Ibstone, Buckinghamshire
Nearly two hundred acres above the Hambleden Valley. A hundred of them in wheat and barley, sixty in conservation, and the rest grazing for Soay sheep and horses. Three businesses run from the yard.
Three businesses
Cholsey Farm Riding
Hacking on your own horse across seventeen pre-planned circular rides, either for the day or on holiday.
Cholsey Grange CL
A five-van Certificated Location for members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club. Best CL in England, 2023.
Countryside Marketing
Helping rural businesses with their digital marketing.
News
November 2024
Silver for farm diversification
We won Silver for Farm Diversification of the Year at the Farm Business Innovation Show, held at the NEC on 6 November and sponsored by NFU Mutual. In the same year Cholsey Farm Riding was nominated for a Rural Oscar in the Rural Enterprise category by the Countryside Alliance.
October 2023
Best CL in England
Our five-van Certificated Location was named Best CL in England at the Caravan & Motorhome show at the NEC, presented by the club's president, Mr Grenville Chamberlain OBE. Thank you to everyone who voted for us.
April 2021
BBC Countryfile visits
An episode filmed in the Hambleden Valley brought the Countryfile team to Cholsey Farm Riding. We talked with presenter Sean Fletcher about safe off-road riding and access to the countryside in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The farm was also the venue for a segment on the therapeutic value of riding for disabled and disadvantaged children, with Park Lane Stables.
2021
Don't Trash Our Future
Clean Up Britain chose Cholsey Farm to restart their anti-littering campaign. A striking image of a lesser spotted woodpecker trapped in a disposable facemask was sprayed onto a field in eco-friendly paint that washed away within a fortnight. The woodpecker is an endangered species found in the Chilterns, and plays a key role in the local ecosystem. Rugby player Kenny Logan came on site to launch the press campaign.
2019
Supporting Thames Valley Air Ambulance
We worked with Thames Valley Air Ambulance, based in Stokenchurch, and what3words on the #3WORDSSAVELIVES campaign, filmed here at the farm. The star of the show was Percy, our Connemara pony, completely unfazed by his injured rider, the camera crew, the drone and the flashing lights. If you walk, ride or cycle, download the what3words app and learn how to use it. It works even without mobile data.
2019
Tractor run raises £8,533.46
The Chiltern Vintage Tractor Run crossed the farm again, with more tractors and supporters than ever: 85 tractors, 58 trailers, 14 marshals, 220 lunches, 38 cakes and 11 dogs. The one-day event raised £8,533.46 for Thames Valley Air Ambulance, taking the total over thirteen years to £56,967.53.
2019
Three more barn owls
Licensed professionals from the Barn Owl Trust came to weigh, measure and tag three barn owl chicks in one of our two boxes. We had thought there were two. That was the second brood of the year, bringing the total to six chicks.
2019
Harvest completed
We finished the harvest with the triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye grown because it is less palatable to the ever-present deer population. Our contractors, Kensham Farms of Cadmore End, have done a fabulous job of improving both the yield and the soil.
Finding us
The farm entrance is easy to miss. Its precise location is ///hounded.swinging.collapsed