Manydown Estate near Basingstoke is 2024 hectares much of it typical Hampshire rolling farmland, interspersed with woodland and hedgerows. The home farm is a mixed farm enterprise with livestock and arable crops including morphine poppies grown for medical use.
See how farming and the countryside have been managed by the family for 150 years to maintain jobs, produce food and enhance our countryside. You can see wool spinning, sheep shearing, learn about the crops, the livestock and products that are sold in the farm shop.
Hampshire Country Learning organises curriculum linked Countryside Days for schools on farm estates. Twilight briefing sessions are available before the open days along with support materials. To find out when this estate day is, log on to website below or contact Jo Britton.
How to book:
All educational visits to this estate are coordinated by Hampshire Country Learning. Please contact the education coordinator if you would like to arrange a visit. There is no charge but a donation of £1.00 per pupil is suggested.
Jo Britton
Hampshire Country Learning
Sparsholt College
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 2NF
T 01962 797368
F 01962 776587
E jrbritton@sparsholt.ac.uk
www.countrylearning.org.uk
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Farm resources
Beef
Sheep
Poultry
Pigs
Arable
Forestry/woodland management
Facilities
Toilets
Toilets for disabled visitors
Wet weather facilities
Disabled access to buildings and garden
Coach and minibus parking
Farm shop
Picnic area
Outdoor play area
Landscape and habitats
Woodland
Hedgerows
Species-rich grassland
Archaeological earthworks
Education visits and support
Farm leaflet
Teachers information pack
Guided tours
Free pre-visits for teachers
Pre-school visits
Primary school visits
Secondary school visits
Further education visits
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