Mill Farm Holidays

03/09/2024

As some may be aware and for those that aren’t. There is currently a planning notice for our field, more specially our main holiday livery field which we run our Caravan site and horse holidays from. We just wanted to say a few words since we are now being asked so many questions by our customers and potential future customers.

No we aren’t in favour (of course) this isn’t something we wanted to happen and are currently doing all we can to prevent it going through.
If we owned the land then this wouldn’t be a situation, however we are currently generational tenants of the farm and can have land taken back each year up to a certain size so unfortunately of all the land we rent this is the chosen area.
Yes there is other more suitable parcels of land around wells but they have decided to pursue this one.
Despite many meetings we legally have no say.

However
This isn’t something to happen in the near future so currently we are still taking bookings a year in advance as we will have a few years notice.
The planning is still on the North Norfolk District Council website and currently still hoping for lots of objections before they close it for consideration.
We aren’t planning on closing or shutting down and quite frankly we hope and pray it won’t come to it but if by some awful chance they accept it as suitable place to build we will relocate.
No it will never be the same.
No it won’t be the same size or cater for the same amount of people but it’s more the reason for us to work against the planning location. This field helps us continue to farm and support the farming part of us that we live for.

We have spent 25 years by hand building our business and customers who we cherish so dearly. No help or financial backing will replace what that field has meant to me, my father, my grandfather and generations before.

We will keep you all informed in our fight but for now we are here and we are open.

Des, Tiffany and Team x

A woman who works for her family's farm and caravan site has expressed concern that a housing development in north Norfolk will impact the business.

27/08/2024

Caravan site availability

September
2nd - 4th
7th - 22nd

23/08/2024

Horse availability from Monday 26th for up to 6 nights!
2 large paddocks!!

Message us to book 🐴

21/08/2024

How high is high tide? 🌊🌊

Well maybe the picture of this morning’s tide will show you! We went to check out the high tide and let a baby horse see some water without the spooky waves.

Always check tide times when riding to the beach as it will come in right up to the bay and you’ll have little or no beach to ride on! It’s amazing to see but if you’ve come to stay with us for a good run on the beach I’d stick to low tide!!

First picture this morning (21/8) and second is the same place at low tide just past the sign you see.

18/08/2024

There are very large tides at the moment.
The risk of tidal cut off is high.
There are areas of beach/marsh that will be flooded over the next few high tides that aren't usually.

Help to keep yourself safe-
Get back to the main part of the beach dry sand/land
at least four hours before the Wells bar high tide times Which is hours before sunset! (See times below)

Tuesday 20/8/24: High tide on Wells beach is 07:18 & 19:58

Wednesday 21/8/24: High tide on Wells beach 07:59 & 20:40

Thursday 22/8/24 High tide on Wells beach is 08:39 & 21:20

Friday 23/8/24 High tide on Wells beach is 09:20 & 22:00

14/08/2024

Has anyone seen, moved, or maybe accidentally picked up a leopard print baby carrier from our shower block last night?

It’s very distinctive and has lots of sentimental value!
Would love to reunite it with its owner.

Please pop us a message if you’ve seen or know it’s whereabouts!

10/08/2024

Today is the day!!!

Busiest day of the entire year not just for us but the town!!
So much to do and see in the town it’s not one to miss. This whole week and been amazing and so well organised, we really do have an amazing community. This being said be mindful of traffic today! With Ques and traffic disruptions it’s best to put your walking feet on instead. Please be patient with us and we all want to join in and not miss the fun so we will be on the farm in reception for limited hours today.
This is out busiet week of the entire year with number of guests on the farm so we are always reachable and in charge to ensure things are running smoothly! If no one is in reception there is a number on the gate to call in emergency as all guests due today will be seen/self checkin.

Enjoy your day ❤️

06/08/2024

🐴 Horse Holidays 🐴

September is starting to book up!

If you’re looking for a getaway when the school holiday madness dies down pop us a message to book!

31/07/2024

We have been handed in a bank card belonging to a Mr M***e.

If you believe it’s yours it’s at reception.
We will need the full name on the card to hand it over.

30/07/2024

27/07/2024

The best time for the beach is in the evening.
It will never disappoint 🤍🌅

(Picnic, a drink,blankets and the sunset help)

25/07/2024

Please take a minute to read through our Payment T & C's,
these apply to all bookings!
This is also attached to our Horse holiday information leaflet.

Any questions or Queries please pop us a message to discuss!

Thanks

25/07/2024

CL CANCELLATION

Arriving - Monday 19th August
Departing - Saturday 24th August
5 nights

24/07/2024

Remaining static caravan availability for 2024
(Also open to bookings for 2025)

October -
8th - 10th (paddocks also available)

November -
6th - 30th

December -
1st - 5th
9th - 31st

23/07/2024

Remaining CL site 2024 availability
- This is for our caravan site.

August -
17th - 19th
30th - 1st Sept

September -
2nd - 5th
18th - 19th
21st - 23rd
26th - 27th

October -
5th - 10th
13th - 14th
18th - 31st

November -
1st - 30th

December -
1st - 30th

Message us to book!

17/07/2024

Come rain or sun we are open!

