The Crown, Bildeston is seeking your support in The Good Food Guide 2026 nominations. After earning a place in the 2025 guide and receiving praise from The Field magazine, Tripadvisor and industry awards, the award-winning Suffolk pub is hoping for your vote once again. Discover why its estate-to-plate dining, warm hospitality and commitment to local produce continue to win national recognition.

Despite a challenging summer for crops, Heathpatch welcomed 250 visitors to its 2026 farm tours, sharing insights into farming, wildlife habitats, conservation projects and renewable energy. Visitors also enjoyed learning about our thriving barn owl population, including the ringing of three healthy chicks and the encouraging sight of young owls flourishing across the estate.

Discover how phacelia flowers are helping improve soil health and biodiversity on our farm. As a cover crop, phacelia reduces compaction, suppresses weeds and returns organic matter to the soil. Known as "Bee's Friend", it also provides valuable nectar and pollen for pollinators. Learn how a chance encounter with local beekeeper Haughley Honey led to hives being placed alongside these vibrant purple fields.

Brett Vale Farming Diary for June 2026

Heathpatch hosted the CLA East Suffolk AGM at Semer, welcoming over 80 rural business members. The day included updates from CLA CEO Isabella Murfin, a farm tour showcasing conservation and landscape restoration, and a visit to Nedging Hall, highlighting estate-grown produce, hospitality and rural enterprise. A delicious lunch was served by The Crown at Bildeston.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we invited local visitors to explore Raydon Great Wood in Suffolk with our woodsmen and ecologist. Discover how nearly 30 years of woodland restoration, coppicing and pond management have transformed this ancient wood into a thriving haven for wildlife, biodiversity and wellbeing.

A round up of the summer activities on the farm from the harvest to the farm tours, plus a tour of Raydon Great Wood.

50,000 trees = a lot of plastic tree shelters. Here's what we use them for and how we stop them harming the environment.

We would like to invite you on a guided walk through Raydon Great Wood.

Booking is now open for our Summer Farm Tours. An opportunity to get a unique view of the beautiful Suffolk countryside.

Hadleigh Environmental Action Team welcome guest speaker Helen Bynum on the 27th March talking about her research on listening to the soil.

Turkey Litter Spreading Incoming

We're proud to share the latest summary ESG report from Cogent Technology.

Summer update from Heathpatch and Dairy Farm.

The Bildeston Crown was recognised as the EADT Sustainability and Environmental Business of the Year, an incredible achievement.

Drama as unexploded bomb found in Heathpatch field.

Find out more about how we look after our part of the beautiful Suffolk countryside.

Volunteers from HEAT get to work on removing tree shelters.

You may know that we have been actively planting trees on the estate for many years. More recently we have been supported by Countryside...

A tree, thought to be 1,000 years old, was blown over during recent storms. The historic oak grew in the grounds of Nedging Hall and the...