It was a busy start to the year for our Farm Park team who have welcomed some new arrivals from our award-winning Leicester Longwool flock. Lambing started on 11th January with first time mum ‘Sledmere Echium’ starting proceedings and bringing a beautiful baby girl into the world.
The following week saw the steady arrival of the rest of our tiny new flock bringing 8 gimmers and 9 tups – 17 healthy lambs in total adding to our conservation work alongside the Rare Breed Survival trust.
Laura Clark, the Farm Park Manager says ‘it’s been our best early lambing season to date, everything went smoothly and we’ve got some top-quality stock on the ground. Last year, two of our tups swept the board at Masham sheep fair and York rare breed show and sale, Sledmere Earnest and Sledmere Edison. They have now produced some really strong lambs that we feel will follow in their dads’ footsteps in the showing world.’
With a few weeks of special care and attention from their mums, our new lambs were thriving and finally ready to go out and feel the fresh grass under their tiny hooves and boy did they enjoy it!
Don’t forget to put the weekends of 26th and 27th March and the 2nd and 3rd of April in your diaries for our Lambing Weekends which is FREE ENTRY for our Friends members and there’s no need to book your place. This is a fantastic opportunity to get up close to our spring lambs, enjoy a cuddle and help with bottle feeding time.
A great value membership all year round.
The Sledmere Friends membership is fantastic value and gains you 12 months of free entry to the beautiful grounds, stunning walled garden, rare breed farm park and adventure play area meaning there are plenty of fun days out and adventures to be had all year round! We also have exclusive Sledmere Friends discounts and offers including 5% off in our retail and catering outlets Monday to Friday and priority booking or free entry to specific events. Please see below for the full range of benefits of becoming a Sledmere Friend.
How do I apply?
For just £37.00 per adult you can apply to become a ‘Sledmere Friend’ which will give you free entry for every subsequent visit for a full 12 months subject to the opening schedule. 2022 membership for children is £12.50 and family tickets can be purchased at £86.00 for two adults and two children.
Our Sledmere Friends Membership Scheme is packed full of special offers and benefits including:
It’s now even easier to apply as you can do this right now online.
Dogs are more than welcome too, we just ask they are kept on their leads please.
Sledmere House, Driffield, YO25 3XG. 01377 236637
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