East Anglia Pick Your Own (PYO) Farms - Find Fresh Fruit and Veg Near You!

This page provides listings of pick- your- own (PYO) farms in East Anglia. Just scroll down the page!

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If you want simple instructions how to make jam or how to make applesauce or pickles and/or many other home-preserved goods, just click on the links. For tips on picking click here!  We also have a harvest time calendar to tell when various fruit and vegetables will be available to pick.

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PYO Farms and Orchards, sorted by county

Remember: ALWAYS call (or follow the link to the farm's own website, if the name is a blue link) to confirm the information before you go! They may close, run out or change events, times, etc. without notifying me!

Bedfordshire

  • Grove Farm PYO - over 30 different fruits and vegetables during the season.
    Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Phone: 01296 668175, email: enquiries@grovefarmpyo.co.uk. There is a wide range of produce on offer to pick, with over 30 different fruits and vegetables during the season.  Our Pick Your Own enables you to select your product fresh from the field and at a very low cost. We provide baskets and bags free of charge and wheelbarrows and forks to assist you in your picking. There is ample parking and we are open every day for you to come and pick.
  • Pell's Farm Shop - Pick Your Own Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries and red and black currants (when in season) Christmas Trees
    Renhold Road, Wilden, MK44 2PT. Phone: 01234 771834. Email us at: candice.pell@hotmail.co.uk.  Credit cards accepted. Open 7 days a week all year round.. - Geese and a few chickens for you to look at. Range includes traditional and Nordmann's. Also cakes, breads, home produced veg, flowers, plants, trees etc. A visitor writes: "Very low prices. Fantastic farm shop and nursery. Definitely worth a visit."
  • Woodside Eggs Ltd - PYO eggs? Call before you go to verify.
    Mancroft Road, Aley Green, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, LU14DG. Phone: 01582 841044. (This is an animal farm and leisure/amusement park, but apparently they have pyo eggs.

Cambridgeshire

  • Chaplans Farm - PYO: strawberries, raspberries, range of vegetables
    Babraham Road, Fulborn Cambridge. Phone: 01223 880722. Directions: Exit to Newmarket on A11 then 2.5m to Fulbourn. Farm signposted. The farm shop has soft fruits and vegetables, eggs. Facilities: Plants & shrubs, donkey rides, caravan site with WC and shower, golf driving range, farmhouse cooking to order.
  • J F B Ivens - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Black / Red Currants,  Tayberries, Blackberries. Summer vegetables including Broad Beans, Spinach, Courgettes, Sweet Corn, Pumpkins and Squash
    Peterborough Chesterton, Peterborough. Phone: 01 733 233270. Directions: On Oundle Road 200 yards West of Alwalton / A1 flyover.  If approaching from A1 Northbound carriageway, turn off Left 1 mile North of junction 17.  From A1 Southbound, turn off into Alwalton and follow signs to Chesterton.  Open: June to October, 7 days a week during the season, 9am - 6pm Monday to Friday; Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm.
  • Rectory Farm Shop - Christmas trees, corn (sweet), strawberries
    A10 Milton Bypass Milton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 6DA. Phone: 01223 860374. Email us at: mail@rectoryfarmshop.co.uk. We are open June, July, August, September, October. Our hours are: The Farm Shop is open 7 days Monday to Saturday from  9.30 - 17.00 Sun 10.00 - 16.00 We are a Farm Shop situated one mile North of Cambridge. We stock an array of locally produced fruit and vegetables as well as free range poultry and locally made preserves and ice cream. Each Summer we are home to The Milton Maize Maze and host a Halloween Half Term Fun event in the Autumn. Also on the site is The Old Dairy Cafe, Pets' Paddock and a small farm trail. Ample parking.
  • Sunclose Farm - PYO: Gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries,  black and  redcurrants, Christmas trees
    Butt Lane, Milton. Phone:  01223 860522. Directions: A10 Ely Road N from A14/A10 interchange. Turn left at footbridge up Butt Lane . Farm 0.5m on right. Farm four miles from centre of Cambridge . Fruit picking within 100 yards of car park.  Approved by Nature's Choice, Assured Produce. The farm shop also has  our own cherries and asparagus. Cream, honey, preserves, potatoes. Facilities: Toilets, ample parking.

