Boveys Down Farm Weddings, Glamping & Camping

COVID-19 UPDATE

We are now open to welcome you once again! 

(updated: 12 April 2021).

Following the roadmap set out by the Government we are now able to offer camping,

 'alfresco' dining and drinks in our rustic cider garden! 

All being well, we hope further restrictions will be lifted on 17 May.

Check back here for further updates, or make provisional bookings after the dates outlined.

We thank you for your support in these uncertain times. 

 The Farm....

 Our working farm is situated in a rural area and is home to a herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle, producing the finest beef.  We are a private camp site so you don't have to worry about being a member of the 'Camping and Caravanning Club'; all are welcome. You and the family can enjoy the various sights of country living on our working farm. Young calves suckling their mothers, a great diversity of bird life plus possibly the occasional fox or badger can be seen.

There are ducks and geese for the children to see or, spend some time in the picnic area enjoying the serenity of nature at your own leisure.

Our farm kitchen offers homemade goods and for a delicious selection of cakes, Pam's secret recipe pies, traditional East Devon pasties, and our famous home made Aberdeen Angus burgers. 

Rib-eye steaks and our very own gluten-free sausages, for a camp fire breakfast or BBQ, are available.

 We offer hearty home cooked breakfasts, Devon cream tea's and suppers from our Tea Room. 

 Boveys Down Farm was given a "Certificate of Recognition" as Devon's Hidden Gem, 2014

(Courtesy of Aspire: Lifestyle & Leisure Magazine)

Farm History...

Originally the farm did not exist in its own right however its land was once a part of several other local farms.  In the 1800s the ground, which houses Boveys Down Farm today, was owned by two of the area's most notable land owners: Reverend Thomas Putt (d. 1844), of Combe House, Gittisham; and Sir Edmund Saunderson Prideaux, 9th Baronet (1793–1875), of Netherton Hall, Farway. 

The current owner of Combe House is a relative of Thomas Putt and Lord of the Manors of Honiton, Farway and Gittisham.  Combe House itself is presently a prestigious country hotel. 

With no direct descendants Sir Edmund Prideaux took his baroncey to his grave. Netherton Hall remained in the Prideaux family, though mostly unoccupied, until the early 20th century and today is a private residence. 

Another note on local history: as you enter the track, from the main road, straight opposite the signpost, directing you to Southleigh is a small copse which is where the old Roncombe Gate Tollhouse used to stand in the days before car tax!

About the Sweetlands....

Gerald and Pamela Sweetland have lived at Boveys Down Farm for the past 25 years and come from a long line of local farmers, who date their ancestry in the Colyton area, back to the 1600s.

Our 80 acre farm is home to cows, geese, chickens and various breeds of ducks.  Fresh eggs, steaks, pies, pasties, cakes and other farm produce are available on site.

As part of our working farm we diversified into providing a rural retreat camp site in 1993 and have been welcoming visitors ever since.

Customer Reviews

• "Cream Tea Treat"  
• "As we came in through the gate we were saying it was a idyllic camp site with such views!"

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