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Saxbys Cider is one of The Sunday Times seven best cider farms to visit in the UK
It’s always very nice to receive a great review from someone who has visited us at our cider farm. Imagine how happy we were to find this recommendation in The Sunday Times in September 2024!
Apple Picking Volunteer Days at Saxby's Cider
VOLUNTEERS WANTED!!
Enjoy a bucolic trip to the farm, get some fresh air, meet the Saxby’s team and other happy helpers on our Apple Picking Volunteer Days. We will have lots of cider apples ready to be hand picked on the farm in October. Can you help? Would you like to be part of this year's harvest?
When: Weekdays in October - dates to be confirmed when the apples are ripe and ready. We will email a booking link nearer the time with the sessions:
Morning sessions 9.30 - 12.30 (includes lunch)
Afternoon sessions 1.30 - 4.30 (includes lunch)
Where: Grange Farm, Farndish, Wellingborough, Northants NN29 7HJ
What's in it for you: Fun and exercise in the fresh air plus lunch and a cheeky cider when you're done
Please email us if you are able to help - the more the merrier!
cider@saxbyscider.co.uk
Saxby's Cider events calendar for 2022
Here is the current line-up for our wide variety of events on the farm at Saxby’s Cider in 2022
There’s something for everyone -
cider & sausage fests
comedy events
local producers’ fairs
taproom sessions
cidery tours
charity quiz & curry night
art classes
summer BBQ
music festival
PYO sunflower picking
PYO pumpkin picking
Our taproom is also available for private hire - please click here for more info
We are hiring temporary staff for our popular PYO Pumpkin Picking event in October 2021
Help us to host a great family event on our farm this Autumn. We need help with the following roles - greeting our customers, working the pumpkin tills, cider shop, bar and general daily preparation and close-down duties around the site. The events do get busy and you will be expected to be flexible within these roles to cover staff breaks, busy times and generally what needs doing!. This would suit sixth-formers and beyond due to serving alcohol but other duties are available for under 18s. This is an outside event in October so you’ll need sensible footwear and warm clothing. You’ll need to be confident talking to and serving our customers and quick on your feet with maths when on the pumpkin tills.
Our opening times are below:
Saturday 16th October 10-4
Sunday 17th October 10-4
Friday 22nd October 12-4
Saturday 23rd October 10-4
Sunday 24th October 10-4
Tuesday 26th October 12-4
Wednesday 27th October 12-4
Thursday 28th October 12-4
Friday 29th October 12-4
Saturday 30th October 10-4
Sunday 31st October 10-4
Please email info@saxbyscider.co.uk to arrange to pop in to meet us at the farm.
Saxby's Cider Farm Events Diary For 2021 is now available
WITH ALL DATES BEING PROVISIONAL AT 3RD JANUARY 2021 DUE TO THE UNPREDICTABLE NATURE OF COVID-19 THEY ARE AS FOLLOW:
24TH APRIL 2021 BLOSSOM FEST
12TH JUNE 2021 LOCAL PRODUCERS’ FAIR
7TH AUGUST 2021 SUMMER BBQ
9TH OCTOBER 2021 APPLE DAY PARTY
16TH - 31ST OCTOBER 2021 PYO PUMPKIN PICKING
11TH DECEMBER 2021 CHRISTMAS FAIR
ALL BOOKING WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON ONLINE VIA TICKETSOURCE.
For more info please visit our events page HERE
The apple pressing season is starting early in 2020! We want your apples!
The apples are ready early this year and we’ve already had lots of enquiries about bringing unwanted apples in to the farm. So the good news is that apple pressing starts on the farm on Monday 21st September - so we want your apples!
Bring your apples to the shop on the farm and you can take some free cider or apple juice home with you. Fill up one of our trugs and we'll swap it for a bottle of our 3 Point 9 cider. Up to a maximum of 12 bottles per household. 18+ only. Or we will swap two trugs for a 3L bag in box of our delicious apple juice - so that might be something to tempt any children to help with picking your apples.
This offer runs from 21st Septmber to 3rd October 2020 only and the shop is open Monday to Saturday 10am - 2pm.
Our shop is on Grange Farm, Farndish, Wellingborough, Northants NN29 7HJ
We'll see you soon!
#wewantyourapples
Saxby's Cider September 2020 newsletter
We have lots happening on the farm this Autumn. We'll be picking and pressing our apples very soon getting next year's cider ready. The pumpkins are growing steadily in the field and will be ready for PYO picking too. And we'll be opening our new taproom for some more events.
See you soon! Philip & Amanda Saxby
SAXBY'S CIDER APPLE DAY PARTY ON THE FARM
SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2020
1 PM- 6PM
Come and celebrate the wonderful world of apples with us on the farm. Where would Saxby’s Cider be without them?
We’ll have apple pressing demonstrations all afternoon using our original rack and cloth press and if you bring your own apples we’ll press them for you so you can take home the juice. Kids will be entertained with a treasure hunt and can go on a trailer ride around the orchard.
The bar will be open with our usual ciders and we’ll be serving hot mulled cider too. Come and try our new Bourbon barrel-aged cider. We’ll also have street food to make sure everyone is well-fed. Duncan Craven will be playing his guitar during the afternoon and keeping us entertained.
