A Farms for City Children moated heritage farm offering 5-day residential stays in rural Gloucestershire. Farms for City Children exists to remove the barriers that prevent children and young people having meaningful access to the natural world. During an immersive five-day residential stay on one of our stunning heritage farms in Devon, Gloucestershire and Pembrokeshire, children and young people
participate in seasonal farming tasks alongside experienced farm teams and partner Farmers. Wick Court is on a bend of the River Severn in Gloucestershire. The house, is a Grade II* listed manor house with an intact, square-shaped moat. The farm is in the Countryside Stewardship Scheme and is farmed directly by the charity using low impact, traditional methods. There are a total of 140 acres, 80 of which are grazed by our neighbouring farmers. We also have extensive heritage orchards and areas for wildlife. Wick Court is a small-scale traditional livestock farm, with sheep, beef cattle, pigs and poultry. Wick Court also has a busy stable yard, where the children help care for ponies and horses. To illustrate the contrast in farming styles, the children also work at a neighbouring commercial dairy farm with father and son Tim and David Merrett.
