Luxury organic farmstay, North Devon 70 acre organic farm with 5* gold rated self catering cottages, farm shop, stocked fishing lake and nature trails.
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One of our cottages is dog friendly.
It’s out! We’re tickled pink that award winning asked if they could write a feature article about Little Comfort Farm. If you would like to read it, and immerse yourself in this beautiful magazine, it’s available now! We’re in Volume 21 🥰 https://anthology-magazine.com
He oozes confidence, charms all the ladies, has head turning good looks…this boy isn’t local. Our latest guest has certainly made himself at home, joining in with animal feeding, waltzing into the cottages to see what’s for breakfast, not a shy bone in his body. Jeremy picked him at first sight (of course…did he know to pick little comfort farm where the farmer is also an ornithologist?! A clever boy too). He is a racing pigeon, on his way home to Wales from France, and we’re quite smitten! 🐦
Ta da! To make our lawn and wider areas of the farm more accessible, Jeremy and Chris (our farm hand hero) have transformed this path that ultimately leads to the lake. Top work fellas, and who knew a path could be so instagrammable!
'Because beautiful things belong in print' is the tagline for Anthology magazine. Little Comfort Farm is a special place and we're delighted to be a feature article in the latest edition to be published next week. Here is a sneak peak, we can't wait to get our copy! https://anthology-magazine.com
Tomorrow is Earth Day! What better time to book an earth loving holiday we thought, so a perfect time to remind you all about some of the many earth loving things we do on the farm, here goes!
👨🌾We are ecologists and manage our organic farm (all 70 acres) for nature
👷We embraced the latest in sustainable technology to renovate our holiday cottages. All natural wood fibre insulation, clay based plaster and render (non gypsum), PVC free water pipes, triple glazed, highly energy efficient windows and doors and natural paints by Earthborn to name a few...
🤓Architectural design to reduce electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs). This comprised attention to spatial layouts, radial wiring and use of shielded cables within 1m of all bedrooms
💯100% renewable energy from our own solar and biomass (fuelled by sustainable UK grown timber)
🚗2x solar powered electric vehicle charging points
😴Organic, 100% natural award winning beds by Demko topped with organic cotton bed linen by Totnes based Greenfibres
🧼We clean the cottages using vinegar, bicarb and natural products from companies ike Bio D
🧴We provide natural and organic hand wash and washing up liquid in reusable bottles
🌳Use of solid, natural build materials such as oak floors, solid, reclaimed pine kitchens and slate worktops and solid FSC certified or upcycled wooden furniture
💧Our water is from a well on the farm and treated in our impressive water plant room with UV light. It is beautifully pure with no chlorine or fluoride added and fed to cottages through non-PVC pipework (we even have a licence to bottle it for sale!)
🦉We actively encourage our native wildlife and are constantly building new luxury accommodation for our bat, bird, fish, insect, reptile, amphibian and mammal guests!
Come and stay, join in our complimentary farm and nature walks and we'll tell you more! Here's to our wonderful planet Earth 🌏
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk
Ah. Slight design flaw. Under the fluff and feathers the chicks are remarkably skinny! . Guests join Jeremy for farm rounds on Tuesday and Saturday mornings and chick cuddles are going down a storm!
Coral Hawkins bringing extreme calm and relaxation to Chrysalis, our therapy room and studio! 😍
Tough jobs. Today we have been busy painting numbers for the Easter egg hunt and keeping our baby chicks entertained. They like singing and gentle cuddles to get them used to being handled. If you'd like to meet our fluffy little chicks (and partake in a farm Easter egg hunt!), we have a bit of late availability over the Easter hols! See here: https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/book/
Fancy learning how to fish? Did you know we have an in house fishing instructor? Chris offers 2 hour introductory or improver sessions on our coarse fishing lake and is a big hit with budding anglers, young and old! He has all the kit, all you have to do is turn up! We asked one of our lovely guests what she thought, here's what she said 😍:
I was put in touch with Chris by Jodie when I spoke to her about my boys' passion for fishing, we were staying for May 2023 half-term. The boys barely left the lake after it had been spotted on day 1 - they really enjoying watching the fishing, as well as taking part. Chris agreed to give a private fishing lesson to my two boys aged 5 and 8, both pretty much beginners. The lesson unexpectedly turned into a lesson for x4 children as our friend's two children turned up just before - Chris was unfazed. He was the perfect teacher; patient, unflappable, clear and quietly authoritative when things got quite excitable with rods and fishing wire flying about when fish started to be caught!
