Fowlescombe is a 191 hectares (approx 472 acres) mixed organic farm in the South Hams, Devon, England a couple of miles south of Dartmoor. It is the central part of what was once an important mediaeval estate in the catchment area of the Erme. The manor house was abandoned over a century ago. The ancient field pattern and network of hedges is still substantially present, but is now farmed in an environmentally sensitive way - wildlife habitat being the priority. Our organic farm has arable land, and extensive old and modern grassland on which we keep pedigree Aberdeen Angus and Devon Ruby Red cattle and also several types of rare breed sheep, goats and chickens. The land is under a higher level and organic entry level stewardship agreement

At times we have Manx Loaghtan and Hebridean sheep for sale
We specialise in starter flocks, flocks for conservation grazing, for small holders, paddock grazing, and of course for breeding flocks
From award winning flock - our sheep won champion and reserve sheep for five years in a row at the Devon County show in the primitive breed class. We have won a Gold award from Taste of the West for our lamb. Click here for details. South Devon 01548 821000

Pedigree Angus

We have sold off nearly all of our closed herd of pure Aberdeen Angus and Devon Cattle due to illness in the family. We have retained 27 head of cattle - mainly older ones, a few that were in calf and a couple of really nice ones.

Richard and his daughter both have a rare disease called Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS). The only permanent cure for this blood disorder is to have a bone marrow transplant.
If you would like to help people with MDS or leukemia then why not become a blood &/or bone marrow donor. It is now very easy to be a bone marrow donor. Provide one spit into a container from the Anthony Nolan trust and you can be checked to see if your bone marrow is a match for people with MDS or leukemia. Giving bone marrow cells is by filtering your blood - so is not intrusive.
Please click here to save a life. It may not be ours, but ...

We were delighted that a leading light in the Manx breed society asked us for three meters of our Manx fabric. The result is this spectacular jacket

This tweed jacket was made for a lady who had an old hunt coat that was given to her by an Olympian and was unfortunately on its last legs and so we made a matching jacket from a much heavier weight tweed that will last her for many many years. The wool is beautiful and incredibly soft yet hard wearing and we set off the colour with a nice dark moleskin collar and pocket flaps. Made by Barringtons

If you would like to buy some of this Manx fabric from us click here.

Our Function Room is available for arranged farm walks, business meetings, school and other educational visits - click here for details

We have some lovely Golden Guernsey goats, which we use for clearing the bramble and entertaining our visitors. These are our two new kids on the block

Fowlescombe Farm in the South Hams of Devon has won The Beautiful Farm Award 2009/2010 for the West and South West region of Britain, presented at the House of Lords by top chef James Martin and Lord Palmer

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