Welcome to Wakelyns

Organic farming, short food chains, enterprise stacking on one of the earliest, most diverse, agroforestry sites.

Courses, events, Wakelyns Bakery, holiday accommodation (and NGO retreats), horticulture, crafts, volunteer opportunities, and more

AN OASIS

We want our 23 hectares to provide the best produce and food; help tackle climate change and the nature crisis; and provide construction materials, crafts, energy, work, accommodation (including for visitors), learning, public access, community, inspiration and well-being

“Short [food] chains” – means that our food and other farming produce is cooked or crafted on site for eating and selling here or locally.

“Enterprise stacking” – means hosting small land-based business who collaborate to maximise the contribution to and from our 23 hectares.

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And here’s some lovely graphics (from here) illustrating agroforestry which was regarded as cranky when first planted at Wakelyns in 1994, but since 2023 is mainstream UK Government policy.

Material Cultures – Growing a Building podcast

We have been working with Summer and Paloma from Material Cultures on their plans to 'grow a building'. Here them talking as part of the Design Museum's Future Observatory podcast series about that, about Wakelyns and about regenerative architecture. Click here or on the image to listen directly; or here to download the podcast on Spotify.

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The bread of my dreams

"It seems to be a bit silly writing to a bakery to say “thank you” but I have just found the bread of my dreams!  It has been a lifelong search but I have cracked it with your Wholemeal, Seeded loaf.  I just picked up a small loaf at Friday Street last week because I had not seen one like it before.  I went back today and bought two large ones.  I realised the connection with Hodmedods (love them too) when I read the ingredients. "

Wakelyns Bakery

Stay in a Ley Alley Pod at Wakelyns

Relax and sleep in comfort in the midst of the Wakelyns organic agroforestry and enjoy everything that is going on at Wakelyns. Heated pods with double bed bunks (with lovely mattresses) H&C water, toilet, hob, fridge. Showers and 'summer kitchen' nearby.

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Buy our stuff

People visiting Wakelyns for courses, events or other activities have often asked about buying Wakelyns produce. To make that easy for them, we have set up The Wakelyns Car Port. We will try and keep it stocked with whatever Wakelyns stuff we have available at the time: Wakelyns Bakery produce such as jars of jams, pickles and other delights; and frozen meals for people stating in the Wakelyns Ley Alley Pods or Wakelylns Farmhouse; Baskets and other Wakelyns made willow delights from Willow Phoenix; Wakelyns mugs, T shirts and hoodies; bird boxes from Street Forge; in season veg from WakelynsVeg; special items from our long term collaborators Hodmedods. Help yourself to the items you want, write them down in the notebook on the table, and pay via the card machine. You can also get Wakelyns bread and other produce (in season!) mail order via Hodmedods.

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Agroforestry

Wakelyns is distinguished by the system of alleys and hedges that have been established over the past 25 years making it one of the oldest and most diverse organic agroforestry sites in the UK.

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Our trees

In the tree rows are nearly 50 varieties of apples, pears, quinces, cherries, walnuts, hazelnuts, along with trees for timber and coppiced willow and hazel for thatching and biomass fuel.

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