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A Sustainable green holiday destination

Why Oaks Barn Farm Family Farm Stay is greener than the fields that surround us: ✓ Solar panels generate a third of our electricity used on the farm. this year we have generated 1768 units resulting in a Carbon Saving of 28,910kg per annum ✓ Our electric car charge point works on an eco plusContinueContinue reading “A Sustainable green holiday destination”

Continuing to Grow Beyond Brexit

For many small businesses the future could be perceived to hold nothing but uncertainty. Truth is in any climate tomorrow comes with no guarantees. There is no better time than now, to hold on tightly to what you are good at, for us it is now, what has always been providing good quality family farmContinueContinue reading “Continuing to Grow Beyond Brexit”

Green Energy Performance

Solar Performance data With Last year’s exceptional summer and this year’s surprisingly mild winter to date our Solar Panels have generated 6729KW of energy against our annual usage of 9751KW which represents our farm generating 69% of our total consumption. Biomass Performance Data Our Biomass Boiler last year generated 73445KW of heat supplying heat toContinueContinue reading “Green Energy Performance”

Have you cleaned your solar panels?

This is the Second time since installation but well over due, with this hot dry summer and surrounding fields, the dust build up was anticipated to be significant but I was surprised at how dirty the panels had become, I would anticipate a 15% increase in light post clean, so well worth the 3 hoursContinueContinue reading “Have you cleaned your solar panels?”

How Green are we doing?

With green fields all around us, it is easy to think that this would be green enough, but we want to do more, we are all here just for a short time and our vision for the farm is to put a little back during the time we are here.  On the 20th of OctoberContinueContinue reading “How Green are we doing?”

A Little More Green Sir?

A Little More Green Sir? Ten years on at Oaks Barn Farm and still growing.  This spring has seen the launch of our Come Grow With Us Project on the Farm, we recognise that our guests have a desire to get back to nature and the simplicity of eating healthily. We are now able to offerContinueContinue reading “A Little More Green Sir?”

Green Farm Stay 

It’s close to our financial year end, and whilst we keep a keen eye on the farms financial growth we measure more than just that at Oaks Barn Farm. Global travel opens up a wide range of travel opportunities, we wanted our guests to book with us safe in the knowledge that their holiday hasContinueContinue reading “Green Farm Stay “

Solar Pays Back

Solar Pays Back at our Farm Stay Set in the Heart of Shakespeare’s England, now approaching the end of summer we have had the chance to look back over the past year The Farm now averages 19.65KW production of electricity per day. Our average consumption is 25.9 units per day so we produce 75.86% andContinueContinue reading “Solar Pays Back”

Why our Luxury Farm Stay Does Not Cost The Earth

Diversifying into the Tourisim sector was for our Farm, a way of enabling others to enjoy the peace and tranquility that this slice of Rural England has to offer whilst at the same time building a sustainable business which would support our family through the years ahead. The word sustainable is banded around many governmentContinueContinue reading “Why our Luxury Farm Stay Does Not Cost The Earth”

Why our Luxury Farm Stay Does Not Cost The Earth

Diversifying into the Tourisim sector was for our Farm, a way of enabling others to enjoy the peace and tranquility that this slice of Rural England has to offer whilst at the same time building a sustainable business which would support our family through the years ahead. The word sustainable is banded around many governmentContinueContinue reading “Why our Luxury Farm Stay Does Not Cost The Earth”