All four children left immensely satisfied with their fishing lesson - each having been coaxed into not only threading the bait (yep, live maggots), catching a fish or more, but being taught how to to gently and calmly unhook the fish from the line and slip it back into the water to swim away.
I was thrilled with Chris because he really knew his stuff, he arrived with all the right kit and more; bait, rods, wire and even chairs!!, he was calm under pressure and had thoughtfully chose a time of day and a location by the lake, when the fish would be biting - which they did a plenty - no-one was disappointed. In fact the boys immediately asked to do more fishing lessons. I would recommend him in a heartbeat as a teacher especially for children.
Helen Lambourne
Stay with us and you get free unlimited use of our coarse fishing lake! https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm/fishing/
Our next RE-WILD retreat day is Sunday 14th April. Book 7 or more nights with us over the 14th and we will include a complimentary place worth £100 (but be quick, spaces are limited!). www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/book
Looking to treat your dog to a luxury beach holiday? We asked our in house dog experts, Cherry and Roux what they love best about Little Comfort Farm. Here's what they said (Vizslas are a chatty breed you know):
🐕 Accommodation of their humans: Caen Byre sleeps 5 humans, Mill House sleeps 10 humans.
⭐️The cottages are both 5* gold rated and award winning, so humans are happy which often means more treats and play time.
💧Paddling, splashing and swimming! There is a river and a lake on the farm!
🌳Running, hiding, jumping, sniffing...70 acres of meadow and woodland to explore!
🏖Huge dog friendly beaches within 10 minutes!
🏜Huge sand dunes at Braunton Burrows to run up and down and up and down and up and down...
🏡Enclosed gardens so humans don't worry about us wondering off
🍖Raw dog food AND TREATS sold in the on site farm shop
🦴Treats in the on site farm shop - did we mention those?
🔥Woodburners to fall asleep in front of
💦A warm outdoor shower (and hose) for de-mudding!
🐾Saved the best for last, two extremely friendly farm dog hosts to play with!
Good availability still this year including Easter (ooo Easter treats?)
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/dogs/
Little Comfort Farm's yoga guru, Coral is starting weekly classes on the 11th March! Nature Inspired Yoga and Meditation every Monday 10-11am (term time). So excited about this. Groups are small but open to all, whether you are staying with us or not. Please contact Coral if you'd like to book your space! Get in quick!
Spring is coming...join us for nature and birdsong in abundance!! We have a few cottages available for the Easter holidays, both short and week stays. Bring all the family and stay in our 5 bedroom Mill House from the 5th April, or bring the dog for the holiday of their dreams (and yours!) and stay in our 5* gold rated dog friendly cottage, Caen Byre. Hope to see you soon!
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk
Thanks to for this awesome shot taken on one of our farm nature trails 😍
Little Comfy Yoga! We're really excited to be partnering up with the lovely and inspiring Coral Hawkins to offer Little Comfort Farm yoga! Both private yoga sessions and small and intimate weekly classes on Mondays at 10am, starting 11th March. If you would like to book, say hello to Coral here: https://coralhawkins.com/contact
A big thank you and Happy New Year to all those who have supported us in 2023. Our cottage guests, housekeeping team, farm shop visitors, suppliers and the Devon Tourism Awards, who made us incredibly happy with our Self Catering of the Year Award 🏆 See you in 2024! x
The Little Comfort Farm Shop will be open on Friday from 10am to midday! We have some fantastic cuts for festive roasts and lots of options for last minute Christmas presents (beef boxes, childrens clothes, nature guides...)
Our latest cuts include sirloin roasts, foreribs, tomahawks, jacobs ladder and fillet joint along with 8 different types of steak (flat irons and rib eye back in stock). Plenty of stewing and slow roasting cuts too.
See you Friday!
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm/farm-shop/
Organic North Devon Farm Shop specialising in organic, 100% grass fed beef and apple juice. Chef made ready meals and more.
Our girls are back on the Woolacombe dunes! We keep our Ruby Red cattle for conservation grazing and rewilding on our organic farm and dune habitat restoration at Woolacombe. They are a beautiful, slow growing breed that is native to North Devon and replicate the actions of now extinct Aurochs (wild cattle). We finish one or two animals a year to maintain our small herd and supply us and others with an amazing beef product. All beef sales go back into cattle maintenance.
