This medieval church, with parts dating from the 1100s, stands next to the grounds of Stansted Hall. The setting is peaceful despite the convenience of the nearby motorway and airport. It contains two exceptional seventeenth-century tomb figures, those of wasp-waisted Hester Salusbury in her hunting clothes and her father Sir Thomas Middleton.

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St Mary the Virgin Church

Up to two good dogs are very welcome – or three, if they’re very small…

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Situated in Beards Oak Wood, which is 150m from the Farm Shop, Café and Pub, our rustic cabins are the perfect rural get away without the effort of camping – think of them as wooden tents with a proper bed and wood burner. 

Cabins are suitable for two adults and two children - each cabin has a double bed and camp beds can be provided for children (under 2 stay for free). A wood burner is in every cabin, ideal to for those chilly evenings. Logs can be purchased from the Farm Shop. Well behaved dogs are welcome. There is room for one car to be parked next to each cabin.

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Beards Oak Wood Cabin

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Made locally from the best British Hardwood by expert Charcoal makers using traditional methods from fully sustainable woodlands.

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Foggage Cabin & Foggage Field is a secluded cabin located in its own one-acre private field which is perfect for family groups. The views are amazing. Located in a lovely spot on the farm approximately 10 minutes from the main farm complex, there are two compost loos and a gas shower located in Foggage Field near the cabin for your private use.  Price includes Cabin and Field Hire - campers pay on top - price per person, per night.

Our rustic cabins are the perfect rural get away without the effort of camping – think of them as wooden tents with a proper bed and wood burner. Foggage Cabin is slightly smaller than the other cabins accommodating one small camp bed, plus the double bed, so two adults and one child in total. Under 2's stay for free.

A wood burner is in every cabin, ideal to for those chilly evenings. Logs can be purchased from the Farm Shop. Well behaved dogs are welcome. Parking is in Squitmore Field which is a minutes walk from Foggage Cabin.

Foggage Cabin & Foggage Field Hire (secluded cabin, includes own private field for groups)

Badgers Cabin is located in Upany Field accessible by the Sunken Lane – it’s away from other cabins and has great views over the fields. It is not unusual to wake up to a view of sheep outside the window and it is located near the badger sett so perfect as a hide to wait and see what comes by.

Badgers Cabin is suitable for two adults and two children - it has a double bed and camp beds can be provided for children (under 2 stay for free). A wood burner is in every cabin, ideal to for those chilly evenings. Logs can be purchased from the Farm Shop. Well behaved dogs are welcome. There is room for one car to be parked next to each cabin.

Badgers Cabin

Pits Wood was planted in 2003, it’s a very pretty area to stay and an opportunity to see young woodland growing with developing ecosystems. Accessed through Vicarage Field and nestled amongst surrounding fields, Pits Wood is located near where many of the farm animals live so don’t be surprised to hear piglets grunting or chickens clucking. The wood is approx. 200m to the farm and access is possible with a car when fields are dry.

Our rustic cabins are the perfect rural get away without the effort of camping – think of them as wooden tents with a proper bed and wood burner. Cabins are suitable for two adults and two children - each cabin has a double bed and camp beds can be provided for children (under 2 stay for free).

A wood burner is in every cabin, ideal to for those chilly evenings. Logs can be purchased from the Farm Shop. Well behaved dogs are welcome. There is room for one car to be parked next to each cabin.

Pits Wood Cabin

The ESSENTIALS Bell Tent package includes hire of a spacious canvas Bell Tent for up to 4 nights. Suitable for 2 adults and up to 3 children, the bell tent is not glamped and remember to bring your own bedding for this option :-).

As standard the bell tent comes with one double bed and two single mattresses (complete with new waterproof disposable mattress covers) and a third single camp bed can be provided on request. A small rustic wooden crate is provided for storage.

The farm is a place for quiet camping and enjoyment of the countryside and no amplified music of any kind is allowed at on site. It’s essential that prior to booking you familiarise yourself with our Camping Rules & Regulations, as there are important points you will need to know as part of your stay with us, thank you. 

Our bell tents are in two set locations around the farm - Pits Wood which is closer to the main farm & the more secluded Squitmore Spring Wood which is 5 minutes drive from the main farmyard (view map HERE) - and cannot be moved. Cars can be parked next to the bell tents. Occasionally, we do move the tents although this will incur an additional charge. Please contact us to ensure this is feasible before booking.

