Welcome to our website for Highwater Farm!
Here you can hear more about the farm, as well as our recent community events!
Our recent
events
With work continuing on our proposals for a small number of eco-lodges, and further work planned to enhance the site. We were delighted to meet our neighbours at our recer community events, held on site at Highwater Farm.
Where?
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Highwater Farm, East Hanningfield,
Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8AL
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At these events, you were able to see Highwater Farm, meet the team, and ask them your questions.
The team presented information on the Farm and recent works on site, on a series of boards – which you can find below.
You can also sign up to our mailing list, to keep updated on the Farm.
What’s going on at Highwater Farm?
Highwater Farm fell into disrepair a few years ago, but it has, since 2020, been turned into a modern, sustainable, working farm by Eli Low and his family. Highwater Farm is now home to a number of rare species of livestock, including cows and turkeys, as well as large numbers of sheep, chickens and donkeys.
Some of Highwater Farm’s donkeys
The site also hosts educational and leisure visits from children and adults – principally in the Jewish community – to help them connect with the land in line with Jewish tradition, as well as to experience a rural farmstead – something many have never been able to do.
In line with our aims to build a modern, sustainable working farm, we have recently increased work on site – and are keen to talk through what we have planned. This recent activity includes maintenance works, but we have also recently submitted an application for a small number of eco-lodges, tucked away in a remote area of woodland at the northern extremity of the farm. These will be simple, low-impact structures to be used for outdoor educational purposes.
Our plans for the site
At Highwater Farm, we want to:
Build a modern, sustainable, working farm
Provide educational opportunities for children and young people, including those from inner-city backgrounds
Conserve rare and ancient breeds of livestock
Provide opportunities to re-connect people of all ages to the land, and rebuild agricultural skills
