Hunting Hall is a small, traditional family farm of 278 acres, built on a rise above the Low stream. Beyond the buildings, the Low meanders through the meadows, where sheep graze and native wetland plants grow. An ancient tree lined farm track leads towards Lowick village, past arable fields bordered with tall hawthorn hedges.

There has been a farm at Hunting Hall for many hundreds of years; in fact, the outline of circular ditches on the far bank of the stream suggests people chose to settle here prehistory. In 1951 Fred Burn bought Hunting Hall Farm and now, two generations later, we are aware of the historical and natural heritage in our care.

To look after this traditional farmland, which is so special to us, we have introduced many conservation projects on the farm. With the help of our tenant farmer and several youth groups we have created a haven for wildlife. The NEWTs’ Farm Trail will help you find you find out more about our efforts.  There are often new projects being carried out at Hunting Hall; hedge and tree planting, sowing wildflowers, the creation of footpaths and disabled access to make the countryside more accessible to all etc. News of our work can often be found on our blog and little snapshots of our days are recorded on Facebook.

To help our local community we have created an orchard for Lowick village at Hunting Hall. We have offered 1.8 acres of field close to the village and led a project to plant, and organically manage, over 80 heritage fruit trees. More about this project can be found at www.lowickcommunityorchard.org

We keep rare breed pigs on the farm, preserving many of the old breeds no longer needed in today's world of intensive production. There is a small flock of sheep in organic conversion, a few goats and an odd mixture of hens and geese. You may even see a peacock, which makes a very incongruous sight standing on top of the old Ford tractor!