Hire of 5m Canvas Bell Tent for up to 5 people  
Mattresses - 1 double & 3 singles   
Small Storage Crate  
Camping Fees & Parking for your entire stay  
Picnic Bench outside your tent  
Complimentary unlimited access to Farm Trail, Farm & Woodland Play for the duration of your stay (normally £4.95 per person, per day).


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ESSENTIALS Bell Tent Package

Woodland Camping - Beards Oak Wood or Lowany Wood, ideal for Wild Camping, Hammocks & Tarps. Camping with us and you will sleep under the stars. Staying on a real working farm set in 170 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside. Our campsite is a place for quiet camping and enjoyment of the countryside. Ideal for families and friends. 

Woods camping locations are limited and rotate around our woods throughout the season. In peak months we will be operating a pitch allocation system. Most of the time it is possible to drive a car to the woods - exception is in winter when fields are wet.

**Small campervans such as traditional VW size are permitted - but larger than this and motorhomes and caravans are not allowed on our site.**



Woods Camping

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Camping with us and you will sleep under the stars staying on a real working farm set in 170 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside. Our campsite is a place for quiet family camping and enjoyment of the countryside. Ideal for families and friends.

We run an open pitch campsite allowing customers to pitch where they wish in the camping field. Therefore, there is no guarantee you can pitch near friends / family, so it is highly advisable to book a private area if you want family & friends to be close by.

**Small campervans such as traditional VW size are permitted - but larger than this and motorhomes and caravans are not allowed on our site.**



Camping At The Farm

The PREMIUM Glamping Package includes hire of a spacious canvas Bell Tent for up to 4 nights. Suitable for up to 2 adults and 3 children, the tent includes a double mattress & 3 single mattresses, with freshly laundered linen, camping essentials, a small rustic wooden crate for storage, floor mats & camp light for use during your stay. As standard the bell tent comes with one double bed and two single mattresses and a third single camp bed can be provided on request.

Enjoy freshly laundered linen including duvet, pillows & throw for double mattress, duvet, pillows & throws for the single mattresses. Essentials also include a kettle, pan, can and bottle opener, washing up kit, tea towel &water bottle for you to use for the duration of your stay with us.

The farm is a place for quiet camping and enjoyment of the countryside and no amplified music of any kind is allowed at on site. It’s essential that prior to booking you familiarise yourself with our Camping Rules & Regulations, as there are important points you will need to know as part of your stay with us, thank you.

Our bell tents are in two set locations around the farm, Pits Wood which is closer to the main farm & the more secluded Squitmore Spring Wood which is 5 minutes’ drive from the main farmyard (view map HERE), and cannot be moved. Cars can be parked next to the bell tents. Occasionally, we do move the tents although this will incur an additional charge. Please contact us to ensure this is feasible before booking.

Open Campfires are allowed and are made on the ground near your tent.


Hire of 5m Canvas Bell Tent for up to 2 adults and 3 children  
Double & Singles mattresses - 1 double & 2 singles (third single on request)  
Freshly Laundered Linen  
Cushions & Throws  
4 x Plates, Mugs, Bowls, Cutlery (4 x forks, spoons, knives, teaspoons)        
Small Storage Crate, Floor Mats & Camp Light   
Essentials Kit Hire: kettle, pan, can & bottle opener, washing up kit, tea towel, water bottle
Small Crate, Floor Mats & Camp Light   
Picnic Bench outside your tent    
Camping Fees & Parking for your entire stay  
Complimentary unlimited access to Farm Trail, Farm & Woodland Play for the duration of your stay (normally £4.95 per person, per day)




PREMIUM Glamping Package

PREMIUM PLUS Glamping Package
The Premium PLUS Glamping Package includes everything the PREMIUM package PLUS a bottle of Prosecco, Campfire Package with logs & lighting package AND large BBQ hire with charcoal and all the equipment.

Campfire Package includes extra large 40L bag of Ash logs, extra long matches, kindling & firelighters and permission for an open fire. The large BBQ hire is set up close to your site (grill, extra large 2kg bag of charcoal, tongs, matches, firelighters). 

Suitable for up to 2 adults and 3 children, the tent includes a double mattress & 3 single mattresses, with freshly laundered linen, camping essentials, a small rustic wooden crate for storage, floor mats & camp light for use during your stay. As standard the bell tent comes with one double bed and two single mattresses and a third single camp bed can be provided on request.

Enjoy freshly laundered linen including duvet, pillows & throw for double mattress, duvet, pillows & throws for the single mattresses. Essentials also include a kettle, pan, can and bottle opener, washing up kit, tea towel & water bottle for you to use for the duration of your stay with us.