Tickets are £5 for adults and £2.50 for under children aged 6 - 17. Under 5s are FREE.
FREE ENTRY
PYO PUMPKIN PICKING
DAILY 9.30AM - 4PM
OCTOBER 17TH - OCTOBER 31ST
Bring your wellies, grab a wheelbarrow and go! We have planted a whole field on the farm with all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours of pumpkins and squashes. It's free entry and you pay for what to pick. We'll be selling our cider and apple juice too.
Groups are welcome email info@saxbyscider.co.uk for more info
WE WANT YOUR APPLES!
If you have any unwanted apples you can swap them for cider or apple juice at the farm from 21st September until 3rd October. Just bring them to the shop and for every one of our trugs you fill you can have a bottle of our original cider. Fill two trugs and you can swap for a 3 litre bag in box of our delicious apple juice or go for two bottles of cider. We will press your apples and they will be part of next year's cider.
SAXBY'S CIDER TAPROOM
OPEN 4-8PM FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER
Pop down and see us! No need to book. You'll find all our regular ciders and can try our new barrel-aged Bourbon Cider. At 8.5% ABV it's one to savour in half pints! It's a smooth medium/dry cider with subtle hints of Bourbon Whiskey, it has a long flavour with a satisfying warming feeling.
Saxby's Cider June 2020 newsletter
Hey Saxby’s Cider fans! Read our June newsletter here and find out what we’ve been up to on the farm
JUNE 2020 SAXBY'S CIDER NEWSLETTER
First of all a very big thank you to all our online customers who have been enjoying our cider at home during the Covid-19 period. It certainly has been great cider drinking weather! We are very grateful that you kept us so busy!
Now you have seen how quick and easy it is to order from us we hope to continue delivering to you thirsty cider drinkers post lockdown.
For our local customers who have been enjoying free local home delivery, we will now be delivering on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Alternatively why not pop into the shop on the farm and say hello?
WHAT'S NEW IN THE SHOP?
Our cider shop on the farm is open for the following times until further notice:
Monday to Saturday 10am - 2pm
Grange Farm, Farndish, Wellingborough NN29 7HJ
JUNE FARMSHOP OFFER! FREE 20CL BOTTLE OF SLOE GIN SLIDER
To welcome our customers back into the shop for the summer, we're giving away a free 20cl bottle with all purchases of £35+. Try it with elderflower presse or ginger ale for a deliciously refreshing summer drink.
More info about sloe gin slider here
We now have our own cider vinegar for sale in the shop. It is an unfiltered, hazy, natural cider with The Mother. This is a protein that contain enzymes and beneficial bacteria called probiotics. These are good for the digestive and immune system and many other health benefits. More info about the benefits here
NEW TAPROOM BARN RENOVATIONS ON THE FARM
We've been working hard renovating a barn on the yard to become our new taproom for events, tours and tastings. We will have a new floor, lighting, bar area, walls and decor. Take a look at the work on our YouTube channel here
CIDERY TOURS & EVENTS
We are taking bookings for cidery tours in the farm from June 27th. All bookings before this have been postponed but we're hoping those afterwards will go ahead. If we do have to postpone future events all bookings will carry forward. Vouchers are also available.
Tickets are £15 per person (18+ only) BOOK HERE
Available dates of planned cidery tours in 2020:
Sat 27th June 2020, 2pm
Sat 11th July 2020 2pm
Sat 25th July 2020, 2pm
Sat 8th August 2020, 2pm
Sat 22nd August 2020, 2pm
Sat 12th September 2020, 2pm
Sat 19th September 2020, 2pm
WE ARE STILL TAKING BOOKINGS FOR OUR SUMMER BBQ ON AUGUST 1ST BOOK HERE
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND STAY SAFE!
PHILIP & AMANDA SAXBY
AND HERBERT XX
Pumpkins at Saxby's Cider this Halloween
HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS!! We have grown some beautiful pumpkins on the farm this year. You can buy them from our shop on the farm Monday to Saturday between 10 am and 2pm.
Or if you’d like more of an adventure and to choose your own pumpkins, you can come on Saturday afternoon from 2pm - 5pm & Sunday afternoon from 12pm - 5pm and pick your own. (October 26th & 27th) We’ll provide some wheelbarrows (or you can bring your own) and you might want to bring the wellies and coats.
We have traditional carving pumpkins and some gorgeous ornamental ones. All shapes and sizes!
Come to Grange Farm in Farndish NN29 7HJ and follow the signs.
We’ll also be sampling and selling our amazing Saxby’s Cider Apple Juice. We’ll be taking cash and card payments. See you there
Volunteer Apple Picking Day at Saxby's Cider October 16th 2020
Would you like to spend a day out in our orchards picking apples for us to press? We'd like to invite you to our volunteer apple picking day on our farm.
As a thank you we'll give you bread and soup for lunch and send you off with a free Saxby's Cider t-shirt.
You can choose from the following times on Wednesday 16th October:
9 am - 12.30 pm
LUNCH for all volunteers
1 pm to 4.30 pm
We'd love to see you. Please get in touch by reserving a spot
