Cannon Hall Farm

Cannon Hall Farm is a working farm and tourist attraction close to the village of Cawthorne, near Barnsley in the English county of South Yorkshire. Open to visitors since 1989, it is owned and run by the Nicholson family.[1] The farm was voted Best Tourist Experience at the Welcome to Yorkshire White Rose Awards 2011.[2]

The restaurant
Roundhouse-type cattle house

Cannon Hall Farm was once the home farm for Cannon Hall, built by the Spencer-Stanhope family and now a museum. Roger Nicholson, who developed the current farm and attractions inherited the land when he was 16.[3] The farm itself raises sheep, goats, and pigs, with over 750 lambs reared, and 400 ewes and 800 piglets produced annually.[1] The site's visitor attractions include an adventure playground, large tube maze, farm shop, delicatessen, gift and toy shop, and restaurant.

In 2018, Cannon Hall Farm was featured on television programme, called Springtime on the Farm, which was broadcast on Channel 5, from 9 April 2018 to 13 April 2018,[4] and which was recommissioned as the weekly show This Week on the Farm in 2020.[5] The most recent episode of the series was broadcast as part of a live seasonal version called Winter on the Farm[6] on 9 December 2021[7] with guests Reuben Owen (from Our Yorkshire Farm) and Shona Searson (from The Yorkshire Vet)[8] joining presenters Helen Skelton and Jules Hudson[9] on the farm with Rob and Dave Nicholson.[10]

In June 2020, it was announced that Cannon Hall Farm had received the Commonwealth Points of Light Award (awarded by Her Majesty The Queen, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the British Government and Commonwealth nations), for their daily live broadcast on social media during Coronavirus lockdown.[11][12]

In July 2021, Princess Anne visited Cannon Hall Farm to formally open the farm's new dog friendly café, Lucky Pup,[13][14] footage of which was shown not only on Channel 5's This Week on the Farm, but on The Yorkshire Vet as well, with vet Matt Smith[15] meeting the Princess as he tended to an injured goat.[16]

History

The oldest reference of the farm was made in a conveyance dated 1650 when William Hewet sold the Manor and Farm to Robert Hartley. It was then sold to John Spencer and the Spencer family owned the Cannon Hall until 1775. For centuries, it served as the home farm to the Cannon Hall Estate and was known for its fine strain of pedigree Large White pigs. The estate was broken up and sold to Charles Nicholson in 1957 and is currently owned by his son, Roger Nicholson.[17]

See also

References
  1. BBC News (11 February 2011). "Cannon Hall Farm invests £3m in expansion plan"
  2. Sheffield Telegraph (14 December 2011). "Takings up at farm attraction" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. The Rough Guide to Yorkshire (2011). "Cannon Hall Farm", p. 77. Rough Guides Ltd.. ISBN 1-84836-603-5
  4. Springtime on the Farm. Cannon Hall Farm website. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. "This Week on the Farm". Channel 5. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. https://www.farminglife.com/country-and-farming/winter-on-the-farm-to-be-broadcast-live-on-tv-this-week-3484215
  7. Winter on the Farm, Episode 4 of 4, broadcast on Channel 5 between 8:00pm-9:00pm on 9 December 2021
  8. https://donaldsonsvets.co.uk/the-yorkshire-vet/
  9. https://www.channel5.com/show/live-winter-on-the-farm/season-2021/episode-1-043d342f-ce8f-4bd6-b2ec-e4c420b4c661
  10. https://www.cannonhallfarm.co.uk/tune-in-winter-on-the-farm/
  11. Cannon Hall Farm Lockdown Livestream. Points of Light.Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  12. Praise from Prime Minister Cannon Hall Farm website. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  13. "Princess Anne makes surprise visit to Yorkshire to open new 150-seater 'super-size' dog cafe".
  14. "HRH the Princess Royal Visits CHF!". 29 July 2021.
  15. "The Yorkshire Vet".
  16. The Yorkshire Vet Series 13 Episode 9, broadcast on Channel 5 at 8pm on 2 November 2021
  17. "History". Cannon Hall Farm.

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