The farm is a place for quiet camping and enjoyment of the countryside and no amplified music of any kind is allowed at on site. It’s essential that prior to booking you familiarise yourself with our Camping Rules & Regulations, as there are important points you will need to know as part of your stay with us, thank you.

Our bell tents are in two set locations around the farm, Pits Wood which is closer to the main farm & the more secluded Squitmore Spring Wood which is 5 minutes’ drive from the main farmyard (view map HERE), and cannot be moved. Cars can be parked next to the bell tents. Occasionally, we do move the tents although this will incur an additional charge. Please contact us to ensure this is feasible before booking.

Hire of 5m Canvas Bell Tent for up to 2 adults and 3 children  
Double & Singles mattresses - 1 double & 2 singles (third single on request)  
Freshly Laundered Linen  
Cushions & Throws  
4 x Plates, Mugs, Bowls, Cutlery (4 x forks, spoons, knives, teaspoons)     
Small Storage Crate, Floor Mats & Camp Light   
Essentials Kit Hire: kettle, pan, can & bottle opener, washing up kit, tea towel, water bottle    
Small Crate, Floor Mats & Camp Light  
Bottle of Prosecco    
Campfire Package (logs, fire lighters, matches & kindling)  
Large BBQ hire  with grill, 2kg bag of charcoal, tongs, matches & firelighters  
Picnic Bench outside your tent  
Camping Fees & Parking for your entire stay  
Complimentary unlimited access to Farm Trail, Farm & Woodland Play for the duration of your stay (normally £4.95 per person, per day)

PREMIUM PLUS Glamping Package

Large BBQ hire  with grill, 2kg bag of charcoal, tongs, matches & firelighters
Picnic Bench outside your tent

BBQ Food Pack

Church Farm Ardeley is an all-round family adventure; great fun for adults and kids alike! 

On your visit to the farm you will meet and feed our Red Poll Cattle, Lleyn and Welsh Black Mountain Sheep, Berkshire Pigs, British Lop Pigs, Aylesbury Ducks, Laying Chickens in Vicars Orchard, Chickens in Pits Wood, as well as Norfolk Black Turkeys and Embden Geese. There are nearly always chicks in the chick shed, lambs, piglets and calves to see too.

Around the grounds there is a good amount of flora and fauna with an orchard where you can pick your own fruit and veggies (seasonal), a magical fairy woodland, two ponds, a thriving home garden and three bee hives. 
We have seasonal activities for our visitors, such as lamb bottle feeding during Spring, and harvesting in September/October.  

Over the Easter, Summer, Halloween, Christmas and the half-term holidays we have special themed attractions, Easter egg hunts, trick or treating, meeting Father Christmas and so on. Alongside this, children can go on tractor rides, revel in the woodland play areas, follow the farm trail, play in the sand pit, plus lots more to see and explore! Indoors there is a soft play area for the under 5’s (currently Covid-19 restrictions are in place). 

The farm has a shop that is well-stocked. You can purchase delicious farm grown fruit, veggies and local meats. We also support the local community by offering a Rural Care Programme for adults with learning difficulties. The Rural Care team become Co-Farmers who gain valuable, real-life work experience on the Farm.  In addition, we have educational programs for schools, and for local businesses and forward-thinking leaders, we run motivational team building workshops for staff, groups and like-minded people.

If camping or glamping is your thing, you can do this too. Camp with us and you will sleep under the stars on a real working farm set in 170 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside.  

We have a Farm Café and Pub which serves delicious meals, snacks and cakes (currently Covid-19 restrictions are in place). In the café we have a range of hot and cold drinks best served with fresh cake or sultana scones with cream and jam. For those with food intolerances, we have gluten and vegan options. The Jolly Waggoner’s Pub is a traditional free-house pub that serves real hearty food, real ales alongside a real fire.  

We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Tim & Emma


Church Farm

**Price includes 4 adults and 3 children**

Well-behaved dogs and children are welcome.

Camping and Caravanning Club membership are required in order to stay at this campsite. If you are already a member please contact us with your membership number after you have made your booking. If not please sign up for one on their website.

Caravan/Campervan Pitch with optional EHU

Electric Hook Up

Price includes 4 adults and 3 children.

The Merry Fiddlers is a family pub with a good atmosphere and more importantly good pub grub!!

We are situated very close to numerous Epping Forest walks and the Central Line Station is just a 10 min walk away.

The camp site is a grass site, Well behaved dogs and children are welcome.

Camping and Caravanning Club membership is required in order to stay at this campsite. If you are already a member please contact us with your membership number after you have made your booking. If not please sign up for one on their website.

