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Things to do · Charlbury
Diddly Squat Farm Shop
Jeremy Clarkson's farm shop on the Chipping Norton road near Chadlington, opened in 2020 and made famous by Clarkson's Farm, open Tuesday to Sunday outside its winter break, with a café and lambing barn seating.
Come for the television connection, the produce and the queue chat, but plan around the crowds: arrive at 9.30am on a weekday, and remember the car parks shut at 5pm. Card only, and no farm tours.
- Good: No booking: just turn up, Tuesday to Sunday
- Good: Step-free shop, disabled parking with attendants, disabled toilet
- Good: Dogs welcome outside and in the lambing barn on a lead
- Worth knowing: Closed Mondays and for a winter break; car parks close at 5pm
- Worth knowing: Card only; queues may be closed early on busy days
- Worth knowing: Overflow car park muddy in bad weather: 4x4s only
About
Diddly Squat Farm Shop is Jeremy Clarkson's farm shop on the Chipping Norton road near Chadlington, about 4 miles north-west of Charlbury. He and his partner Lisa Hogan opened it in 2020 to sell what the farm produced, starting with potatoes, and the television series Clarkson's Farm made it famous.
It opens from 9.30am to 4.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday and on bank holidays, and is closed on Mondays. You do not book: you queue for the shop and, separately, for food, which is served until 3pm, with seats in the lambing barn on a walk-in basis. On busy days the queues can be closed early, and traffic builds on the road outside, so come at opening on a weekday. Allow an hour, or two with lunch. The shop takes cards only. It closes for a winter break: in 2026 it reopened on 25 March, so check its website before a visit between Christmas and spring.
There is a main car park with disabled spaces and an overflow car park, which is muddy in wet weather and only for 4x4s then. Both car parks close at 5pm, and the shop asks you not to park on the verges. The shop is step-free, with a disabled toilet. Dogs are welcome on a lead outside and in the lambing barn, but not in the shop. There are no farm tours.
Without a car, take the X9 bus, which stops outside the shop, between Witney and Chipping Norton, or the train to Charlbury and a bus or taxi. The farm shop also has a branch at The Farmer's Dog pub, near Burford, where the Pub Shop is open from 9.30am to 5.30pm, Tuesday to Sunday, and, like the farm shop, takes cards only. Kingham is about 4 miles west.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:30 to 16:30 |
| Wednesday | 09:30 to 16:30 |
| Thursday | 09:30 to 16:30 |
| Friday | 09:30 to 16:30 |
| Saturday | 09:30 to 16:30 |
| Sunday | 09:30 to 16:30 |
Open Tuesday to Sunday 9.30am to 4.30pm, bank holidays included, outside a winter break (it reopened on 25 March in 2026). Food until 3pm. Both car parks close at 5pm, with no vehicles allowed after.
Facilities
- Farm shopCard only
- Café and barFood served until 3pm; bar until 4.30pm; lambing barn seating, walk-in only
- Car parksMain and overflow car parks, both closing at 5pm; disabled spaces
- ToiletsDisabled toilet on site
- DogsOn a lead outside and in the lambing barn; not in the shop
The details
- Time to allow
- An hour, or two with lunch
- Features
- Café · Shop · Parking
- History
- Opened in 2020
- Parking
- Main and overflow car parks (what3words anchovies.panoramic.study), both closing at 5pm. Overflow at your own risk and 4x4 only in bad weather. No verge parking.
- Without a car
- The X9 (Witney to Chipping Norton, about hourly by day) stops outside the shop. Charlbury station, with trains from Oxford and London Paddington, is the nearest; then a bus or a pre-booked taxi.
Photos
Inside the shop Photo: Scglossop1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
The farm shop sign Photo: kTb, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 
Queueing outside the shop Photo: Scglossop1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Location
Accessibility
- Step-free access
- Accessible toilet
The shop is all on ground level with no steps, though some areas are narrow; staff help on request. Disabled parking spaces, with attendants to direct you, and a disabled toilet. New pavements with dropped kerbs outside.
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