm 7 days a week Strawberries : beginning of June till mid July; See
the website for updated information!
- Pearce's Farm Shop - PYO: Strawberries
and raspberries
Hamels Park Farm,
Buntingford.
Phone: 01920 821246.
The farm shop has strawberries, raspberries, runner beans, pumpkins, gourds, squash. Veg, fruit, bread, cakes, frozen foods,
chutneys, jams, dairy, smoked salmon, dried goods, animal foods, plants,
flowers
- Spencers
Farm Shop - Wickham Fruit Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Red & Blackcurrants,
Blackberries, Loganberries, Tayberries, Cherries, Plums, 18 Varieties
of Apples Asparagus, Runner Beans, Courgettes, Pumpkins
Wickham St Pauls, Halstead, CO9 2PX. Phone: 01787 269476. Fax: 01787 269476. Email: info@spencersfarmshop.co.uk. [Directions
and map].
- Sunnybrook Farm - blackberries, currants (red and black),
gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, rhubarb
Well Lane, Stock, Essex, CM4 9LX. Phone: 07710 178588. Email us at:
lesleychamberlain@hotmail.com. Directions: Proceed along the A12 take
exit signposted Billericay, Galleywood Take exit off roundabout follow sign
to Billericay Approx. 1.5 miles - when you see Greenwoods on your right take
the next Left turn where the Bakers Arms Public House is on the corner. Go
passed the Cricket Green/Common on your right hand side to Crossroads. Go
straight across into Well Lane. Proceed along Well Lane for approx. 200
yards. Public Footpath on your right. Turn right into longish driveway
directly passed footpath where you will find Sunnybrook Farm park in parking
area. . We are open May through September. Our hours are: Varying times - we
would prefer people called for times on 07710 178588. Rhubarb and
Gooseberries May - July Raspberries June - October (Three different
varieties) Blackcurrants and Redcurrants June - August Blackberries August -
September
Wants a web
- The Christmas Tree Farm at Hawkwell - Christmas trees
Rectory Road, Hawkwell,
Hockley.
Christmas
trees throughout December
Hertfordshire
- Bullscroft Farm PYO -Strawberries, raspberries and other soft fruit
Chenies Road,
Chorleywood. Phone:
01494
791994.
Open: June-Sept, Mon-Sunday 09.30-18.00. Directions: From
M25, Junction 18, take A404 dir Amersham. Straight ahead at traffic lights,
farm entrance one mile from M25 opposite St Clement Dane’s School.
Family
run farm, offering PYO since 1988. Located in Chilterns AONB. PYO and as ready picked.
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Cammas Hall Fruit Farm - Strawberries , Raspberries,
Gooseberries, Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Sweetcorn, Blueberries,
Broadbeans, French Beans
Needham Green, Hatfield Broad Oak, NA, CM22 7JT. Phone: 01279 718 777. Open:
Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 6pm. Only portaloos in the car park and no
other facilities. Strawberries: June - October. Raspberries:
July - October. Gooseberries: June - July. Blackberries: July.
Blackcurrants: July. Sweetcorn: End of August. Blueberries: July - August.
Broadbeans: June. French Beans: July. They also have fruit/veg that is
already picked and ready to go..
- Graveley Fruit Farms
- PYO strawberries, raspberries, currants, and broad beans.
Graveley Hall Farm, Graveley, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 7LY. Phone: 01438
727709. Directions: Located on the B197 north of Stevenage.
- Hawkswick Lodge Farm - currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries
Harpenden Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6JG. Phone: 01727 831224.
Email us at: ahw@christchurch-financial.com. Directions: From north Exit M1 junc 9. Left at roundabout onto A5183. At next roundabout take 1st exit left up hill on Redbourn lane (B487). At next roundabout take 3rd exit onto A1081. Follow along for approx 2 miles. Fruit farm signposted on right.
