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Lower Drayton Farm

@ldf_fun_farm

Gateway to Adventure! Family fun farm in Penkridge, nr Stafford - indoor & outdoor play, animal encounters & seasonal events!

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Tears of joy at the @StaffsCountyShow today and a massive thank you to all of our amazing team. We have won 🥇 best stand in our class & Champion 🏆 stand for the entire show for our 2024 Children’s Farm about tech used on farms. Dreams don’t work unless you do 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Tears of joy at the @StaffsCountyShow today and a massive thank you to all of our amazing team. We have won 🥇 best stand in our class & Champion 🏆 stand for the entire show for our 2024 Children’s Farm about tech used on farms. Dreams don’t work unless you do 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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🎉🥳More winners at tonight's Express & Star Business Awards! Alloy Wire is Manufacturing Champion sponsored by Collins Aerospace.👏 Metelec Ltd wins Growth and Innovation Award sponsored by Emmiera Group 🙌 Lower Drayton Farm ➡️Family Business of the Year sponsored by Crowe UK✨#ESBA24

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🏆 Last night Farmer Ray and Val dressed up to the nines and attended the 2024 Express & Star Business Awards. We’d been shortlisted in the Family Business of the Year category alongside 3 other fantastic local businesses. Imagine our delight when we were named winner! 🙌🥂

🏆 Last night Farmer Ray and Val dressed up to the nines and attended the 2024 <a href="/ExpressandStar/">Express & Star</a> Business Awards.

We’d been shortlisted in the Family Business of the Year category alongside 3 other fantastic local businesses.
Imagine our delight when we were named winner! 🙌🥂
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Some highlights from BBC Radio Stoke’s visit to talk to Farmer Richard about #Farm24 - turns out broadcaster Matt is a natural born combine harvester driver! 🚜 BBC Stoke & Staffordshire #thisfarminglife #farminguk #farmvisit #farmattraction

Some highlights from BBC Radio Stoke’s visit to talk to Farmer Richard about #Farm24 - turns out broadcaster Matt is a natural born combine harvester driver! 🚜

<a href="/BBCRadioStoke/">BBC Stoke & Staffordshire</a> #thisfarminglife #farminguk #farmvisit #farmattraction
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*NEWSFLASH* We’re shortlisted as Large Diversification of the year in the Farmers Guardian British Farming Awards This is a real credit to our team, our customers and the businesses that supply us. Being recognised alongside the best in our industry is very humbling for us. 🤞

*NEWSFLASH*

We’re shortlisted as Large Diversification of the year in the <a href="/FarmersGuardian/">Farmers Guardian</a> British Farming Awards

This is a real credit to our team, our customers and the businesses that supply us.

Being recognised alongside the best in our industry is very humbling for us. 🤞
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Our sunflowers maize is all part of as part of your PLAY@ visit this summer! You can also buy sunflowers to take home with 50% of proceeds going to our charity partner Birmingham Children’s Hospital… Bham Children's Hosp 💙

Our sunflowers maize is all part of as part of your PLAY@ visit this summer!
You can also buy sunflowers to take home with 50% of proceeds going to our charity partner Birmingham Children’s Hospital… <a href="/Bham_Childrens/">Bham Children's Hosp 💙</a>
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Yesterday, we welcomed Kaz Graham and Emma Campbell from BBC Radio 4 Farming Today, to record a programme called ‘On your farm’ that will go out on the radio 📻 later this month. We spoke about family, diversification, food, farming and of course Pumpkins 🎃 BBC Radio 4

Yesterday, we welcomed Kaz Graham and Emma Campbell from BBC Radio 4 Farming Today, to record a programme called ‘On your farm’ that will go out on the radio 📻 later this month.
We spoke about family, diversification, food, farming and of course Pumpkins 🎃
<a href="/BBCRadio4/">BBC Radio 4</a>
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YFC members enjoyed a tour of Richard Bower's Lower Drayton Farm this month and also learnt more about the farm's involvement with FareShare to tackle food waste. Huge thanks to Richard for sharing this message for #NationalYoungFarmersWeek, which is supported by Agrii

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🚀900,000 people have benefitted from major investment into cricket facilities across England and Wales! Over 230 all-weather pitches have been installed, increasing opportunities and making cricket more accessible👇 KP Snacks | IG | London Cricket Trust | Sport England

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We are delighted to have been named a finalist in the Large Farm Attraction of the Year category of the NFAN Awards 2025. These are the ‘Oscars’ of our industry and we are honoured to be shortlisted alongside some of the best large farm businesses in the country.

