Working Farm
As well as being our beautiful home, Ashness Farm is a working Lakeland fell farm. We encourage our visitors to come & appreciate Cumbrian family farm life from close-up & share in a little of what means so much to us.


Ashness Farm has a long and notable history and in keeping with its tradtiion many of our farming practices are centuries old. The use of fell and shire ponies is a natural and effective way of controlling bracken and successive shrubs.


In addition to our specialised horses, we also breed prize-winning goats and raise the rare Belted-Galloway cattle and Gloucester Old Spot pig breeds. Even the eggs we use in our traditional farmhouse breakfasts are laid by our own genuine free range, naturally fed hens.


Whether you are a guest enjoying the comforts of our home or a just walker passing through, you are welcome to enjoy the beautiful scenery from the specially created walks which pass through the heart of Ashness Farm