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Fowlescombe Farm Fowlescombe Farm is a luxury Devon hotel rooted in regeneration and true field-to-fork dining, set at the heart a 450-acre estate on the fringes of Dartmoor.

As seen in Condé Nast Traveller, The Telegraph & National Geographic Traveller.

A Week on the Farm | 25 October 2026No sloes so far, but many medlars, bletted and bound for Christmas jams; the process...
25/10/2026

A Week on the Farm | 25 October 2026

No sloes so far, but many medlars, bletted and bound for Christmas jams; the process has begun. A feathered arrival in the Farmhouse, looking to check in. Half-term helping hands, and Shorthorn short rib agnolotti. Preparing a Greenhouse full of flowers for a very important question (she said yes!)

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a storm called Austen requires a good book and no plans. Hatches battened, g...
22/10/2026

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a storm called Austen requires a good book and no plans.

Hatches battened, glass poured. Hunker down, Devon.

Half-term arrives and we’re reminded of the joy in watching children discover the farm. Throwing apples to the piglets a...
19/10/2026

Half-term arrives and we’re reminded of the joy in watching children discover the farm.

Throwing apples to the piglets and pondering on why the sheep have horns so curly, picking vegetables from the garden for their dinner. Pulling on wellies and running until the field runs out. Give them the space to explore and even the ordinary becomes a big adventure.

There’s plenty of space to explore here, and just a little space to do so this October half-term if you’re quick.

Get in touch to book a last-minute Devon adventure. We’ll let the piglets know you’re coming…

A Week on the Farm | 18 October 2026A head rub before farrowing for the sows; 34 piglets between them arrived today and ...
18/10/2026

A Week on the Farm | 18 October 2026

A head rub before farrowing for the sows; 34 piglets between them arrived today and a feeding free-for-all has begun. A very special hour spent creating riotous joy in the Greenhouse with Rollo, all of us still amazed at the colours the gardens are still giving in mid-October. Snipping the last bits for service, and wheeling barrows - seemingly endless barrows - towards compost. 3pm cake, delivered to the Farmhouse with the ceremony it deserves by Zak.

An ode to the slow autumn Sunday.Late to rise, tea in the bath. A Full Fowlescombe. Seeing where your feet take you.
18/10/2026

An ode to the slow autumn Sunday.

Late to rise, tea in the bath. A Full Fowlescombe. Seeing where your feet take you.

16/10/2026

Field Notes | 16 October 2026

Sea Swims: We may be on Dartmoor’s edge, but we’re only a winding lane or two away from sand and sea. Caught in the best of both worlds, if you will.

Sea swims call often; sometimes with a touch of reluctance come winter, but you never regret one.

Some days, feeling good means counting to three and diving in.

Defra published its annual count of Britain’s wild birds this week and it makes for sobering reading. Since 1970, farmla...
15/10/2026

Defra published its annual count of Britain’s wild birds this week and it makes for sobering reading. Since 1970, farmland birds have fallen by almost two thirds, yellowhammers and lapwings still falling steeply.

Our last survey here counted 39 species across the farm, nine of them on the national priority list. The barn owls over the fields at dusk. Skylarks over the leys in spring. Yellowhammers that burst from the hedgerows.

There’s an abundance of life here far beyond the animals we farm, wild birds among it. We’re doing all we can to help them survive and thrive like they once did.

A Week on the Farm | Last October Half TermFresh pasta by little hands. Shelley’s grandma’s apple cake recipe, with frui...
11/10/2026

A Week on the Farm | Last October Half Term

Fresh pasta by little hands. Shelley’s grandma’s apple cake recipe, with fruit from the orchard and caramel-sticky fingers. Walks into the woods for George’s flatbreads over a fire, and the piglets’ share of the apple harvest, dished out by eager farmers in training.

Ordinary days on a very big adventure. There’s still a little availability for this one…

Included in every stay: the full range of a very good day. Something learned, something made, something to slow you down...
09/10/2026

Included in every stay: the full range of a very good day.

Something learned, something made, something to slow you down. In the fields with Rosie, in the garden with Shelley, in the kitchen with Brandon, scouring the skies with Andrew. What’s on the calendar depends on what the farm needs today.

Boots may get muddy. Phones will go unchecked.

If you have been thinking about taking a seat at the Refectory table, this weekend has some space. The kitchen at work i...
07/10/2026

If you have been thinking about taking a seat at the Refectory table, this weekend has some space.

The kitchen at work in front of you, the gardens and fields that feed it just outside. Squash from the beds, preserves that have had a summer to steep from the pickle shelf. The work of a whole farm on the menu.

In the fields, the day stops at dusk. In the kitchen, it’s only just beginning. Join us for dinner

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