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

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

Click on the feedback link if you want to tell your experience (good or bad) with a farm, ask a question, or comment on the website.  I'm always looking for more farms to add, so click on the suggest a farm link if you know of a farm that I haven't listed!  And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, just click on Add My Farm.

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.

Scroll down this page for North East England farms or click here to locate pick-your-own farms in other areas

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!

Cumbria

  • Park House Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries, Gooseberries, Red Currants, Black currants.
    Park House Farm, Heversham, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7EB. Phone:  01 539 563340. Email: capstick@kencomp.net. Open:  10:00am to 8:00pm, 7 days a week. Directions: We are on the right hand side of the A6, 6½ miles South of Kendal, just before Milnthorpe. Click here for our Facebook page . (UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS)
  • Rowley's Raspberries - raspberries
    Blencowe Hall, Blencowe, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DF. Phone:  01 768 898382. Email: info@therowleyestates.com. Directions: In the centre of the Eden valley.  Look for our signs! (1)   From Penrith take the A686 to Langwathby, turn Left and follow the signs to Little Salkeld, then follow the signs towards Glassonby. (2) From Lazonby, cross the River Eden near Kirkoswald.  Take the first right to Glassonby, and follow the signs. Raspberries, PYO  and Ready picked. Click here for our Facebook page. Ample car parking. Containers are available. Home made jams and mustards. Great walks nearby along the Eden River between Little Salkeld and Lacy’s Caves down to Daleraven Bridge and through Long Meg and Her Daughters stone circle. (UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS) (UPDATED: November 29, 2011)

Durham

  • Castle Eden Fruit Farm - strawberries,
    Wynyard Road, Stockton-on-tees, Cleveland TS21 3JG. Phone: 07802 910255. Open: WE ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS SEASON, WE WILL OPEN AGAIN approximately JUNE/JULY 2014 and then we should be open from 10 am to 6pm daily, weather and fruit permitting throughout the season; telephone for further details and occasional later opening times. Directions: Wynyard Woodland Park and Planetarium, first right after carpark entrance. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. (UPDATED: August 09, 2013) (UPDATED: July 22, 2010)
  • Lanchester Fruit, Co. - Soft Fruit, Vegetables, Apple Juice, Geese and Ducks
    Durham Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0TQ. Phone: 01207- 528805. Open: 10am to 6pm, 7 days a week from June 20 until September 1. There haven't been any updates in a couple of years, just this news story.
  • F W Elgey - Apples, blackberries, broad beans, currants (red and black), peas, plums, potatoes, raspberries (Spring, red), strawberries,
    Lowfield Farm, Piercebridge, Darlington, DL2 3SU. Phone: 0778 9078874. Email: elgey@lineone.net. Open: Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: For a map to our farm, click here. Payment: Cash, only. At F W Elgey at Piercebridge, we are well known for our high quality pyo strawberries and raspberries but why not come and enjoy picking a selection of broad beans, peas and potatoes as well as other fresh fruit such as gooseberries, plums and apples.  Find out more about our produce! . (UPDATED: August 06, 2016) (UPDATED: 04 April 2016, JBS)

Northumberland

  • Brocksbushes Fruit Farm - Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, Tayberries, pumpkins, squash, asparagus
    Corbridge, Phone: 01434 633100. 16m W of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . N side of Styford rndbt - Jn of A68/A69 - 2 miles E of Corbridge.  PYO farm, farm shop includes speciality & locally produced foods, plus soups and gourmet ready meals (fresh & frozen) made on the farm. Tea room with paved terrace opened 1995. Farm shop: Orchard fruits, soft fruits, fresh & frozen vegetables, speciality vegetables, fresh herbs, cheese, dairy produce, free range eggs, farm-produced meat, poultry, fresh fish, locally baked bread, preserves, cakes, pastries, honey, fruit juices. Facilities: Ample parking, children's play area, picnic area, tea room, plants & shrubs for sale, easy access for disabled, toilets, facilities for disabled. Tea room open all year. Home made frozen meals, logs and kindling sticks and garden furniture also available. Typical harvest dates are: Strawberries June - September; Gooseberries June - July; Raspberries July - October; Blackberries July - October; Tayberries July - October; Redcurrants July - August; Blackcurrants July - August; and Plums in September. (UPDATED: July 12, 2015, JBS)
  • Oxford Farm - Strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, black currants
    Ancroft, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, UK. Phone: 01289 387253.  Farm selling home baking, preserves made on the premises, gift ware, vegetables. Quality tea-room/bistro. The farm shop has the same selection as the PYO,  including specialty sauces, drinks, prepared dishes, fruit pies, cakes, meringues, honey, apple juice, cordials, local ice cream, jams.

Tyne and Wear