Our New Farm.. Our New Farm..

The 132 acre farm, that, with the help of donations and a kindly bequeathed legacy, we have been able to secure, will allow us to greatly extend our winter accommodation facilities and provide additional summer grazing for many of our new and special care residents. The farm comes with three barns, which will be very useful. One of which, below, is huge!

An Interesting History...

Thank you so much to everyone who donated towards the purchase of much needed extra land and facilities for our rescued animals. The SquareYards of land that were kindly contributed will provide a permanent home for many of the animals in our care, and enable us to continue helping others in need. This has been an amazing opportunity to help ensure the future of our rescued animals and to offer hope to those that join us in the years to come...

Our new farm occupies the site of RAF Swannington, which was a second world war airfield, operational from 1944 to 1947. The photo (left) shows a Mosquito fighter- bomber from 157 squadron at it’s dispersal next to St. Peters Church, which is surrounded by our land. The church dates back to the 11th century and contains re-used Roman building material. There are lots of concrete roads and areas which were once the taxi ways and aprons of the airfield. These will be a huge benefit to us. (Seeright)

The Benefit of Concrete..

We have been able to greatly extend the concrete area on another Hillside farm, where we winter many of our rescued horses. We had previously made our large corral into a concrete pad and, this year, thanks to a kind donator, we have been able to extend this all the way to our feed barn and stables. We hope in future years to extend further if funds permit. The concrete has many benefits; The farm vehicles suffer less wear and tear operating on a concrete surface. It is also better for the animals as running horses along it, will help to keep their feet trim and it is easier to spot if any need veterinary attention.

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