•Stables
•Turnout
•Camping
•Belltents
•Caravans
•Tents
•Static
•5/10minute walk to Wells town centre
•20minute ride to Holkham beach

We are here with a smile ready to welcome you 🌻
Pre booking only through [email protected]

Happy Summer everyone x

03/07/2024

Tide times

Tidal cut off, from our beautiful beaches, is the number one reason for a Wells Lifeboat call out. Two out of every three people Wells Volunteer Lifeboat Crews rescue are cut off by the tide. In 2022 we rescued 52 people, that’s an average of a person every week of the year!

When choosing a beach, between Brancaster Staithe and Cley, to visit there are two easy tips to remember to help keep you and your family safer:
1. The further you walk past the high water mark, the higher the risk of tidal cut off and the less time you will have to enjoy your destination.

2. To avoid tidal cut off get back to the main part of the beach, dry sand/land at least four hours before Wells Bar high tide time, with no more drains or ditches to cross.

These two tips are especially important if you are choosing to visit more remote beaches, such as Scolt Head Island and Bob Hall Sands. These are frequent locations for Lifeboat call outs.

29/06/2024

If you’re looking for somewhere to visit tomorrow come along to our event at Burnham Thorpe…. A variety of of food is served all day along with a licensed bar open. Bouncy Castle to keep the younger ones entertained and enjoy all the classic cars on display.

26/06/2024

We absolutely love receiving all of your pictures when staying onsite!

How incredible is this taken by a keen photographer who recently stayed with us.

📷 - https://www.facebook.com/sophiaspurginphotography

25/06/2024

Absolute highlight of the summer holidays. It’s a fantastic week and so well ran. Well done again Team your effects are appreciated! 😍

21/06/2024

What a busy couple of months and we are only just getting started!

(Won’t mention the 💧 as it’s so beautiful currently!)

A few photos of what we have been up to from trimming and tiding the Xmas tree field for use
Not one but 2 new foals!!!
The showers are going down a treat after their face lift
Bell tents ( all 3 now!) are proving popular with only a few dates left to book
The static is fully booked for the summer but as always is a pleasure to be in and clean with views like that
Maintenance team working over time always fixing the broken or improving
Stables all look so lovely and fresh with a lick of fresh paint.
Toilets have had a face lift with a good rub down and some paint! (We promise we are working so hard to get more in🤞🏼🤞🏼)

We had a lovely spring but as always our little Team is ready to face the next few months of crazy hard work but you can’t ever complain with such wonderful guests staying and a nice place to work!

What has everyone else been up too in our wet and warm spring? Who is ready for summer?!

06/06/2024

We have found a key with 2 key rings
If you’re missing one please drop us a message.
One key ring pictured below let us know what the other key ring is.

01/06/2024

** VERY LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY **

Monday 3rd June - Saturday 8th June

STATIC CARAVAN
4 nights - £400 (saving £40)
Or
5 nights - £500 (saving £50)

Horse paddock availability for up to 2 horses (additional costs for horses)

Pm us to book!

24/05/2024

The most wonderful message in our inbox this morning!

- Hello,

We’ve just had a two night stay at your farm in the static caravan with our horses, we travelled over three hours to get to you and we just wanted to say we absolutely loved it and felt so at home from the minute we stayed till we left. To have such a fantastic sea view, even from the caravan and being so close to the sea your prices was so affordable we would definitely be able to afford it more than once a year. It felt so homely and we felt safe enough to leave our horses in the field while we visited the pubs & shops all with in walking distance to we honestly just wanted to write to you a massive thank you for making our experience a memorable one.

Can’t wait to come back.

12/05/2024

Lady Ann’s Drive - Horse Access

The new horse walk up Lady Ann’s Drive is up and running! Thanks to the hard work of many including the wonderful Helen Chester we now have a safe route up the drive avoiding the busy section with all the cars and chaos!

We try hard to keep the beach open and usuable to everyone with horses. Having used that beach for so many generations it’s important with how popular it is to put work in to keep it safe for us all.

We love that everyone loves the beach as much as we do so let’s look after what we love by following the guidelines, checking tide times and most importantly getting ice cream for afters!

❤️

11/05/2024

Finally looks like summer 🌞

Summer is definitely approaching us now 🌞 still plenty availability left in the paddocks tents email us for enquiries 😁 [email protected]

06/05/2024

We have a bank card that’s been handed in.

Mr D Catlin.

Either pop in to reception or send us a message if you’ve left and we can post it to you after proof of ownership!

Mill Farm Team x

25/04/2024

The office is back open and we are working our way through all emails, calls, texts, etc!
Please bare with us!
If you have not had a response by tomorrow please resend enquiry!

Thanks for your patience ☺️

15/04/2024

❗️ OFFICE CLOSURE THIS WEEK ❗️

Please note that from Wednesday 17th April - Monday 22nd April our office is CLOSED!!

All existing bookings have been informed and bookings that are currently booked are still going ahead

However we will not be taking any further bookings until next week.

From Wednesday all calls, texts, emails, bookings forms etc will be responded to when we reopen!

Thanks for your understanding
- The Mill Farm Team

09/04/2024

CL SITE AVAILABILITY

Arriving Monday 15th April
Departing Wednesday 24th April

9 nights

50 % deposit required upon booking!

MESSAGE to book!