>From south exit M1 at junc 6. go underneath motorway onto north orbital
>road. Go over the M 25 and at next island take 1st exit left onto the B4630 Watford road. Continue along passing 1 mini roundabout and at next roundabout turn left onto
King Harry lane.
At end of that road turn right at mini island onto Hemel Hempstead road A4147. Straight over island into
Batchwood drive. At main set of traffic lights at Ancient Briton pup turn left onto A1081. Go past
Texaco garage on right then second turning on left.
M25 take exit 21A then follow M1 south directions. Our hours are: Monday 12 - 6 p.m.
Tues - Fri 10 - 6 p.m.
Wk Ends 9 - 6 p.m Strawberries End of June, July and Early August Raspberries July and August Gooseberries July Red and black currants July and August
- Pearce's Farm Shop -
PYO: Strawberries
and raspberries
Buntingford.
Phone: 01920 821246.
Open: Call for days and hours. Directions: call for directions. The farm shop has their own Strawberries, raspberries, runner beans, pumpkins, gourds, squash. Veg, fruit, bread, cakes, frozen foods,
chutneys, jams, dairy, smoked salmon, dried goods, animal foods, plants,
flowers.
Norfolk
- Garden Farm
Old Yarmouth
Road, Blofield Norwich.
Phone: 01603 715034. Directions:
A47
from Norwich/Great Yarmouth, at roundabout (Fina
garage & Little Chef) take road to Blofield
village, str. over traffic lights (by Kings Head
ph), then 0.5miles to farm, rhs.
Farm Shop, PYO and Garden Centre
Large range of PYO fruits and vegetables inc plums, apples. Farm shop with
meat, poultry & produce. Garden Centre, 'The Coffee Pot' serves light
refreshments.
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Plumbe & Maufe Farming (a.k.a., Leith House Farm)- Plums, damsons, greengages, apples
Burnham Overy Town, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 8JL. Phone: 01328 738311.
Email:
pmfarming@tiscali.co.uk. Open: July, August, September. Their website
doesn't explicitly say "PYO", so call before you go!
- The White House - Soft fruits range
and vegetables
Blue Boar
Lane, Sprowston, Norwich.
Phone: 01603 419357.
Open
June-October 09.00-18.00.
Own
pork and other foods sold locally.
- Wiveton Hall - PYO: Soft
fruits range and vegetables
Holt near
Cromer.
Phone: 01263 740525.
Directions:
Off
A149 between Cley and Blakeney.
Own pork and other foods sold locally.
Suffolk
- Alder
Carr Farm - Rhubarb,
strawberries, gooseberries, broad and runner beans, raspberries, currants, tay
berries, blackberries, sweetcorn
Alder Carr Farm, Needham Market,
Creeting
St
Mary
Ipswich
, Suffolk. IP6 8LX. email: joan@hardingham.net,
Phone: 01449 720 820,
Pick your own fruit and vegetables, and fruit ice cream. All-year round
operation.
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Friday
Street Farm Shop -Strawberries,
Raspberries.
Farnham, Saxmundham. Phone: 01728 602783.
Long
established farm shop with an excellent local reputation for good foods.
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Goslings Farm Shop and PYO - berries and vegetables
Trimley, St Martin, Ipswich. Phone: 01394 273361. Directions: A14
dir Felixstowe. L to Trimley villages. Follow
signs to Trimley St Martin. At 2nd roundabout
follow signs for farm. PYO offers Blackberries,
black/redcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, Tayberries,
beetroot, broad beans, courgettes, French beans, peas, runner beans, spinach
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Holly Farm - strawberries
Holly Farm, Stutton, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 2SU. Phone: 01473 328294. Five varieties of
strawberries, grown at tabletop height in tunnels. Call for directions,
availability and opening hours.
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Wheldons Pick Your Own
- I haven't yet found out what they have -
write me, if you know!
Newton Leys, Newton, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 0QE. . Phone: 01787 374322.
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