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TOWNEND HOP FARM

FAMILY RUN HOP AND CIDER FARM WITH LUXURY HOLIDAY COTTAGE
ABOUT

For over three decades, our family has been growing hops in beautiful Herefordshire. 

The scent, colour and texture of a fresh hop garland is very special. Harvested from mid-August until mid-September, these beautiful, natural decorations can be delivered direct from our farm to your doorbor collect directly from the farm.  We will be open each Saturday during September from 11am - 2pm Coffee, tea and cake will be available with all proceeds going to charity.  Herbie ~& Teddy the resident donkeys will be waiting for you.  Sunday mornings, open from 10am - 12 noon.  From October, we supply dried garlands. Like the fresh garlands, they can be used to add form, texture and beauty to any space and they make particularly effective decorations for weddings and festive decorations.

If you have any questions please contact us. And if you would like to consider a longer visit to our farm, have a look at the details for The Corn Mill, our holiday cottage.

Lesley & Mark Andrews

AWARDS

Mark is a multi-award winning hop grower. The flavour and quality of his hops have received international accolades and have been selected to brew some of Britain’s finest craft ales. For the last 14 years, Mark has worked in partnership with the Charles Faram Hop Development program. He has played a key part trialling new hop breeds that will guarantee Britain's position at the forefront of the worldwide hop market.

 

In early 2023 for the 3rd time our Harlequin Hop was awarded first prize at Britain's National Hop competition. Harlequin was also awarded Supreme Champion at the Wellhopped World Series Awards in 2019 and 2022.   Industry-leading craft brewers using our hops include Siren Brewery, Moor Beer, Buxton Brewery, Camden Brewery and Goose Island Brewery. Adnams, Marston’s, Black Sheep and Fuller’s are just some of the regional brewers that have selected our hops. 
 

Every season our 50 acres of perennial hop plants produce approximately 40 tonnes of flowers. Once harvested and dried, these are then used to brew over 46 million pints of beer across the UK. We also nurture, prune and harvest 12,000 cider apples trees.

 

Thanks to Mark’s expertise, our farm is productive and innovative.  We also have the advantage of Herefordshire’s climate and extraordinary soil which we will always do our best to protect. We love what we do.

Planting hops with donkeys

Planting hops with donkeys

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STAY

The Corn Mill is our award winning holiday cottage, restored to provide luxury holiday accommodation for up to four people.

 

Set on one of the last remaining family run hop farms in the country, the cottage is surrounded by 200 acres of perfectly aligned hop yards and apple orchards.

 

There are lovely walks around the farm and we are perfectly placed for discovering the ancient town of Ledbury which sits between two areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the Malvern Hills to the east and the Wye Valley to the west.

 

All reservations should be made through Unique Home Stays. Please note the property is called The Hop Store on their site. 

CONTACT

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Townend Farm

Bosbury

Ledbury

Herefordshire

HR8 1JT

01531 640212

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