Annual Farm Walk and BBQ
June 5 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
This years farm walk is to be held at Elveden Estates on June 5th 2025.
The tour will start at 4 pm and finish around 7pm hosted by Andrew Blenkiron – Managing Director of Elveden farms Ltd and will be followed by a buffet at the Elveden Inn.
As usual there will be no cost to members for the event but guests will be charged at £25 to cover the cost of food. Numbers will be limited however to 42 as this is the maximum the estate trailer can carry. Booking early is therefore essential and will be on a first come first served basis.
A brief summary of the estate is below.
Elveden is a 22,500 acre country estate, of which over 10,000 acres is farmland. This makes us the largest ring-fenced arable farm in lowland Britain. The land at Elveden was transformed for agricultural use in 1927 by Rupert Guinness, great great grandson of Arthur Guinness (founder of the Guinness brewery.) The field layout he implemented is still virtually identical today, with large fields of up to 100 acres in size that are well-suited to today’s powerful machinery, and pays testament to his forward-thinking attitude.
We are passionate about environmentally-responsible farming and work hard to ensure that biodiversity at Elveden thrives alongside our farming practices. Read more about our Conservation work here.
Our farm specialises in the production of vegetables especially potatoes, onions, carrots and parsnips which dominate our farming. Around 6% of the UK’s onions are grown at Elveden! We also grow cereals such as rye, barley and wheat to balance the rotation, ensuring our soils remain fertile and productive for generations to come. More rye is grown at Elveden than on any other farm in the UK and we are major suppliers to the nation’s crisp-bread bakers.
Read more about our produce marketing businesses, Garden of Elveden (potatoes) and Elveden Produce Ltd (onions).
Consistency of quality and volume is achieved through the application of the highest levels of science and technology. Irrigation, mechanisation and a highly skilled production team are key to our success.