Wellgate Community Farm

Thank you once again to the Romford Recorder for the amazing opportunity for the Farm to tell its own story…. this month is all about our newest Farm project – the Allotments!

25th June, 2022 Can you believe that it is 40 years since we first opened Wellgate Community Farm? We welcome friends old and new to our open day. (Please note the date was previously 4th June and has changed.)

Now we have more sheep at the farm, we have refurbished our milking parlour and are proud to announce that in our Ruby Anniversary (40 years of Wellgate Community Farm) we will be starting deliveries of Rams milk. We’ll be delivering a regular daily pinta to our home areas of Chadwell Heath and Marks Gate […]

Christmas is fast approaching, and we’ve invited out dear friend Santa down to the farm on the 11/12th of December. To come down and see him, book tickets at https://wellgatexmas2021.eventbrite.co.uk

Wellgate has a collection of events to book this autumn half-term. Beaks and Squeaks For the youngest animal lover, Beaks & Squeaks is for children aged 3-7 and their parents. We’re trialling it as a regular stay & play style weekly event. To book, visit:- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beaks-and-squeaks-tickets-166526337759 Farmer For A Day Spend a whole day on […]

We’re pleased to announce the first public activity to return will be Beaks & Squeaks. Children aged 3-7 can come join in a first-farming experience joining a farm tour with one of our instructors, a meet & greet with either our feathered friends (the beaks) or our furry friends (the squeaks) followed by themed craft […]

21st May 2021 Eventbrite is a new platform for us and it has mostly worked well. Our visits and lamb feeds have been extremely popular with over 5,000 visitors to our site this month.  Due to the popularity of these events and some hiccups with the waiting list, we now need to play catch-up. Those […]

Community is our middle name, and without that community we’re nothing. Whilst we would love to throw our gates open, Wellgate Community Farm will remain unable to reopen to the public for some time yet. July will see us bring back our staff, Young Farmers, and regular volunteers. Our new online shop (Cluck & Collect) […]

Update regarding our position with Covid-19. Wellgate Community Farm has now been closed since late March. Wellgate will continue to be closed to all visitors and non-essential volunteers for the foreseeable future. Some Zoos and other open spaces will be starting to reopen, but for operational reasons Wellgate is unable to at this time. Wellgate […]

As we come to the end of May, and the end of our JustGiving Crowdfunder we’d like to put out a huge thank-you to everyone who has donated or shared our posts. Nearly 300 people have come together to contribute to our target of £5,000 which will be an enormous help in the coming weeks […]