Wythenshawe Community Farm is an educational farm based in
Wythenshawe Park
Wythenshawe Park is located in Northern moor & borders into baguley England, covers an area of 270 acres. Wythenshawe Hall lies at its centre.
The park features woodland, bedding, grassland and meadows, sporting facilities, Wythenshawe communi ...
, South Manchester.
Although set in an urban environment, it operates as a working countryside farm.
It was founded by Leslie Howard, a teacher, and was established in 1984 in
Sharston
Sharston is an area of Wythenshawe, south Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 16,754.
History
Built on former farming land (as was most of Wythenshawe when the estate was first being built in the 1920s), the area was in ...
,
before moving to Wythenshawe Park. The farm is a registered charity, and it is open all days of the week. The farm has a wide selection of farm animals including pigs, sheep, goats, cows and horses, and it often has baby animals on site due to its breeding programme. Its herd of
Hereford cattle
The Hereford is a British breed of beef cattle originally from Herefordshire in the West Midlands of England. It has spread to many countries – there are more than five million purebred Hereford cattle in over fifty nations worldwide. The bre ...
has won prizes.
The farm's walled garden, located behind the farm,
used to supply fruit and vegetables to
Wythenshawe Hall
Wythenshawe Hall is a 16th-century timber-framed historic house and former manor house in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, five miles (8 km) south of Manchester city centre in Wythenshawe Park. Built for Robert Tatton, it was home to the ...
.
References
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City farms in England
Wythenshawe