At Widmouth Farm you will find wonderful surroundings and superb views. No other house can be seen from the land, except at the highest point. Access is easy with ample free parking and a bus stop only ¼ of a mile away. You will discover tame sheep, goats, pigs, alpacas,chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits and guinea pigs on site, as well as an abundance of wildlife (seals may even be seen playing off the coast!) It is an ideal location for walking (as the coast path runs around the property), bird watching, photography and painting. Sea fishing is also available from various points around the headland.

Activities at Widmouth Farm

Resident Owners: Jeremy and Elizabeth Sansom
Address: Widmouth Farm Cottages, Watermouth,
North Devon, EX34 9RX.
Telephone: 01271 863743

Your Dogs at Widmouth Farm

We are pleased to be able to welcome dogs to Widmouth Farm for a small charge to cover the extra cleaning (2008 = £20 per week per dog).

 
Dogs may be off-lead in the following areas:
*  dog exercise field   
*  Coastal footpath (at your discretion)   
*  Our private beach (at your discretion, bearing in mind children & other guests)
*  The private gardens attached to Swallow, Martin, Kestrel, Pheasant and Partridge Cottages.
When crossing our fields (which may contain cows, ponies, sheep and/or alpacas) and in the communal garden areas where our free-range poultry (chickens, turkeys & ducks) walk/fly around all visiting dogs MUST be on leads. Dogs are not permitted in bedrooms and stairgates are provided free of charge.  We ask you to bring your own clean, hair free 'throws' for our living room furniture, if your dog is ever likely to jump up on a chair or sofa!

Farm Animals at Widmouth

Daily animal feeding sessions always include:

Alpacas - We have four Alpacas, born in this country but originally from the mountains of Peru.  Alpacas are very gentle creatures and have fabulous fine fleeces which create very high quality garments.  Sybil, our white female was mated with a pure black Alpaca last year and the Cria (baby) is due approximately 21.3.08.

Goats - Jamie the Simian and Tassle and Toggle the Anglo Nubians. Our goats love attention and stand for a long time just to be stroked, although a handful of grass or some raw fresh vegetables or fruits are even more appreciated!

Pigs - Harry & Ron These are quiet characters who either have a loyal following or inspire no interest - everyone reacts differently, but it is quite an experience to stroke a pig!  They are Vietnamese spotted. We also have two females who we hope will have piglets this Spring.  One is a Landrace (plain pink pig) called Lollipon and the other is a Gloucester Old Spot called Trotters.

Sheep - Hand reared and tame! Hermione, Parsnip, Lucky Lamb, and Lily usually come when called.  They love a treat of a plain biscuit or some special 'pasture mix'.  The only trouble is that when you walk through the sheep fields carrying a plastic bag you may get a 'woolly following'!

Guinea Pigs and Rabbits Adults and young children all seem to find it very therapeutic to stroke our guinea pigs and rabbits.  It is also quite fun to see how visiting dogs (on leads) watch them through the wire of their enclosure and two of our cats spend most of the day lying on the wire above the cages, watching special 'cat television'.

Poultry - Chickens & Ducks and the newcomers, Turkeys.  All our chickens and ducks live in houses kept behind ordinary fencing, then an inner electric fence, to protect them against foxes.  However, those that can fly (we don't believe in clipping their wings) occasionally have a 'dispute' and half a dozen may fly out and start to wander around the grounds.  The turkeys are fully free-range, except at night.   So that is why visiting dogs have to be on leads (our own dogs are trained not to attack or chase them). We collect the eggs once a day and visitors are welcome to do this with/for us!