Essex

  • Calcott Hall Farm - PYO: strawberries, raspberries
    Ongar Road, South Weald, Brentwood, Essex CM15 9HS. Phone: 01277 215279. Directions: One mile N of Brentwood town centre, on A128, adjacent to the A12 bridge (no access from A12). Farm shop in converted Essex barn, over 30 crops grown for farm shop, PYO offered in summer. Friendly, family run farm with an excellent reputation for superb customer service.
  • Cammas Hall Fruit Farm - blackberries, blueberries, broad beans, corn (sweet), currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, other vegetables
    Needham Green Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishops Stortford, Essex, CM22 7JT. Phone: 01279718777. Fax: 01279718662. Email us at: paula@jmlukies.co.uk. Directions: see our website. We are open June, July, August, September. Our hours are: 9am to 6pm every day except Mondays: when closed go to our website.
  • Carpenter's Farm Shop (and PYO) - asparagus and soft fruit
    St Mary's Road, Aingers Green, Great Bentley, Colchester, Essex CO7 8NJ. Phone: 01206 251741. They also have a reservoir for fishing and quarterly wine-tasting evenings. (ADDED: August 2, 2008)
  • Cramps Farm - I haven't yet found out what they have - write me, if you know!
    Little Wakering Road, Great Wakering, Southend-On-Sea, Essex SS3 0LG. Phone: 01702 219314.
  • Craner Produce Soft Fruit Farm - Blackberries, strawberries, tayberries, loganberries, Black currants, Red currants, Gooseberries,  runner beans
    Merryleas, Common Road, Broadley Common, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 2DF. Phone: 01992 892862. Open: They sometimes open late in the season (June). In June, they have Strawberries, Raspberries and Broad beans, plus more in the shop (UPDATED: June 25, 2009)
    A visitor writes: "Extremely friendly owners, very tidy picking areas, suitable for children, tea room available in afternoon, best to phone to see what is selling, information updated daily."
  • East Mersea Nursery and Pick Your Own - strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, Blackcurrants, Runner Beans, French Beans, Broad Beans, Peas, Sweetcorn  and Flowers
    East Road, East Mersea, Colchester, Essex CO5 8TQ. Phone: 01206 386387. Directions: Click here for a map. They have Strawberries - traditional on the ground or at Table-top height, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, Blackcurrants, Runner Beans, French Beans, Broad Beans, Peas, Sweetcorn and Flowers are available either to pick yourself or freshly picked, also tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, calabrese, courgettes, pumpkins & marrows are grown on site and are for sale freshly picked. We also grow bedding plants on site and fill hanging baskets and containers. (UPDATED: December 23, 2008)
  • Graces Fruit Farm - PYO: Apples, plums, blackberries, blackcurrants, strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, Tayberries, asparagus, broad beans, runner beans
    Causeway End, Thaxted Road, Wimbish, Saffron, Walden. Tel.01371 830387. Directions: On B184 Saffron Walden/Thaxted rd 4 miles S of Saffron Walden on R. Clearly signposted. PYO large range soft fruits, apples plums plus summer vegetables. PYO Asparagus in April/May (call to check when ready). Farm shop with range of produce. Tea room, childrens play area, picnic area. Facilities: Ample parking, children's play area, nearby pub, picnic area, tea room, plants and shrubs, easy access for disabled, toilets, caravan club.
  • Hilltop Farm - They have some PYO - but I haven't heard just what!
    Hilltop Avenue, Benfleet, Essex SS7 1PH. Phone: Phone: 01268 752734.
  • I.F Burroughs & Sons - I haven't yet found out what they have - write me, if you know!
    New House Farm, Poynters Lane, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, Essex SS3 9TS. Phone: 01702 217330.
  • Lathcoats Farm - PYO: apples, red and blackcurrants, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, dessert cherries, plums. 
    Beehive Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford. Tel.01245 353021. Open: Farm Shop is open Monday to Thursday & Saturday 9:00 -5:00, Fridays 9:00 - 6:00, Sundays 10:00 - 4:00, The Farm Shop is open all year round. Our specialty is English apples - we grow 40 varieties in our orchards. The apple season begins in August. Other pyo crops:
