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Open Farm Sunday 2026

Step into Dorset’s working countryside for a day where farming, food and landscape come together.

Open Farm Sunday offers the opportunity to visit local farms across the Dorset National Landscape, take part in hands on activities, enjoy guided tours and experience how food is produced by the people who care for these distinctive places.

Taking place on Sunday 7 June, it’s a relaxed and family friendly way to explore the countryside and gain a deeper understanding of the vital connection between farming and the Dorset landscape you see today.

People riding a covered tractor trailer through green countryside on a farm visit or outdoor event.
Open Farm Sunday at Denhay

Participating Dorset Farms

Coppet Hill – hosted in partnership with the Melplash Agricultural Society and the Marshwood Vale Farmers Cluster
Discover the vital role farmers play in producing our food, caring for nature, and protecting the environment.

Highlights:
• Tractor & trailer rides around the farm
• From wheat to bread demonstrations
• Sheep shearing & the story of wool
• Meet the animals – sheep, cattle, pigs, calves & chickens
• Hands-on farm-to-food activities for kids

Local food available. Or bring a picnic and enjoy the family-friendly picnic area.
Come and meet your local farmers and see how your food is produced. Activities are centred around the Barn Owl Buildings and include tractor and trailer rides, working demonstrations, livestock displays and food stalls.

Entry is free, with plenty of parking available.

Location: Coppet Hill, Denhay Farm, Broadoak DT6 5NP
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Cost: Free
Contact:
📞 07866 619727
✉️ pippa@coppethill.co.uk

Dollens Farm
Visit an organic dairy farm, tractor and trailer rides around chalkland sites of Special Scientific Interest (S.S.I.), with outstanding views of the Sydling Valley.

Tours approximately 1 hour, all day until 4pm.

View milking from 2.00 pm. Arla will be in attendance, along with Dorset Wildlife Trust.

About This Farm
Dollens Farm is an organic, 220 dairy herd, farmed over 720. acres, in a quiet Dorset valley. Farming with the environment is very important to us, we farm with nature, working to protect and encourage birds, insects and chalk downland plants.
Event cost: Free

Location: Dollens Farmhouse, Sydling St Nicholas, Dorchester, Dorset, Dorset, DT2 9PD

Highlights:
• Cereal crops (e.g. barley, wheat)
• Dairy
• Environmental stewardship

Event contact and for more information please contact:
📞 01300 341780
✉️c.legg@btconnect.com

Knife Hill Farm
Highlights:
• Dairy
• Farm shop
• Retail

Location: Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 0NA
For more information please contact:
📞- 07484 732305
✉️- Oakvalefarmsltd@icloud.com

Kingston Maurward College

Highlights:
• Dairy
• Sheep
• Pigs
• Other livestock
• Farm shop
• Other livestock
• Goats
Location: Kingston Maurward College, Dorset, DT2 8PY
For more information please contact:
📞- 01305215012
✉️- sarah.hassall@kmc.ac.uk

More farms to be announced
The organisers of Open Farm Sunday have advised that additional farms may be added to the programme ahead of Sunday 7 June 2026, so keep an eye out for updates!
For more information about the national event, visit https://farmsunday.org/

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Open Farm Sunday logo featuring green text inside an orange outline shaped like a farm tractor, alongside a circular ‘LEAF – Linking Environment and Farming’ badge.
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