Tortworth is a diverse privately owned rural estate in South Gloucestershire, located at the northern gateway to The West of England. The estate extends to 4,500 acres encompassing woodland, a registered parkland and lakes, a farm shop, tenanted and in hand farmland, quarrying, commercial and residential property.
The Moreton family are the current custodians whose home it has been since the 1620’s. Their ambition is to work in partnership with the local community, stakeholders and businesses across the estate helping to maintain the area as a vibrant place to live and work in whilst making space for and respecting the natural environment.
Our initial proposals for the site, which brings forward proposals for new homes, community facilities, a site for a replacement primary school and green space at Longcross, Cromhall can be seen by downloading the exhibition boards from the event.
We would like to understand your views on the initial proposals and priorities regarding development on the site to inform the evolving design.
Please complete this questionnaire (available as PDF or Word format) and either email (peter.stockall@avisonyoung.com / eliott.kelly@avisonyoung.com ) or post (Planning Team, Avison Young, St Catherines Court, Berkeley Place, Bristol, BS8 1BQ) your response to us by midnight on Monday 21st October 2024.
Our Estate grown CHRISTMAS TREES will be on sale from Friday 29th November 2024. Freshly cut, sustainably grown, Norway Spruce & reduced drop Nordmann Fir trees will be on sale at Tortworth Estate Yard, GL12 8HF. We're also your one-stop shop for firewood, kindling, mistletoe, holly, tree stands, wreaths, planted Christmas pots and more! Opening times: 9am-5pm Saturdays, 10am – 4pm Sundays and 8.30am – 4pm on weekdays. Please note we will be closed all day on Sunday 22nd December. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Seasoned hardwood logs from our own sustainably managed woodland available for free local delivery. 8” logs: full load £220, half load £160 (full load = approx 1 tonne – 1.8 m3). Please call 01454 260268 or email us on office@tortworthestate.com to place an order
Tortworth Lake is private with no rights of access. The estate however welcomes the public to enjoy this special place on the first Sunday of each month from February to October only. Opening times are:-
February, March, September & October: 10:00am - 5:00pm
April, May, June, July & August: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances Opening Times may vary. For updates on any changes, please check the estate’s Facebook site.
Local clubs and charities have for many years been selling refreshments on the open Sundays, helping raise funds towards their running costs. These have included, Tortworth, Cromhall and Charfield primary schools, RNLI, SARA, Charfield Junior Football Club, Mind Café and Castle School Thornbury.
The estate has four holiday cottages offering a great base to explore the Cotswolds, Bristol, Bath and The Wye Valley, or simply to shut the door and enjoy the countryside on your doorstep.
Keeper’s Cottage, sleeps 6
Church Cottage, sleeps 6
Hammerley Cottage, sleeps 4
Old Lodge Cottage, sleeps 2
The cottages are available through Holiday Cottages.
Managed by Linking Environment And Farming OFS is one of the farming industry’s biggest success stories and something the estate is passionate about supporting. It is a great opportunity to come and say hello to the local producers whose supply the estate farm shop or get a tractor and trailer ride to meet some of the estate’s organic dairy cows and get an insight in to how we farm.
Thank you for attending and supporting Open Farm Sunday 2024. It was great to see so many of you. We will keep you posted about any plans for 2025.