Tag Archives: Farm Stay

Oaks Barn Farm Achieves Level 3 Sustainable Travel Award

Introducing your new Travel Sustainable Level 3We listed with Booking.com to reach a wider audience and had an email from them to let us know that we have achieved Leve3, the highest award in their Sustainable Travel Programme. The News Congratulations! Your property has been recognised as Level 3. This means you’ve made large investments andContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Achieves Level 3 Sustainable Travel Award”

Oaks Barn Farm Sweet Chilli Jam

Ingredients • 8 red peppers, deseeded and roughly chopped • 10 red chillies, roughly chopped • finger-sized piece fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped • 8 garlic cloves, peeled • 400g can cherry tomatoes • 750g golden caster sugar • 250ml red wine vinegar Method • STEP 1 Tip the peppers, chillies (with seeds),ContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Sweet Chilli Jam”

Everyone Needs A Hero For Their Business

This week our Focus On Tech has been uploading links to an innovative new app called Hero. This app allows you to create a landing page which can be personalised. Our use of Hero We have used our Hero page to signpost people to our third-party landing sites, what 3 words locations for each ofContinueContinue reading “Everyone Needs A Hero For Their Business”

Oaks Barn Farm Working Towards Net Zero And A Sustainable Farming Future

Working in partnership with Worcestershire County Council and Climate Essentials, we are undertaking our Year1 assessment, following our investment in On-Site Solar, Biomass and heat loss reduction strategies throughout our site. Our initial results are as follows: Emissions are 92% lower than the average business in our size and sector. Emissions are 70% lower byContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Working Towards Net Zero And A Sustainable Farming Future”

Field View Covered Outdoor Dining Taking Positives From The Pandemic

In 2021 we experienced a massive surge in our whole site bookings, COVID made us look at ways of using our abundant outdoor space for social distancing. Field View can seat 20 for a magical outdoor dining experience when combined with our Pizza Experience Night. The project was part funded through Worcestershire’s Here2Help programme, whichContinueContinue reading “Field View Covered Outdoor Dining Taking Positives From The Pandemic”

Visit The Farm Business Innovation Show

It’s coming up to a year since we were invited to Judge at The Farm Business Innovator of The Year Awards. Our Business in just a year has grown significantly. The beauty of the show is the networking opportunities, the chance to see new ideas and innovation and come away inspired to do more withContinueContinue reading “Visit The Farm Business Innovation Show”

Full House For Farm Diversification

Thanks to both The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and The Game Fair at Ragley Hall, we are once again full for the weekend in each of our three farm stay properties. Wole Site Located in just outside of Alcester on the Worcestershire Warwickshire border, Oaks Barn Farm is a Family Run and independently owned FarmContinueContinue reading “Full House For Farm Diversification”

Corporate Events

There has never been a better time to bring a team together Delegate Package Wole SiteOutdoor Lounge to Shepherd’s ViewCovered Outside Dining Book A 2 Night Stay Exclusive use of the whole siteField view Garden Lounge with Data Projector & ScreenFree whole-site Wifi3 adjacent self-catering properties 3 fully equipped kitchens 9 Bedrooms 6 Bathrooms 11ContinueContinue reading “Corporate Events”

A Taste Of Things To Come for Second Home Ownership

From April next 2023, Councils will be able to control the numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new Welsh government plans. A new licensing scheme for people who want to operate short-term holiday lets, such as Airbnb, is also planned. First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price made the announcementContinueContinue reading “A Taste Of Things To Come for Second Home Ownership”

Farm Goes Off Grid Amidst Energy Price Hikes

Solar Install This headline has been a number of years in the making. In November 2012 with Spa Solar of Droitwich, we installed an 8kw Solar Panel array on our barn to supplement our power usage on the farm. Making use of government-backed feed-in tariff incentive. EV Chargepoint Installed In March 2019 we installed ourContinueContinue reading “Farm Goes Off Grid Amidst Energy Price Hikes”