Our new venue
We have now moved out of Clacket Lane, we will not be returning there and have relocated now to The Courtyard, Elm Farm, Old Farleigh Road, Farleigh Common, Warlingham, Surrey, CR6 9PE.
We now have four buildings, all of which are in need of fitting out, some will need more drastic works but we will obviously have to approach this as a long term project. We confidently predict about two years in total for works to be completed and then probably another year to spit shine and polish.
Now we are looking forward and we have introduced the charcuterie option, which is proving very popular, pizza will be an option, bacpn rolls, possibly cakes, and of course COFFEE!
We moved, finally, on June 4th, we are not open to the public yet, likely launch date is the end of August, but watch this space.
The Spitfires flies over the new winery quite often, so we can keep the Spitfire in our literature and banners. We will have to scrap all of our old labels though, they will need to be upgraded to the new location.
We abandoned the old our press, which was sold to us as working and was a death trap! It is now long gone, but sadly not forgotten. We are looking for a new one, but probably for next years harvest, not 2026.
We will be open for drop in customers to have a coffee, tea, soft drinks, beer, cider, wine or spirits. If the gates are open then we are open! We are aiming for dog walkers, hikers, cyclists, horse riders, etc for morning coffee & cake, maybe a bacon roll or two.
The new premises has so much more space than Clacket Lane, more than double the square footage and much more accessible, and we have a concrete courtyard, still working on the car park though.
The New Bar
The new tasting room is a little bigger than the old one, by about 20%, but it is all single story, so disabled friendly, and we will have outside seating right there too.
Then we have the courtyard, with more outside seating on the other side, plus an office, at last I have an office again! Plus a workshop, God I miss having an office.
There will be parking for up to 4 camper vans in the courtyard, with outside toilets and the option of water hook-up and power too, (obviously not free).