We have some fantastic cuts left from last year's animal that we are selling off at 20% discount, including joints, stewing cuts and premium steaks. It has been in deep freeze and is a great opportunity to stock up on our beef. In addition to the discount if you spend over £50 on that animal, we'll give you one of our chef made beef ready meals for 4! We will be opening the shop this Saturday (9th December) from 9am until 11am (or longer if we're busy). Alternatively you can order via our website, or contact us and we can leave a box out for you to collect at a time to suit you.
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm/farm-shop/
Fancy spending Christmas or new year in a Little Comfy winter wonderland? We have late availability in our multi award winning cottages. Festive nature walks included of course! Minimum stay 5 nights, stay 7 and get three extra nights on us or if you can’t stay that long, a complimentary arrival meal and early check in/late check out. https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/book/
'Nobody will want those, take them to the tip' said the collection person when we tried to donate some furniture to charity. 🤨 Well. We stubbornly refuse to do that, and we have some good friends that we know will reuse this furniture. So with a few tweaks, TA DA! A new barn owl box, kestrel box and more in the making...!
Support our wildlife, eat our rare breed grass fed beef! See our cuts and beef boxes below. Collect from us or we deliver (free delivery for orders over £100). We are also now taking Christmas orders for bespoke cutting requests. Order on our website or email us!
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm/farm-shop/
Best Self Catering Accommodation of the Year 2023-24 Silver Award goes to Little Comfort Farm! Thank you , our judge and sponsor for such amazing recognition. We enjoyed a slightly more sophisticated award presentation this year (compared to last year’s muddy farm presentation!). It was a treat to have a glitzy night off (thanks also go to nana and grandpa for allowing us to escape…). Finally thanks to our awesome housekeeping team who we could not do this without. We won’t be resting on our laurels though, watch this space, plenty more to come!
Fancy a cosy winter getaway? Muddy farm and deserted sandy beach walks, a good book in front of the fire, gastro pub lunches, hot stone massage, watching flocks of winter birds from your window? We have it all, availability throughout November and December. www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk
Last week we stocked up our field ID charts, we have over 40 now including this awesome egg case chart! We put it to the test at Saunton Beach this weekend and discovered smallspotted catshark and spotted ray. We’ll be sending our finds to the Shark Trust’s
October Half Term Availability in our 5 bedroom Mill House! Gather family and friends and join us in North Devon for autumnal farm adventures, bracing beach walks, cosy hot chocolates by the fire and endless local activities to keep you entertained! Here's what's great about The Mill House:
⭐️5* gold rated by Visit England
👩🦽Wheelchair accessible (M2 rated by Visit England)
👨👨👧👦Sleeps up to 10 in 5 bedrooms
🛁5 bathrooms
🧑🍳High spec kitchen with range cooker for the chefs among you
🍽 Spacious dining room and separate lounge with valley views
🔥Woodburning stove
🐕1 dog allowed
🦇Complimentary bat and farm walks
🐟Complimentary use of our coarse fishing lake
🏓Games room with table tennis, table football, book swap library
🌳70 acres of organic farm and nature trails to explore
🍏On site farm shop
⛳️Golf a plenty within 15 minute drive at Saunton, Woolacombe and Ilfracombe
🏖Award winning beaches within 15 minute drive
Book now for 3, 4 or 7 nights! https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/cottage/mill-house/
Shop open tomorrow (Sunday) 11am to 12pm! Sale on!
What can you find in our shop?
🥩Little Comfy grass fed Ruby red beef
🍏 Little Comfy artisan apple juice
🫘Gravity dispensers with organic oats, lentils, quinoa, rice and more
🥣Organic breakfast cereals
🍫Artisan chocolate, sweets and biscuits
🍨Marshfield ice cream
👖Frugi organic kids clothes *SALE*!
Lots more!!
https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm/farm-shop/
Woohoo! Self Catering Accommodation of the Year Finalist for this year’s Devon Tourism Awards! Super chuffed, thank you and all the lovely judges! Congratulations to all the other finalists 👏Www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk
Wow, what a passionate statement by Guy Watson of Riverford. We absolutely support this petition, please consider signing in support of sustainable British farming.
'Almost half (49%) of British fruit and veg farmers fear they will go out of business within the next 12 months. 75% report that supermarket behaviour is a leading factor.'
Please share this post!
https://getfairaboutfarming.co.uk/?mc_cid=7a24c3548b&mc_eid=929e5cd849
We're on a mission to make supermarkets get fair about farming, and protect the future of British food.
