Elvetham Farm has hosted another visit from St Jude's Primary School in South East London as part of their curriculum topic "Where Does Our Food Come From" .

The children have been learning about how food gets from the farm to their plates.  The day was organised by the The Country Trust, a national educational charity, that conducts educational expeditions for groups of children and their teachers from inner towns and cities.

Fun was had by all, highlights included holding the chickens, meeting the ponies and cattle, running through the barley and a straw fight with their teacher before heading off onto a tractor and trailer ride around the Elvetham Estate.  The staff from the Estate enjoyed the visit as much as the children and hope to repeat the exercise again with another class next year.

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We recently held a volunteer working party day in association with The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.  The aim was to clear the dragonfly pond on the Elvetham Estate of the Himalayan Balsam that is currently growing there. 

We had to ensure the plants were removed before the flowering season next year and have made a strong start in clearing the entire northern bank of the pond of Balsam. 

We started to push north towards the River Hart and hope to revisit the site next year for the second phase.  There is still plenty of work to do but the pond edge has now been cleared.

Our thanks go to Elliott Fairs of H&IOWWT and his party of volunteers, pictured, courtesy of Laurie Clark

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Elvetham Farm has a new arrival, the first foal born here since the start of the Great War in 1914.

“Samara Welsh Warrior” or “Kiaza” to give him his stable name,  is a handsome skewbald colt born on 27^th April out of Welsh Cob “Judith”.  His sire, “Samara Fly”, is a 17hh Dutch Warm Blood, a champion dressage horse and showjumper known for his exceptional temperament. 

Kiaza is owned by the Mutlow family and it is hoped he will follow his sire's success in the show ring.

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Country Trust Visit to Elvetham Farm

21^st May 2014

A Year 4 class of 28 children from a Primary School in South East London visited Elvetham Farm and spent the day learning about how food gets from the farm to their plates.  The day was organised by the The Country Trust, a national educational charity, that conducts educational expeditions for groups of children and their teachers from towns and inner cities.

The children were taken around the farm by Kim Cuzner and Chris Beach.  As the focus for the day was food production, Kim and Chris started off showing the children the various grains that were grown on the farm.  They then took them to see some of the machines that prepared the land and crops for the end product.  The children also met some cows and calves to learn about their role, life cycles, welfare and feed, followed by a magical walk through the barley.  Nearby was a stock of ‘sewage cake’ which the children, and adults, were surprised to learn provided good fertiliser!  This was followed by a visit to the chickens and the three-day-old ducklings.  Each child was given the opportunity to hold the birds and were absolutely fascinated and enthralled by them.  Few had ever had such a hands-on experience before.  The day ended with a very happy trailer ride, accompanied by the voices of the children, as they sang their way around the Estate.

For further information regarding the Country Trust’s work, please call 01728-726540 or visit their website, www.countrytrust.org.uk

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We are pleased to announce that FowlerFortescue have been appointed as the new Managing Agent of the Elvetham Estate with effect from 1st June 2014.

FowlerFortescue are based in Salisbury on the Fonthill Estate and have replaced Yattendon Estates further to Paul Sedgwick's appointment as Deputy Ranger of Windsor.

Everyone at The Elvetham Estate would like to extend a warm welcome to Simon Fowler and Su Plumley and wish Paul every success in his future role at Windsor.

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One of our barns is being used as maternity roost by a small number of brown long-eared and common Pipistrelle bats. The bats use the barn during summer, between May and September, to have their young. A Barn Owl has also occasionally used the barn.  

Whilst the roofing work is being carried out, alternative roosting facilities for the bats and Barn Owl have been provided on site and permanent provision will be incorporated into the barn.

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Elvetham Estate is located in Hart District which has been crowned Britain’s most desirable place to live for the third year in a row, according to the annual Halifax Quality of Life Survey.

The survey looks at factors such as health and life expectancy, crime rates, weather, employment, earnings and schools.

Residents of Hart were found to be the healthiest in the country with 97.4% reported to be in good or fairly good health and the 80% employment rate is significantly above the national 71% average.

If you are interested in moving your home or business to The Elvetham Estate please feel free to contact us.

The Halifax survey can be found at the following link:

http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/pdfs/halifax/2013/2112_Places_to_live

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Elvetham Estate is proud to support this year's race, which will take place on Saturday 28th September 2013, around the Cricket Green, with a donation in support of The Matthew Elvidge Trust, a locally based charity.  For further information about this year's event, please go to www.hwpramrace.co.uk

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'Culture On The Common'
Sunday 11th August - 1:00pm - 5:00pm.

The Parish Council are holding an Art Exhibition for local artists at our 'Culture on the Common' event. 

If you are interesting in exhibiting your art work please contact the Events Manager on events@hartleywintney.org.uk or 01252 845152.

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A taste of Italy will be coming to Hartley Wintney on Sunday 14th April.

Head down to the High Street between 10am-4pm to experience the flavours and food of sunny Italy.

Viva Italia!

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The Estate has a rich variety of birds and wildlife.

Do let us know of any rare sightings!

You can get in touch with us here.

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If you have an historical connection to the Estate get in touch as we are building out our story.

Please contact us to find out more.

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