Every Tuesday and Wednesday subject to booking availability until 23 October | 11am - 2pm | Cragend Farm
Experience Northumberland’s great contribution to saving the planet at Cragend Farm, with it’s unique buildings, arguably one of the finest purpose-built eco-agricultural buildings in the world and a brilliant example of Lord Armstrong of Cragside’s engineering innovations.
This pioneering farm houses original Victorian machinery that was seen as the cutting edge of technology in its time. It was a demonstration centre for hydraulics to show case the value of water powered machines on modern Victorian life, by showing that even agricultural work, seen as the hardest of all labour, could be made simpler. This 150 acre farm was created out of the mountain landscape of Cragend Hill where Cragside Estate sits, by inventor and arms manufacturer Lord William Armstrong, with his wife Lady Margaret Armstrong, who also renovated Bamburgh Castle in his dotage.
Winners of The Custodian Prize 2023, and runners up in The Collection Award with Historic Houses.
On your visit you are taken on a walking tour around the farm looking at its history throughout the ages from its earliest recorded settlers of the Iron Age, examining the buildings and the history they unfold from border Reivers to visiting Royalty. Seeing and touching the machinery is part of the tour, as well as the award-winning collection of artefacts and research linked to this amazing farm.
Take home our souvenir brochure or find a gift for a loved one from our farm produce. Please wear sturdy footwear and weather appropriate clothing on your visit.
Cragend Farm is open all year (except December and January) with group tours from 11.00am - 2.00pm May to October. Booking required.
Dogs are welcome.
150 acres of epic Northumberland grounds to explore. Grounds are not accessible for wheelchair users.
Tours £15p.p.
Self-catering accommodation and Bed and breakfast rooms ensuite from £165p.n.
T: 01669 621533
E: [email protected]
W: www.cragendfarm.co.uk