    June - Strawberries, Gooseberries & Raspberries;
    July - Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries, Currants, Blackberries & Gooseberries
    August - Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries & Plums
    September - Plums.
    A date for your diary is Saturday October 18th. Then we will hold our annual Apple Day and Farmers' Market when you will be able to sample 30 varieties of apple grown at Lathcoates and enjoy many other attractions. Directions: A12 Galleywood exit. Take B1007 towards Galleywood for one mile, at traffic lights straight over. After 200meters, Turn right just past Helix Garage, into Beehive La, B1009. Farm is less than 1 mile on L. Click here for a map to Lathcoats Farm. They have 45 hectares of apples, 40 varieties grown, also 3 hectares strawberries and other soft fruit, plus cherries, plums, asparagus, pumpkins. You can rent lots of varieties of apple trees and get to keep all the apples at harvest time.
  • Little Baddow Hall Fruit Farms Ltd - strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, tayberries, blackberries, apples, pears, plums and currants. Also Christmas trees.
    Church Road, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 4BE. Phone: 01245 222827.
  • McLauchlans of Boxted Pick Your Own Berry Farm - berries, broad beans and sweet corn
    53, Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, Essex CO4 5RB. They have all type of berries, broad beans and sweet corn. Directions: The farm is half way down Boxted Straight Road, near Colchester in Essex. They are only ten minutes drive from Colchester North Station, Highwoods and the A12. Click here to send them an email. Click here to view a map of Boxted and Colchester.
  • Mill Farm Strawberries - strawberries
    Brightlingsea Road Thorrington, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8JJ. Phone: 01206 303007Directions: Turn Right at Thorrington Cross for Brightlingsea. Farm 1/2 mile on Right hand side. We are open June, July. Our hours are: 7 am to 7 pm 7 days a week Strawberries : beginning of June till mid July; See the website for updated information!
  • Pearce's Farm Shop - PYO: Strawberries and raspberries
    Hamels Park Farm, Buntingford. Phone: 01920 821246. The farm shop has strawberries, raspberries, runner beans, pumpkins, gourds, squash.  Veg, fruit, bread, cakes, frozen foods, chutneys, jams, dairy, smoked salmon, dried goods, animal foods, plants, flowers
  • Spencers Farm Shop - Wickham Fruit Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Red & Blackcurrants, Blackberries,  Loganberries, Tayberries, Cherries, Plums, 18 Varieties of Apples Asparagus, Runner Beans,  Courgettes, Pumpkins
    Wickham St Pauls, Halstead, CO9 2PX. Phone: 01787 269476. Fax: 01787 269476. Email: info@spencersfarmshop.co.uk.   [Directions and map].
  • Sunnybrook Farm - UPDATE: June 30, 2008: The owner tells me they are now permanently closed: "Thank you for putting our farm on your website but we are no longer open for Pick Your Own. "
    blackberries, currants (red and black), gooseberries, loganberries, raspberries, rhubarb
    Well Lane, Stock, Essex, CM4 9LX. Phone: 07710 178588. Email us at:     lesleychamberlain@hotmail.com. Directions: Proceed along the A12 take exit signposted Billericay, Galleywood Take exit off roundabout follow sign to Billericay Approx. 1.5 miles - when you see Greenwoods on your right take the next Left turn where the Bakers Arms Public House is on the corner. Go passed the Cricket Green/Common on your right hand side to Crossroads. Go straight across into Well Lane. Proceed along Well Lane for approx. 200 yards. Public Footpath on your right. Turn right into longish driveway directly passed footpath where you will find Sunnybrook Farm park in parking area. We are open May through September. Our hours are: Varying times - we would prefer people called for times on 07710 178588. Rhubarb and Gooseberries May - July Raspberries June - October (Three different varieties) Blackcurrants and Redcurrants June - August Blackberries August - September.  
  • The Christmas Tree Farm at Hawkwell - Christmas trees
    Rectory Road,  Hawkwell, Hockley. Christmas trees throughout December