We are delighted to have been named a finalist in the Large Farm Attraction of the Year category of the NFAN Awards 2025.

These are the ‘Oscars’ of our industry and we are honoured to be shortlisted alongside some of the best large farm businesses in the country.
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A visit to Lower Drayton Farm yesterday ringing in a sunflower crop saw us ring Greenfinch 75 + 5r Goldfinch 36 + 1r Chaffinch 35 + 1r Brambling 4 Linnet 3 Session cut short by disturbance by a T-Rex🤣🤣 we've never run so fast!!

A visit to <a href="/LDF_fun_farm/">Lower Drayton Farm</a> yesterday  ringing in a sunflower crop saw us ring
Greenfinch 75 + 5r
Goldfinch 36 + 1r
Chaffinch 35 + 1r
Brambling 4
Linnet 3
Session cut short by disturbance by a T-Rex🤣🤣 we've never run so fast!!
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Morning everyone! At 9pm this evening (Fri 27 Dec), you’ll get the chance to see Sky News’ full report ‘The Last Straw’ which follows us through what has been a tumultuous year on in farming… Read more: news.sky.com/story/in-a-tim… Sky News

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A Goldfinch we ringed on the 3/11/25 at Lower Drayton Farm in Penkridge, Staffordshire was recaptured on the 11/11/25 at Icklesham, East Sussex, the bird had travelled 172 miles in 8 days and had lost 0.7g, think we'd have lost a bit more weight if we'd have walked it in 8 days!

A Goldfinch we ringed on the 3/11/25 at <a href="/LDF_fun_farm/">Lower Drayton Farm</a> in Penkridge, Staffordshire was recaptured on the 11/11/25 at Icklesham, East Sussex, the bird had travelled 172 miles in 8 days and had lost 0.7g, think we'd have lost a bit more weight if we'd have walked it in 8 days!
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Happy #EnglishTourismWeek25 - we are proud to be a part of this innovative industry; delivering experiences that educate and inspire while generating jobs and driving growth. Why not join in and help celebrate your favourite tourist attractions & destinations? VisitEngland

Happy #EnglishTourismWeek25 - we are proud to be a part of this innovative industry; delivering experiences that educate and inspire while generating jobs and driving growth. Why not join in and help celebrate your favourite tourist attractions &amp; destinations? <a href="/VisitEngland/">VisitEngland</a>
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View from the office with a cracking sunset 🌅 on farm tonight. Today we have had our annual NFAN (National Farm Attraction Network) Animal Attraction Assurace Scheme audit (AAAS) which has gone really well, thanks to our awesome team.

View from the office with a cracking sunset 🌅 on farm tonight.

Today we have had our annual NFAN (National Farm Attraction Network) Animal Attraction Assurace Scheme audit (AAAS) which has gone really well, thanks to our awesome team.
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Unexpected visit from James Sinclair & team from Marsh Farm in Essex! We gave them a whistle stop tour of PLAY@ - was lovely to see him.... Marsh Farm James Sinclair #nfan #farmpark #farmingcommunity #farmlife #farmattractionsuk

Unexpected visit from James Sinclair &amp; team from Marsh Farm in Essex! 

We gave them a whistle stop tour of PLAY@ - was lovely to see him....

<a href="/marsh_farm/">Marsh Farm</a> <a href="/JamesSinclair85/">James Sinclair</a> 

#nfan #farmpark #farmingcommunity #farmlife #farmattractionsuk