Mill House Farm the site for the Bleng Farms business and holiday cottage nestles at the end of Blengdale
Bleng Farms
Farmed by the Ostle family
Based at:- Mill House Farm
Wellington
Seascale
Cumbria
CA20 1BH
Bleng Farms is a LEAF farm (linking the environment and farming)
To find out more about LEAF farms follow the below link
‘Our Objectives:
To run a viable farming business by making the best use of the farm’s natural resources to produce quality beef and lamb, whilst enhancing and protecting the environment’
Bleng Farms is a 250 hectare beef, sheep and arable farm lying in the western fringe of the Lake District National Park. The main holding is on the outskirts of the village of Gosforth which is about 15 miles south of Whitehaven, however the arable land is situated at Sandwith which is very near Whitehaven.
We have been farming at Gosforth for over 50 years and with our type of farming we saw integrated farm management as the best way forward post foot and mouth disease.
Bleng Farms at a glance
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Farm Size |
250 hectares (625)acres |
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Location |
Wellington near Gosforth Cumbria |
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Staff |
4.5 FTE |
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Climate |
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Temperature |
Temperate |
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Rainfall |
1200-1500mm (50-60 inches) |
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Elevation |
50m -200m (170ft – 650ft) |
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Soil Types |
Mainly brown earths ranging from sandy to medium loams overlying sandstone at Sandwith and Granite at Gosforth with large areas of peat at higher levels |
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Topography |
Very hilly at Gosforth and undulating at Sandwith |
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Farm Enterprises |
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Managed habitat and woodland 100acres |
The whole farm is farmed within a Higher Level Environmental scheme |
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Arable (200acres approx) |
Wheat, barley, root crops |
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Grass leys (75 acres approx |
For forage |
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Permanent Pasture 300 acres approx |
For grazing sheep and cattle |
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Cattle |
40 sucklers with all progeny finished on farm or kept for replacements |
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Sheep |
650 LLeyns with all progeny finished on farm Finish 1400 lambs including purchased stores |
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