Etherley Farm received Rural Surrey LEADER (Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l'Économie Rurale) funding to convert farm buildings into permanent toilet and shower facilities and set up a farm shop to encourage campers to stay for longer visits.
A free-range poultry farm on the slopes of Leith Hill, Etherley Farm also offers a popular camping site. The farm badly needed improved facilities and was awarded funding to convert redundant farm buildings into permanent toilet/shower facilities with an aim to encourage campers to stay for longer visits.
In addition, there is now a butchery and a fully equipped and manned farm shop to serve camping guests as well as local trade. It offers customers on-site products and camping essentials and has allowed the farm to expand its range of free-range produce from their poultry, cattle and a small herd of pigs.
In addition, the farm has successfully applied for a further small grant to purchase juice-making equipment to process the apples from the orchard. This will develop a new part of the business and create apple juice and cider to be sold in the new shop.
Project costs, grant awarded, and job created
- On farm shop, butchery and camping facilities
- Total project cost £106,378
- Grant awarded: £42,550
- Jobs created: 1.25 FTE (Full time equivalent)
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