Eat and drink · Biddestone
Allington Farm Shop and Café
A family farm shop and café on Allington Bar Farm outside Chippenham, about 3 miles by road from Biddestone, with its own butchery from the farm, a deli, a bakery and a licensed café.
Family-friendly
A farm shop a short drive from Biddestone and Castle Combe: a butcher selling the farm's own meat, a big deli counter and a café for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, open every day.
- Good: Butchery with meat almost all reared on the farm
- Good: Café open every day for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea
- Good: Children's menu, takeaway menu, and dogs welcome in the café
- Worth knowing: Café tables cannot be booked; afternoon tea must be
- Worth knowing: On the edge of Chippenham, not in a village
- Worth knowing: Lunch from 11.45am to 3pm, Sundays 12pm to 2.30pm
About
Allington Farm Shop is on Allington Bar Farm, just outside Chippenham and about 3 miles by road east of Biddestone. The family have farmed here as tenants for three generations, and the shop, opened in 1981, stands in front of their mixed farm.
The shop sells fresh fruit, vegetables and salads, potatoes from the farm by the sack, groceries local and from further afield, and bread from Hobbs House Bakery and Bakers Corner. Its butchery counter sells meat almost all reared on the farm, and the deli counter has local, artisan and continental cheeses. At Christmas it sells trees, hampers and sprouts grown at Sherston, and it roasts its own pigs for events. The shop opens from 9am every day, to 5.30pm from Monday to Wednesday, 6pm from Thursday to Saturday and 4pm on Sundays.
The café is open from 9am to 4.30pm from Monday to Saturday and 9.30am to 4pm on Sundays: breakfasts, lunch from 11.45am to 3pm, homemade burgers from £16 and salads from £8 when we checked in October 2026, afternoon tea and puddings, with a specials board, a children's menu, a takeaway menu and gluten-free bread. Dogs are welcome and there is seating outside. Tables cannot be booked, but afternoon tea must be, by phone or email.
It is a short drive from Biddestone and Castle Combe, and the place to stock up for a cottage weekend. Our Biddestone heritage trail makes a morning, and the White Horse on the green serves lunch from Friday to Sunday.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 09:00
| Mon | Opening | Café |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 to 17:30 | 09:00 to 16:30 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 17:30 | 09:00 to 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 17:30 | 09:00 to 16:30 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 18:00 | 09:00 to 16:30 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 18:00 | 09:00 to 16:30 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 18:00 | 09:00 to 16:30 |
| Sunday | 09:30 to 16:00 | 09:30 to 16:00 |
Café: Café on 01249 463326; lunch 11.45am to 3pm, Sundays noon to 2.30pm
On bank holidays the shop opens 10am to 4pm; the café's own site gives 10am to 3.30pm.
The details
- Food
- Café food
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea
- Dietary
- Vegetarian dishes · Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes · Children's menu
- Features
- Shop · Café · Parking
- History
- Established in 1981; three generations on the farm
Photos
Christmas produce from the butchery 
The deli counter 
Inside the shop 
From the butchery
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