Tent pitch

The Merry Fiddlers is a family pub with a good atmosphere and more importantly good pub grub!!

We are situated very close to numerous Epping Forest walks and the Central Line Station is just a 10 min walk away.

The camp site is a grass site, but hard standing pitches are available in the car park.
Well behaved dogs and children are welcome.

Enjoy our large, secluded pub garden with childrens play area including bouncy castle.

Camping and Caravanning Club membership is required in order to stay at this campsite. If you are already a member please contact us with your membership number after you have made your booking. If not please sign up for one on their website.

    Flushing toilet

    Showers

    Wi-fi (Other provider)

    Pets welcome

    Designated dog walk

    Restaurant / Takeaway

    Childrens play area

The Merry Fiddlers Certificated Site

Sparrows Campsite has 6 luxury Bell tents available in the main wildflower meadow, each one named after the different variety of trees that are found in the woodlands surrounding the campsite.


The tents are set in their own private “settlement” in the meadow surrounded by a woven fence barrier to making it feel like you’re in your own wild off-grid camp! You’ll find everything you need for your stay within your settlement, but the emphasis is on keeping it simple at the same time. Each area has a campfire at the heart of the settlement with seating as well as an outdoor dining area too. 

The Bell tents are fully furnished with beds, mattresses and bedding, all you'll need to bring is a towel.

The settlements are close to the campsite's shower and toilet facilities, so if nature calls you don't have to walk half a mile to get to them in the middle of the night!

Luxury Bell Tent


Sparrows campsite also offers the option of wild camping in a number of beautiful areas around the campsite. There are 5 pitches available and all are set in their own private area with a campfire and picnic table. So if you have your own tent or campervan all you have to do is book a pitch and turn up! 


You will have access to the hot showers and the rest of the campsite facilities which are only a short walk from the wild camping area. 

Wild Camping

Sparrows Campsite offers a selection of fully furnished Bell tents set in their own privately-fenced areas in the campsites wildflower meadow.

Each Bell tent is fully furnished with beds, bedding and linens, all you have to bring is a towel! Perfect for anyone that wants to escape into nature whilst enjoying all the usual home comforts. 

The campsite also offers a number of pitch-and-pay wild camping areas. If you have your own tent and camping equipment then all you have to do is book your pitch.

Sparrows Campsite

Mountfitchet Castle is a fun and educational "open air" museum where you can travel back in time over 900 years, witness life in a medieval Motte and Bailey castle and wander around the reconstructed Norman village hidden behind the imposing castle walls.  Tame Fallow deer and other animals roam freely around the scenic 10 acre site.  It is completely unique in that it is the only wooden Motte and Bailey Castle to be reconstructed on its original historic site anywhere in the world.

The House on the Hill Museum is the largest collection of toys in the world, with over 80,000 various toys, games and books from Victorian times up to modern day. A fantastic family day out and well worth a visit if you are staying in Essex.

Mountfitchet Castle

The House on the Hill Toy Museum may be the largest known privately owned model museum in most of European countries with an increase of than 80,000 fascinating items of blended antiquity toys offered to see, on the basis of the assortment of only one doll guy that is loving started in 1946 by buying a Hornby train set with his pocket money!It covers numerous differing areas of toys through the ages, exposing the tradition, fashions and technological developments of this and other countries regarding playtime! Toys and play are a part that is crucial of, provide the stimulus necessary for kids' development and oh yeah, they're lots of fun!There is also a display of film, theatre and stone 'n' roll memorabilia and a sizable number of vintage slots along with other coin operated delights plus puppets, army toys, board games, room teddies, essentially everything you can imagine and then some! So kids of all many years granddad that is including will find a thing that makes them smile!Located within the Toy Museum is The Haunted Manor, if you should be feeling brave enough Encounter our life size dinosaurs on the road to the museum and take to your hand at Fossil searching within our Palaeontology home, are you able to discover the Velociraptor's claw? Could you desire to? Eek!

The House on the Hill Toy Museum

Meet significantly more than 200 animals, including sheep, goats, ducks, birds, and pigs at Daisy might's Farm. A rescue centre and a farm that is working it's home to both rescued animals trying to be rehoused, plus some permanent residents. You never know very well what brand new adorable creatures you will satisfy time that is next visit!If there's one thing that gets the children excited, it's the chance to come up-close aided by the animals. All the family will get involved with fun hands-on experiences, including egg collecting, lamb feeding, goat milking and pony rides at Daisy May's Farm. Each and every day at the farm is also a opportunity that is great breathe in certain oxygen and enjoy nature. You'll be surrounded by 20 acres of pasture and woodlands, so take a moment to bring your picnic basket along. Your little ones need play that is awesome to help keep them busy. 

