Eat and drink · Cirencester
The Organic Farm Shop
An organic farm shop and café at Abbey Home Farm on the Burford Road outside Cirencester, which began its organic conversion in 1990, with walks round the farm and EV charging.
EV charging
An organic shop and café on Abbey Home Farm. The café is closed on Mondays, when the shop opens only in the morning.
- Good: Organic shop and café on a working farm
- Good: No steps round the shop and café; accessible toilets
- Good: EV chargers on site
- Worth knowing: Café closed Mondays; shop open only in the morning
- Worth knowing: Sat nav is unreliable here; follow the farm's directions
About
The Organic Farm Shop is the shop and café of Abbey Home Farm, on the Burford Road just north-east of Cirencester. Will and Hilary Chester-Master run the farm, and began its conversion to organic in 1990. The farm says the land, once part of the estate of Cirencester Abbey, was bought from Elizabeth I in 1564 by Dr Richard Master, the Queen's physician, from whom the family descends.
The shop sells food from the farm and its vegetable garden alongside other organic groceries, and organic cotton textiles and Indian folk art. The café opens Tuesday to Sunday; the shop opens every day but closes at 12.30pm on Mondays.
There are walks round the farm, family farm walks, wildlife and wild medicine walks, and cookery courses. Three 7kW electric car chargers in the overflow car park take contactless payment. The farm is also an eco venue for weddings and celebrations and has camping, yurts and shepherd's huts. The shop and café are step-free, with accessible toilets and assistance dogs welcome.
It suits anyone who wants to buy organic food at source or have lunch on a farm, and families on one of its events. The farm warns that sat nav leads people astray, so use its own directions.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Mon 9, 09:00
| Mon | Opening | Café |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 to 12:30 | Closed |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 17:00 | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 17:00 | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 17:00 | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 17:00 | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 17:00 | 09:00 to 16:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 16:00 | 10:00 to 15:30 |
Café: Café closed on Mondays.
The opening hours are the shop's. Christmas and New Year hours are posted separately on its website.
The details
- Food
- Café food
- Serving
- Lunch
- Features
- Café · Shop · Parking · Events and meetings
- History
- Organic conversion began 1990; family land since 1564
Photos
Salads in the cafe 
The veg garden glasshouse 
Pigs on the farm 
Inside the shop
Location
Accessibility
- Step-free access
- Accessible toilet
- Assistance dogs welcome
The farm says the building is about 95% wheelchair accessible, with no steps round the shop or café. Accessible toilets are in the shop, and disabled parking is in the car park near it.
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