Contact Crabbs Bluntshay Farm Campsite in the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset For Camping & Farm Experience Holidays
Crabbs Bluntshay Farm Bluntshay Lane, Whitchurch Canonicorum, NR Bridport, Dorset, DT6 6RN
Call us: 07876 820 585
How To Find The Campsite
It is possible to reach Crabbs Bluntshay without relying on a Sat Nav devices which sometimes can provide a very roundabout route. There is no need to drive down miles of lanes. If the Marshwood Vale is approached from any of the following, narrow lanes can be avoided.
A303 – A356 – Crewkerne – B3165 – Marshwood – turn left at the church and continue down into the Vale avoiding all roads left and right until you reach the pub Shave Cross on a T junction. Turn right here and we are just under 1/2 mile down this road being at the first farm house on the left.
M5 – Junction 28 – A373 – Honiton – A35 – Hunters Lodge pub (just off the Axminster Bypass) turn left on to the Crewkerne Road – B3165 – Marshwood – turn right at the church.
A35 from Dorchester – Bridport – Go straight through the town – over a small bridge at the bottom, immediately turn right at a small roundabout and continue out into the country – B3162 – at a 4 cross roads turn left into the Marshwood Vale when the signs point to Shave Cross and Broadoak.
About Crabbs Bluntshay Farm
Crabbs Bluntshay Farmhouse
Crabbs Bluntshay Farm is situated in the beautiful Marshwood Vale, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Bluntshay derives from the Saxon ‘Haeg of Blundell’ – The Hundred belonging to a man called Blundell. The patchwork quilt landscape of the area dates from the 12th century when there was massive forest clearance because of increased population. The River Char, which rises on nearby Lewesdon Hill flows through the farm to Charmouth. Crabbs Bluntshay is a small working farm with beef animals, suckler cows, geese, sheep and turkeys. It has been farmed by the same family for nearly 100 years originally being a dairy farm until 1978. During World War Two several fields were ploughed up to grow grain for the war effort but since that time the land has been used for grazing, and for making hay and silage.
Surrounding Dorset Landscape
The farm has been involved with various environmental schemes since 1999 which were instrumental in planting a new orchard, creating a new hedgerow, erecting a bridge across the River Char and instigating a circular conservation walk. The circular walk around the farm (guided or unguided) encompasses ten fields with easy access to each one either by stile or farm gate. There are many features to observe. An ancient sheepwash with its associated water system meandering through the farm was used for hundreds of years to wash sheep prior to shearing. There are three examples of the ridge and furrow surface drainage system which was ploughed by oxen in the Middle Ages. A cob clay pit is situated in one field where clay was extracted to build cottages and farm buildings in the local area. There are three sites dating back to the 1700s where retting ponds for the processing of flax and hemp are to be found. Alongside one of the orchards flows a ditch which was dug out to a depth of 6 feet to provide a leet of water to run an undershot mill in operation 200 years ago. Around the farmyard is a cider cellar with authentic cider making equipment dating back to the 1850s. The cowstall, which housed animals until about 45 years ago was originally a skillen – an open sided building dating back to Victorian times.
Crabbs Bluntshay Farm Cellar
Flowers, fruit and vegetables produced on the farm, including sunflowers, dahlias, chryants and tomatoes are sold in season. All the products are available to campers and caravanners staying on the campsite.
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