Farming Background
Manor Farm at Wilton is situated at the end of the Pewsey Vale where the Vale meets the North Wessex Downs in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty between Burbage and Hungerford. Its a family run farming business and has been in the family for 3 generations.
It is mainly an arable farm but we are introducing livestock in the form of a beef unit to become more regenerative in our farming policy. We are a highly mechanised farm with state of the art tractors and technology following the most up to date scientific methods of trying to increase farm productivity and profitability. We are farm owners, farm contactors, farm tenants and farming partners.
What we do?
We Grow
- Milling and animal feed wheat
- Barley for making beer and whisky
- Oil seed rape which produces Bio-diesel
- Maize which is fermented to produce gasses which go straight into the national grid for power
We Have Introduced
- Grass leys and herb rich wild flower meadows to cut for our new beef unit
- Over 200 acres of the farm given over to Countryside Stewardship for the enhancement of wildlife and the environment
What Else?
- We run a 6000 tonne grain store
- A beef unit barn
- We have also diversified with office spaces, workshops and holiday lets and even a summer camp site
Our Surroundings
We are surrounded by historical features including the Winchester to Cirencester Roman Road, Wilton Windmill, Crofton Beam Engines, Saxon v’s Viking battlefields and the Kennet and Avon Canal.
We have amazing geographical features including, a newly created Wetland, a huge lake and small ponds, woodland, grass downland in a SSSI, large arable fields, tiny eco systems, hedgerows, grass meadows and a multiple of soil types carved out by glaciers and ancient rivers.
Wilton Water
Diversification
Like most farmers we have been forced to diversify our income streams away from pure farming practice.
- Holiday Lets
- The Cattle Shed
- Work Shops
- Storage
Millie and David also offer Educational Visits and farm walks and talks to any interested parties and are happy to host them in the 16th Century Thatched Barn.