Bleatings from Wakefield as Horncastle Farm opens its doors to families to experience bottle feeding lambs

Horncastle Farm at Havercroft on the Wakefield-Pontefract border welcomed families through its doors and provided children with an opportunity to help feed and care for the lambs during the schools’ half-term break.

The farm was established by John Henry Wellburn, who moved from Yorkshire from Lincolnshire in the early 1900s.

The 200 acre site is now owned and operated by the fifth generation of the family and since 2014, the farm has grown wheat, barley, and oilseed rape, as well as including sheep into their cropping rotations.

In 2022, owners of the farm, Lucy and Chad Stevens, made the decision to diversify the farm and open the doors to the public.

Lamb feeding at the farm runs daily, at 10am, 1pm and 4.30pm. A ticket is required for all who wish to partake in the bottle feeding experience, family members wishing to accompany a child can do so but must have a ticket. Accompanying tickets are free.

To book a slot, visit https://horncastlefarm.com/visit-us/.

Here are 12 pictures from the most recent lambing experience at Horncroft Farm.