Live from the farm – March 28

Today's broadcast brought positives amidst the challenges - we take a sneak peek at Farmer Alex's new haircut (cut at home by his dad) and there's a rare glimpse of Farmer Roger (from a distance as he's in isolation.)

There's scores of lambs arriving and lots of work to be done.

Twins – Lambing During Lockdown

Our visitor attraction is closed to the public - but we still have hundreds of ewes due to lamb.

Farmer Robert and Farmer Kate were on hand today to welcome these twin Jacobs who arrived naturally.

Even when the sheep don't need our help, the lambs need a touch of TLC to make sure they start off on the healthiest foot possible.

Just for Kids: All about Horses!

Do you have kids at home? Many of our team are in the same boat - so we thought we'd try something totally new.

Join us at 10am Friday morning for a short video that's just for kids. The first topic is all about Shire horses.We will be here with ...read more

Live from the Farm – March 27

There's some cheeky alpacas, a surprise new lamb and an update on our smashing Shire Orchid and her foal on this morning's live broadcast.

You can watch the #replay now.

Live Lambing On Lockdown

At 5am this morning, Farmer Robert was doing his morning rounds when he spotted a ewe who had already had two lambs - but appeared to be struggling with the third.

Quickly spotting something wrong, he leapt into action.He captured the whole thing on his phone - here's what's going on right now at Cannon Hall Farm.

Our new foal – March 20, 2020

Our amazing Shire horse Orchid has safely delivered her foal on March 19, 2020.

Join Farmer Robert as he introduces you to him for the first time.

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We have temporarily closed (but the farm shop is open)

It's a broadcast we hoped we'd never have to make - but Farmer Robert is here to fill you in on the closure announcement we just made.

Please be assured this is TEMPORARY and our farm shop is open as usual with lots of new things to come from our redeployed staff teams.

Our full update is on our website and we are here to help.

Welcoming a Grizzly Bear!

Our farmers had an epic road trip to go and collect Grizzly Bear - our new Swiss Valais tup - from Scotland this week.

Watch the fly-on-the-wall documentary we filmed as we went to collect him and welcome him to the Cannon Hall Farm family.

Grizzly and the pygmys

Farmer David is shearing the swiss valais - but their horns make it a tricky affair.

Farmer Robert catches up with one of our friendliest goats, and our newest arrival Grizzly Bear makes his presence known.

Pony Run Out

The ever wet ground has been a real challenge recently and our Shetland Ponies were overdue a run. We decided to move them in to the spare sand paddock next to our Shires.The tiny but mighty ponies were desperate to show Ruby who is boss...but she was having none of it.

Lamb quads and a live birth

Farmer Robert brings us news of newborn Quads and dramatic footage of a live birth at Cannon Hall Farm in Barnsley, February 26, 2020.

Ruth saves a lamb!

Our roundhouse is unique because we have a viewing platform which allows the day's visitors to watch as our farmer's go about their day. 

Watch what happens when a ewe got in distress in front of the day's guests - Farmer Ruth was called into action to save ...read more