Daisy May's Farm

Never worry - you will find lots more days being great in Bishops Stortford, or perhaps you can browse days out all over the British right here.

Hatfield Forest

Jump directly into film secret at Empire Cinema in Bishop's Stortford, where the kids will be able to explore all the newest and biggest blockbusters across 6 screens being huge. There's everything your loved ones could wish for, from hilarious comedies which will allow you to cry with laughter to adventure that is action-packed with all your favourite superheroes. And now we understand that the cinema journey that is most beneficial is never complete with no right snacks, and undoubtedly, it is possible to choose for some classic popcorn,  you may possibly also grab some nachos or hot dogs for a far more indulgent experience. If you people that are small your mix, there is no need to lose out! With Empire Jnrs and Empire Parent and Baby, you can find unique tests being family-oriented suit both you and your children. 

Empire Cinema Bishop's Stortford

The small Arts Workshop is a art that is working where you are able to book yourselves in to arrive and design and paint your own pottery. There is also raw clay along to in clay or arts and crafts so you might start a clay sculpture task if you were feeling super creative!They run workshops for Mum or Dad to bring you. They teach you all the appropriate techniques of using clay to help make a sculpture into the clay workshop and find inventive techniques are brand new make a mess each week during the arts and crafts workshop. This too requires reserving ahead of time though so do always check the planner on their site through the hyperlink to see just what's on.For the teeny ones that are small here they do footprints, handprints and finger prints on pottery to really make the many breathtaking keepsakes that may endure a very long time. There was a sofa for breastfeeding mummy's or those having a rest with a cuppa tea and a slice of cake. There is also a play that is small for infants while mum is enhancing the pottery.

The Little Arts Workshop

Art Classes | The Little Arts Workshop | Hertfordshire

Pottery painting and Clay modelling centre. At The Little Arts Workshop we host a wide range of arty and crafty workshops to suit all your creative needs! Including crochet, fused glass, macrame, painting skills, knitting, and lots more! Free parking and small cafe too.


BHS approved Maple Pollard Riding Centre specialises in group kid's lessons and training for Pony Club, BHS and NVQ exams. They have a variety of well mannered mounts who're familiar with young cyclists as well as the experienced older types, and after an initial evaluation the pony that is most beneficial for your age and capability is going to be assigned. Hacks is arranged through the drier weather and classes which are private also available by arrangement. They will have a friendly and group that is enthusiastic are content to talk nervous riders through their wobbly spots but also trained and qualified therefore able to support those at the other end associated with the scale too, preparing for competitions or getting back to the saddle after a long break.additionally they run a holiday programme to get more intensive riding through the school breaks.

Maple Pollard Riding Centre

BHS approved Hallingbury Hall Equestrian Centre specialise in kids's riding, dressage classes, experienced tuition that is riding jumping lessons, nervous rider introductory classes, plus training up to BHSI and NVQ levels! The dressage can be available from initial degree up to Grand Prix level: a brilliant place then for setting them to begin on this hobby, understanding that they could develop and grow in identical environment that is familiar. You will find 2 full sets of show jumps and an astonishing 20 jump cross country course including drops and water hazards! They are also very praise focussed so types which are nervous need encouragement will maybe not go wanting right here. The dressage that is outdoor is 20 x 60m along with round mirrors, the indoor college is 40 x 20m with a soft track gel surface and again the mirrors to simply help with position.  There is a floodlit show that is outside arena 25 x 45m, 20 x 22m lunging arena and a 32 acre park estate to explore utilizing the family members as soon as you're all up and trotting! In general whatever stage of riding you're at and whatever phase you need to be at, that is a place that is excellent of friendly people and pleased horses who'll help you to attain whatever you can. Neigh or yay?

Hallingbury Hall Equestrian Centre

Take a turn fully off the beaten track and look at the Play Barn in Hertfordshire. Bring your children to a play that is soft that may get tiny-toddlers giggling and playing the whole day. Older young ones should make their option to the newly refurbished two story play framework. It's children haven with a drop fall, curly fall, rat runs, ball pools and so much more in order for them to get their teeth stuck into.then this soft play centre has you covered if you have younger children. There is a area that is separate young children where they are able to enjoy and never have to concern yourself with them having fun with the top kids. Let your kids explore the area, where they can play because of the child swings, mini slides, a treehouse and brand-new play that is soft.

The Play Barn 

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