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'Care Farming' Educational Access, Angling projects, Conservation Projects

Name: Carol Carney
Company / Business Name: Upper Moreton Farm Rural Project / 'Care Farming' Educational Access, Angling projects, Conservation Projects
Website: www.carneypools.co.uk
Email: candc.carney@virgin.net
Telephone: 01889 881846
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Categories: Tours

About the Company / Business

 

Upper Moreton Farm Rural Project

Educational Access Visits allows pupils to see how a farm works and where their food comes from, in a pleasurable and safe environment. Upper Moreton Farm is a 25 hectare beef farm in the countryside of Wolseley Bridge , Staffordshire some 2 miles from Cannock Chase.  It is privately owned by husband and wife Chris and Carol Carney who inherited the farm in 1987.

As the name suggests the farm is on the top of a gently sloping valley, the landscape includes old and modern grasslands, small copses,  several wildlife ponds, fishing pools and well established broad-leaved trees namely ash and oak. The farm is in an ongoing stewardship agreement with its hedgerows that include several wild plum trees that are quite rare to the county.

The Farmhouse

 

 The farm dates back to 1876 when it was used as a small dairy farm. The farm is also of historical interest with its ancient ridge and furrow field adjacent to the old three storey farmhouse and Staffordshire threshing barn and traditional stables. Upper Moreton Farm originally was part of the Sir Charles Wolseley Estate but was sold in 1913. The old cart track which runs from the farmhouse fields to the field known as Round Flatts is still visible to this day. It can be followed through neighbouring fields to the land known as land part of Taft Farm which was purchased by the owners of Upper Moreton Farm in 1987. The new purchase of land increased the total farm size to 42 hectares. The two sites offer excellent opportunities for studying various subjects in the National Curriculum and beyond, as well as the chance to enjoy the experience of being outdoors in the countryside.