WINNER OF THE 2008 LOCAL FOOD TRAIL DRAW - ANNA MCDOWELL
Shaftesbury Local Food Trail: Visit 10 local food producers
Trail leaflet available all year round
from Shaftesbury Tourist Information Centre in Bell Street (01747 853514)
from Swans Yard Community Resource Centre,
and from Shaftesbury and Gillingham libraries.
FOOD TRAIL:
Food can be educational as well as fun and tasty!
Throughout April this year, take the opportunity to taste food and drink that has been locally grown, nurtured, harvested, milled, brewed, churned, baked, cooked, and generally turned into the wonderful local food enjoyed in the Blackmore Vale.
We’ve chosen just ten of the very many excellent local farms and food producers in the area, and have put them together for you in this Shaftesbury Local Food Trail. Enjoy the challenge of visiting our ten Food Trail venues, get your brochure stamped at each one and you will be entered into a free prize draw for a fantastic Local Food Hamper.
This is an ideal way to involve the whole family in exploring the area around Shaftesbury, discovering some new places to visit, and re-discovering some old friends. All ten venues particularly welcome children, and all the producers are happy to take time to explain why local food matters and exactly where their produce comes from.
How to take part:
You can get your FREE Food Trail leaflet at Shaftesbury Tourist Information Centre in Bell Street or at the Swans Trust Community Resource Centre in Swans Yard from March 28th. It is also available from the ten participating venues from April 1st.
You have from April 1st to May 3rd collect the stamps. Please check which days and times each of the venues are open – not all are open every day.
Once complete, fill in your name and address and deliver the form to Swans Trust Community Resource Centre, Swans Yard, High Street, Shaftesbury SP7 8JQ no later than 12noon on Sunday 4th May. All those checked as accurately having collected all ten stamps will be put in a draw, or if none have all ten those with nine will be put in the draw. The winner will be announced at 2.30 that day, when the prize hamper can be collected.
Each of the producers below has given a delicious contribution to the prize hamper (some in the form of vouchers so that you can choose your favourite goodies!), plus there will be a Shaftesbury Food Festival t-shirt.
Participant Producers:
1. TURNBULLS
9 High Street,
Shaftesbury
Phone 01747 858575
Open Monday to Saturday 8.45am – 5.30pm
Many local cheese and dairy produce, deli, spices, chutneys, olives, biscuits, chocolate. Home produced meals and sweets. Café serving coffee, lunches and snacks.
2. PYTHOUSE ORGANICS
Pythouse Walled Garden,
West Hatch,
Tisbury.
Phone 01747 870444
Going north on A350 towards Warminster. Turn right at sign for Tisbury into Milbroke Lane – follow signs for Newtown & Tisbury. After 3 miles road turns up hill under stone bridge, then garden entrance 200 yards on left.
Open every day except Tuesday 8.30am – 5.30pm
Pythouse estate organic lamb and beef. Local pork (not organic). Local organic chicken (when available). Seasonal fruit and vegetables (some organic). Variety of local produce.
3. WRENS SHOP
The Street,
East Knoyle
Phone 01747 830928
Going north on A350 towards Warminster. Turn left at sign for East Knoyle. Wrens is by the War Memorial
Open Monday to Saturday 7.15am – 6.00pm. Sunday 9.00am – 12.00 noon
Lavender Blue cakes, Pertwood Organic cereals, Dorset cereals, among the cheese stocked is Somerset brie and camembert and Blue Vinney, Blue Vinney soups, Fudges biscuits, beer from Keystone Breweries, Dorset honey, Chef prepared meals, cakes and desserts from Taste of Stalbridge.
4. BISON CENTRE
Bush Farm,
West Knoyle
Going north on A350 to Warminster left at East Knoyle and follow brown signs to farm
Phone 01747 830263
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10.00am – 5.00pm
Bison, elk and venison joints, steaks. sausages and burgers.
Beautiful farm walks to see the free-ranging bison & elk
Picnic area, children’s playground. Tea and snacks
5. WYLIE VALLEY VINEYARD
Sutton End,
Crockerton,
Nr Warminster
Phone 01985 211337
Going north on A350 towards Warminster. About 600 yards before the A36 roundabout
Open 10.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Saturday
3 English white wines
6. ANSTY PYO & FARM SHOP
Going east on A30, 6 miles east of Shaftesbury
Farm on right hand side of road
Phone 01747 829072
Open Tuesday – Saturday 9.30pm – 5.30pm, and Sundays 10.00 am – 4.00pm
Growing large variety of seasonal fruit and vegetables for PYO or freshly picked for Farm Shop. At present rhubarb, root veg. Asparagus from mid April. Home cooked cakes and puddings baked daily at Farm Shop, award winning jams and chutneys, prepared using Ansty produce, plus free range Ansty eggs. Tea room serving cakes or cream teas.
7. SIMON HARVELL BUTCHER
Traditional Butcher
The Chalk
Iwerne Minster
Phone 01747 811229
Going south on A350 towards Blandford. 8 miles from Shaftesbury. Turn left into Iwerne Minster – 200 yards into village square.
Open: Monday 8.00am – 1.00pm / Tuesday to Friday 8.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 6.00pm / Saturday 8.00am – 5.00pm
Meat locally slaughtered and properly hung . Grass fed White Park and Aberdeen Angus beef. Gloucester Old Spot pork. Local lamb and chickens, free range eggs.
8. THE GREEN HOUSE
Gold Hill Organic Farm
Ridgeway Lane
Child Okeford
Phone 01258 863716
Going south on the A350 toward Blandford. Follow road until just after Sutton Waldron. Take next turning on right signposted Child Okeford. On entering village continue straight through until t-junction. Turn right downhill for about ¼ mile. The Green House is on right.
Open Wednesday & Thursday 11.00 am – 5.00pm. Friday 9.00am – 6.00pm. Saturday 9.00am – 4.00pm. Sunday 10.00am - 2.00pm.
Local community shop championing local produce and selling organic seasonal vegetables and meat from the farm. Local cheeses and milk. Bread and cakes from Oxfords Bakery. Dorset Blueberry products. Runs box delivery scheme.
9. OLIVES ET AL
1 North Dorset Business Park,
Sturminster Newton
Phone 01258 474300
From Shaftesbury follow signs to Sturminster Newton. On arriving turn left at main T junction. Follow road through town to the bridge traffic lights. Turn right and take A357 Sherborne Road. Olives Et Al is first building on park with green weatherboarding
Open Monday to Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm. Saturday 9.00am to 3.00pm.
Olives Et Al produced range of olives, dressings, sauces, snacks and kiln roasted nuts, ready to eat dishes. Local cheese, speciality bakery Fri & Sat only, coffee from Dorset Coffee Company and range of other local products
10. KIMBER’S FARM SHOP
Higher Stavordale Farm,
Barrow Lane,
Charlton Musgrove,
Nr Wincanton
Phone 01963 33177
Follow B3081 Shaftesbury to Bruton . In Charlton Musgrove follow grey and white farm signs.
Open Tuesday 9.30am – 5.30pm. Thursday & Friday 9.30am – 7.00pm Saturday 10.00am – 4.00pm
Home produced Aberdeen Angus beef. Gloucester Old Spot pork, bacon and gammon. Welfare friendly rose veal. Lamb, chickens, ducks and turkeys. Plus local produce including seasonal veg, eggs, Wyke Farm butter made from milk from the farm. Home made preserves, cakes, bread and ice cream.
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