We’re a Smallholding on the border of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. We offer farm experiences from an hour visit to cuddle the lambs, sheep and the chickens to a two hour laid back evening session where we’ll discuss a bit more detail about the care of the animals and how we farm the land. We also do Shepherd experiences where we take you up onto the Saddleworth hills with our sheepdog to round up the sheep and carry out some of the many jobs we have to do on the farm. We will also be doing extra sessions depending on the time of year – for example, lambing, shearing, scanning and tupping.

Do you have a Border Collie or other type of sheepdog and always wondered if it could round up sheep? Get in touch, we can tailor an unforgettable experience for you and your dog.

We now have about 30 Pedigree Ryeland Sheep – they are a heritage breed and so take much longer to grow than the modern commercial breeds. They are hardy and stay out all winter and they eat almost exclusively grass. They love interacting with people and saying hello and love a treat.”

We have mostly sheep, along with two rare breed wooly piglets andalso a few chickens that lay eggs and one duck called Charlie. We also have a lovely sheepdog Bluey. He loves to round up the sheep, but he’s also very friendly and likes to play.

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We are registered and licenced by Oldham Council to exhibit animals. (Animal Welfare Licence Number: AWL0009 ).

We are registered with Oldham Council as a food and catering business and received a 5 star rating at our first inspection in October 2025.

Why not stay on Ivy Cottage Farm when we are lambing. You can book through Airbnb:

https://airbnb.com/h/icglamping

Or we also have a little Cottage in Hebden Bridge that you can book here:

https://airbnb.com/h/hyggecottagehb

We also won 2 stars at this years Great Taste Awards for our Old Season Heritage Lamb Shoulder.

Join us on our social media – we have lots of videos and pictures. We put all our new events on our Facebook page…..

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See the links at the bottom.