Exciting plans to develop family venue

Sacrewell Farms plans to increase facilities

Popular family attraction Sacrewell Farm has announced exciting plans as it plans for life after lockdown.

The farm off the A47 reopened on July 3 with a restricted number of vistors.

General manager Lee Scowen said: “We’re spending a lot of money on the site but we have to do that to make the business sustainable. We are a charity, and being shut for four months hit us very hard. We lost a substantial amount of money and we’re thankful for our annual pass members who support us.

“Our aim is to improve our offering to visitors to make Sacrewell more of a destination for people to come to with improved facilities.”

And with the re-opening being successfully carried out, more attention can now be put towards an exciting revamp of one of Peterborough’s most popular attractions, which is run as a charity by the William Scott Abbott Trust.

At the forefront of those plans is a new artisan courtyard which is due to open in October. It will boast Stamford Heavenly Chocolates as well as a cheesemonger, micro gin distillery, illustrator, blacksmith, woodcarver and, hopefully, a glassblower or pottery maker.

Further developments include a new outdoor play area for youngsters aged from one up to 13 which will incorporate the watermill.

With the new play area going inside the farm, it will mean the camping area will be relocated.

Plans are also in place to put a new restaurant in the old farmhouse which will use organic produce from Riverford which is located at the site.

However, this has been delayed until 2021.

Lee Scowen, general manager at the site for new court yard and (below) some of the existing attractions