900ac organic farm coming available soon.....

[Steevo]

Prince Charles to leave organic farm after 35 years

The Prince of Wales has not sought a new 20-year lease, as he prepares to one day be king

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Sid]

Prince Charles to leave organic farm after 35 years

The Prince of Wales has not sought a new 20-year lease, as he prepares to one day be king

www.telegraph.co.uk

Have visited both Home Farm and Sandringham. Both well run , well they would be.
He been handed Sandringham from Prince Phillip and its all in conversion or converted now.

Perhaps we will have another "Farmer George" as king again?

 

[David.]

Article is behind a pay wall.
Are we talking about Highgrove?

 

[Pilatus]

Article is behind a pay wall.
Are we talking about Highgrove?

No just the "Home Farm" nearTetbury

 

[Sid]

Home Farm | The Duchy of Cornwall

duchyofcornwall.org

 

[Pilatus]

I gather a new tenant has already been chosen,so all done and dusted.

 

[7610 super q]

Camilla fed up of hand weeding carrots ?

 

[Sid]

I gather a new tenant has already been chosen,so all done and dusted.

Would like to say......

I was surprised that the largest landholding was in Devon TBH


The Duchy of Cornwall is a landed estate of 52,788.9 hectares. The extent and distribution of the major land holdings at 31st March 2020 were as follows:
Hectares
Devon 28,484.9
Cornwall 7,571.2
Hereford 5,371.5
Somerset 5,224.5
Isles of Scilly 1,604.8
Dorset 1,322.1
Wiltshire 1,254.0
Gloucestershire 657.3
Shropshire 393.2 Kent 349.1
Nottinghamshire 287.6
Oxfordshire 112.5
Carmarthenshire 84.0
Vale of Glamorgan 19.6
Buckinghamshire 15.4
Greater London 14.2
Hertfordshire 7.0
Norfolk 2.2
Berkshire 1.5
Hampshire 0.4
Total 52,788.9

 

[fieldfarmer]

Would like to say......

I was surprised that the largest landholding was in Devon TBH


The Duchy of Cornwall is a landed estate of 52,788.9 hectares. The extent and distribution of the major land holdings at 31st March 2020 were as follows:
Hectares
Devon 28,484.9
Cornwall 7,571.2
Hereford 5,371.5
Somerset 5,224.5
Isles of Scilly 1,604.8
Dorset 1,322.1
Wiltshire 1,254.0
Gloucestershire 657.3
Shropshire 393.2 Kent 349.1
Nottinghamshire 287.6
Oxfordshire 112.5
Carmarthenshire 84.0
Vale of Glamorgan 19.6
Buckinghamshire 15.4
Greater London 14.2
Hertfordshire 7.0
Norfolk 2.2
Berkshire 1.5
Hampshire 0.4
Total 52,788.9

Is that definitely hactares? Wow!!

 

[teslacoils]

I'd take the 14.2ha of greater London please.

 

[fieldfarmer]

Is that definitely hactares? Wow!!

That's some rent cheque coming in.

 

[Formatted]

That's some rent cheque coming in.

Most of those will be AHA tenants; apparently the rent on apples flagship store on oxford street is more than the total rural Duchy rental income

 

[Sid]

Most of those will be AHA tenants; apparently the rent on apples flagship store on oxford street is more than the total rural Duchy rental income

WAS

 

[fieldfarmer]

Most of those will be AHA tenants; apparently the rent on apples flagship store on oxford street is more than the total rural Duchy rental income

OMG. My little mind can't cope with information like that.

 

[Bald Rick]

Would like to say......

I was surprised that the largest landholding was in Devon TBH


The Duchy of Cornwall is a landed estate of 52,788.9 hectares. The extent and distribution of the major land holdings at 31st March 2020 were as follows:
Hectares
Devon 28,484.9
Cornwall 7,571.2
Hereford 5,371.5
Somerset 5,224.5
Isles of Scilly 1,604.8
Dorset 1,322.1
Wiltshire 1,254.0
Gloucestershire 657.3
Shropshire 393.2 Kent 349.1
Nottinghamshire 287.6
Oxfordshire 112.5
Carmarthenshire 84.0
Vale of Glamorgan 19.6
Buckinghamshire 15.4
Greater London 14.2
Hertfordshire 7.0
Norfolk 2.2
Berkshire 1.5
Hampshire 0.4
Total 52,788.9

Just over a 100ha in Wales & he calls himself our prince.
WTF

 

[Bald Rick]

That's some rent cheque coming in.

For 2019 ................. the Duchy had a profit of £21m

 

[primmiemoo]

Would like to say......

I was surprised that the largest landholding was in Devon TBH


The Duchy of Cornwall is a landed estate of 52,788.9 hectares. The extent and distribution of the major land holdings at 31st March 2020 were as follows:
Hectares
Devon 28,484.9
Cornwall 7,571.2
Hereford 5,371.5
Somerset 5,224.5
Isles of Scilly 1,604.8
Dorset 1,322.1
Wiltshire 1,254.0
Gloucestershire 657.3
Shropshire 393.2 Kent 349.1
Nottinghamshire 287.6
Oxfordshire 112.5
Carmarthenshire 84.0
Vale of Glamorgan 19.6
Buckinghamshire 15.4
Greater London 14.2
Hertfordshire 7.0
Norfolk 2.2
Berkshire 1.5
Hampshire 0.4
Total 52,788.9

Relatively recently, I had to explain why the bezzants from the coat of arms of Cornwall were on a sign on Dartmoor.

 

[Sid]

Just over a 100ha in Wales & he calls himself our prince.
WTF

3 and half times as much in Devon and its the Duchy of Cornwall!

 

[Yale]

Just over a 100ha in Wales & he calls himself our prince.
WTF

I blame Owain Glyndwr......

 

[Hampton]

Camilla fed up of hand weeding carrots ?

Apparently he has taken over the Sandringham estate from Prince Philip so is going to concentrate his time there