Gorgeous purple pom poms decorate our riverside meadows in September. Devil’s Bit Scabious is a conservation priority species and this time of year absolutely buzzes with insects. It is the main food plant for the rare Marsh Fritillary butterfly which is a species we are trying to help at Little Comfort. Www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm
Hello Indian Summer! We are enjoying beautiful sunny weather on the farm and all the summer crowds have dispersed. It's a wonderful time to visit and we have availability throughout September. Need a little R&R? Beach fun? Foodie weekend? Our farm and nature walks continue every Tuesday and Saturday and it's a great time to meet our bats and reptiles as they get active again before winter (complimentary bat walks on Wednesdays). https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk
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Ah. Slight design flaw. Under the fluff and feathers the chicks are remarkably skinny! #easterchickhunt. Guests join Jeremy for farm rounds on Tuesday and Saturday mornings and chick cuddles are going down a storm! #springstaycation #organiceggs #luxuryorganicfarmstay #farmholiday #raisingorganicchicks
Bird spot alert! We're lucky to have fantastic birdwatching on the farm, and over the last few weeks we've been thrilled to watch a pair of peregrine falcons displaying and being very vocal and territorial over the farm. Next box to be added to our ever expanding collection will be for peregrine falcons! Fancy joining us for a birdwatching holiday? https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk Have you spotted the Peregrines on the North Devon coast near to Little Comfort Farm? Please tell us-comment below! #pereginefalcon #falcopereginus #birdwatchingholiday #birdwatchingholidayuk #raptorconservation #regenerativefarming #luxuryorganicfarmstay #ecoselfcatering #ecologistholiday
Her first big swim and straight away discovered the delight of soaking her human! 🐕 Dog friendly plunge pool at Little Comfort Farm 😂 www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk
Dragonfly delight on the farm at the moment! This golden ringed dragonfly is busy laying eggs machine gun style in the Caen River which runs through the middle of Little Comfort Farm. It’s larvae will live in the water for up to 5 years before emerging as an adult dragonfly! Fancy a last minute nature holiday? We have late availability next week and later in august! https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/book/ #Cordulegasterboltonii #cardulegaster #goldenringeddragonfly #freshwaterinvertebrates #wetlandconservation #freshwaterconservation #organicfarmstay #naturewalk #lateavailability #farmstayuk #accessibleholidayescapes
Little comfort farm’s Loch Ness monster? Blink and you’ll miss him! Another success story! We’ve seen our reptile population bloom over the last few years, and these beautiful grass snakes (also known as water snakes) are a real crowd pleaser on our reptile walks! For those who aren’t keen on snakes, you’re unlikely to see one unless you’re really looking for them, they’re completely harmless and if you do come across one they’ll either disappear in the opposite direction or play dead! Do you have a good grass snake fact? Do you garden for reptiles? Please share your thoughts, tips and ideas! …and if you’ve always wanted to meet a native lizard, snake or slow worm, book a stay with us between April and October and we’ll introduce you! #Natrixnatrix #grasssnake #reptilehabitat #reptileconservation #arc_trust #arguk #devonwildlifetrust #organicfarmwildlife #rewilding #organicfarmstay #reptilewalk #reptileworkshop
Our barn owl is now a regular sighting in lake field and it has been investigating our barn owl box! Incredibly rewarding to see these beautiful birds starting to use the farm after careful management to enhance their habitat. Voles are their favourite food so grassland with a deep litter layer is key, along with dense native hedgerows and good connectivity. Come stay and meet our beautiful dusk predators! #barnowl #tytoalba #barnowlconservation #grasslandconservation #organicfarmstay #natureholiday #rspb
Christmas Beef in This Week! Introducing The Ultimate Organic, 100% grass fed Beef Box! The best quality and amazing value. Includes a roasting joint (eg topside), a slow roast/slow cook joint (eg chuck), 2 premium steaks (eg sirloin), 2 alternative steaks (eg flat iron), 4 burgers, 500g diced stewing, 1 kg mince and a chef made ready meal for four (gluten and dairy free available). £100. Little Comfy Taster Box (£50) and individual cuts also available! Order here for collection or free delivery to West Down: https://www.littlecomfortfarm.co.uk/the-farm/farm-shop/
Jeremy doing very important farm tasks...stalking the stalker... honing his skills for the mammal nature discovery sessions! #littlecomfortwildlife #redfox #Vulpesvulpes #farmingforwildlife #organicfarmstay #natureholiday
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