Norfolk

  • Fairgreen Farms - blueberries, prepicked produce
    Middleton, King's Lynn, PE32 1RN. Phone: 07928533846. Directions: The farm is located approximately 2 miles from the Hardwich roundabout just outside King's Lynn. The Hardwick roundabout is the junction between the A10, A149 and A47. From the roundabout traveling on the A47 towards Swaffham, Norwich direction after approximately 1 mile you will see the first road off to the left. Take this road and after 1/2 mile the farm entrance is on your left. During the picking season there will be signs visible from the A47 showing the way. If you are using satellite navigation you can enter the post code PE32 1RN or Hill road, Middleton, Norfolk. Click here for a map and directions. Open: Monday to Saturday 9 to 5;30 pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Mid July to end of first week in September; Check our website to see if picking has started. Click here for picking updates. Payment: Cash, only. No smoking on fields. Containers are provided. Morning dew on grass on field (bring wellington boots). We welcome children if accompanied by a responsible adult, unfortunately we cannot have dogs or other pets on the farm (except guide dogs). Toilet facilities are provided at the field for your convenience. The farm is not open to the public outside the picking season. We only accept payment by cash or cheques with a valid banker's card. (ADDED: August 07, 2008).
  • Garden Farm
    Old Yarmouth Road, Blofield Norwich. Phone: 01603 715034. Directions: A47 from Norwich/Great Yarmouth, at roundabout (Fina garage & Little Chef) take road to Blofield village, str. over traffic lights (by Kings Head ph), then 0.5miles to farm, rhs.
    Farm Shop, PYO and Garden Centre
    Large range of PYO fruits and vegetables inc plums, apples. Farm shop with meat, poultry & produce. Garden Centre, 'The Coffee Pot' serves light refreshments.
  • The Grange - asparagus, beetroot, corn (sweet), courgettes, cucumbers, gooseberries, onions, potatoes, raspberries (red), strawberries, tomatoes,
    Fleggburgh Road Rollesby, Great Yarmouth, NR295HH. Phone: 01493 740236. Email: thetacons@hotmail.co.uk. Directions: Farm Shop just off A149, behind Horse & Groom pub. PYO field next to A149. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, June, July. Open: Farm shop: seven days a week, 8am to 6pm PYO: 10am to 6pm weekdays, 9am to 6pm weekends. Asparagus: May to June Soft Fruit: June to July Onions: September onwards Potatoes: New potatoes June onwards; Main crop October onwards. Payment: Cash, only. (ADDED: February 28, 2009)
  • Plumbe & Maufe Farming (a.k.a., Leith House Farm)- Plums, damsons, greengages, apples
    Burnham Overy Town, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 8JL. Phone: 01328 738311. Email: pmfarming@tiscali.co.uk. Open: July, August, September. Their website doesn't explicitly say "PYO", so call before you go!
  • The White House - Soft fruits range and vegetables
    Blue Boar Lane, Sprowston, Norwich. Phone: 01603 419357. Open June-October 09.00-18.00. Own pork and other foods sold locally.
  • Wiveton Hall - PYO: Soft fruits range and vegetables
    Holt near Cromer. Phone: 01263 740525. Directions: Off A149 between Cley and Blakeney. Own pork and other foods sold locally.

Suffolk

  • Alder Carr Farm - Rhubarb, strawberries, gooseberries, broad and runner beans, raspberries, currants, tay berries, blackberries, sweetcorn
    Alder Carr Farm, Needham Market, Creeting St Mary Ipswich , Suffolk. IP6 8LX. email: joan@hardingham.net,  Phone: 01449 720 820, Pick your own fruit and vegetables, and fruit ice cream. All-year round operation. 
  • Friday Street Farm Shop -Strawberries, Raspberries. 
    Farnham, Saxmundham. Phone: 01728 602783. Long established farm shop with an excellent local reputation for good foods. 
  • Goslings Farm Shop and PYO - berries and vegetables
    Trimley, St Martin, Ipswich. Phone: 01394 273361. Directions: A14 dir Felixstowe. L to Trimley villages. Follow signs to Trimley St Martin. At 2nd roundabout follow signs for farm. PYO offers Blackberries, black/redcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries, Tayberries, beetroot, broad beans, courgettes, French beans, peas, runner beans, spinach
  • Holly Farm PYO - blackberries, broad beans, currants (red and black), gooseberries, raspberries (red), strawberries, tayberries, already-picked produce
    Holly Lane Stutton, Nr. Ipswich, IP9 2SU. Phone: 01473 328294. Email: Fairrie@holly-farm.fsnet.co.uk. Open: Holly Farm PYO is open 7 days a week from 9;00am to 6;00pm from the middle of May until around the middle of August. Directions: Well signed off the A137 Ipswich-Manningtree road at Tattingstone Heath. After approximately 1 mile pass White House Kennels on left and Holly Farm is a right hand turning on the next bend. The entrance has cheveron road signs and a road mirror. Starting mid-May several varieties of strawberries on table-tops under-cover and also outside; June - strawberries and gooseberries; July - strawberries, several varieties of raspberries, gooseberries, tayberries, black and red currants, blackberries, broadbeans; Season finishes early August;. Payment: Cash, Cheque. Orders picked in season. We usually freeze a large quantity of raspberries in 400g punnets, also some blackberries, for selling out of season mainly through farm shop outlets. (UPDATED: March 28, 2009)
  • Wheldons Pick Your Own - Apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, asparagus, plums, etc
    Newton Leys, Newton, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 0QE. Phone: 01787 374322. Call for current offering to pick.  A visitor writes on May 26, 2009: "You name it you can pick it if it's in season. Apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, asparagus, plums, etc. Can buy already picked and shop sells homemade cakes, desserts, chutneys, jams. Recommended."