Outings
Summer Outing 2025
Belmont Estate Rewilding Project
11th June 2025
Our 2025 outing will be to Watercress Farm, the rewilding project adjacent to the Belmont Estate in North Somerset, with the option to visit nearby Cleeve Nursery to look round and have lunch or coffee beforehand.
There is no charge for the outing. Transport will be in attendees' own vehicles (please share lifts where possible). You will be asked to reserve your place nearer the time. Further information will follow.
Photo credit Trish Steel, reproduced under licence
Cleeve Nursery BS49 4PW
Visiting Cleeve Nursery is an optional part of the outing. It is an independent garden centre and cafe, set in the Somerset countryside approximately 10 minutes' drive from Watercress Farm. It is well-regarded and recognised for its quality plants and expert advice.
The garden centre is open from 9am to 5pm. The cafe is open from 9am to 4pm, with hot food served until 3pm. You will find menus here.
Watercress Farm BS48 1NE
The Belmont Estate has been reimagined in the last decade and is now a regenerative farm, using its profits for nature recovery and community and conservation projects. One of these is the rewilding and rewetting project at adjacent Watercress Farm.
Our visit to Watercress Farm to see the project in action will start at 2pm (please arrive by 1.45). It will last about 1½-2 hours. We will have a guided tour along some of the many paths that criss-cross Watercress Farm. Please wear appropriate footwear.
