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Wagtail Farm is a working mixed hill farm situated in the narrow
part of the SSSI Coquet Valley opposite the National Trust Cragside
Estate. The walking route, St Oswalds Way, passes through the
630 acre farm which is only one mile from Rothbury centre.
There is a herd of 70 suckler cows and two flocks of sheep;
a Mule inbye flock and a Blackface hill flock. There is a very
small amount of winter barley grown for feeding to our own livestock
plus hay and silage.
A large part of the farm is under a Countryside Stewardship
Scheme whereby moorland regeneration, rare upland hay meadows
and permanent pasture are all managed. Public access is also
allowed through pastures with ancient ridge and furrow and an
iron age fort.
Apart from that, the views towards the Simonside Hills, Cheviots
and the North Sea are an added bonus.
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