Warwickshire’s farm shops cover very different ground, from fruit farms on the edge of the Ragley Estate to arable land on the outskirts of Nuneaton. This guide compares five: Hillers near Alcester, Lower Clopton below Meon Hill south of Stratford-upon-Avon, Farmers Fayre at Stoneleigh Park near Kenilworth, Malt Kiln Farm Shop at Stretton-under-Fosse near Rugby, and Poplars Farm at Nuneaton. Each one is set up differently, so the useful question is which shop has the food you need, and where it was grown.
As a Londoner, I know it is not realistic for everyone to live on a farm. A farm shop, farmers' market or community garden can be part of a more direct food routine. Start with a reachable stop and a short list, rather than expecting to change everything at once.
Which farm shop or picking farm should you choose?
Where you live in the county will decide a lot. In the west, Hillers at Dunnington is a short drive from Alcester and Stratford, and it is the largest, with a café, a butcher and a fishmonger on one site. South of Stratford, Lower Clopton is the one to choose for beef and lamb from the farm’s own fields. Farmers Fayre at Stoneleigh Park is handy for Kenilworth, Warwick and Leamington and opens every day. Malt Kiln, off the Fosse Way near Rugby, has meat from its own family farm and pick-your-own in season. Poplars Farm, on the edge of Nuneaton, is the place for its own potatoes and vegetables.
Opening days vary a lot. Lower Clopton is closed on Sundays and Mondays, and Poplars Farm opens from Wednesday to Saturday only, so check before a long trip. At every shop, ask which items come from the farm itself and which are bought in from other local producers.
Check the farm’s current crops, opening times and prices before travelling. Picking seasons vary, and a farm shop may sell produce without offering pick-your-own visits.
- Hillers , A Dunnington fruit-growing family since 1920
- Lower Clopton Farm Shop , Beef, lamb and turkeys below Meon Hill
- Farmers Fayre , A Stoneleigh Park farm shop since 2000
- Malt Kiln Farm Shop , Pick-your-own and family-farm meat near Rugby
- Poplars Farm , Home-grown potatoes and vegetables at Nuneaton
Hillers
Map and location
Dunnington Heath Farm, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5PD. View Hillers on the map.
Contact: 01789 772771.
Four generations of fruit growing near Ragley
Hillers says it is a family business established in 1920. Arnold Hiller and his son Robert began as fruit growers, raising apples, pears and plums on orchards leased from the Ragley Estate, and Robert helped bring loganberries to the UK. In the 1970s the family opened its fields to pick-your-own, and later built packing and storage to supply supermarkets. The shop began with boxes of apples sold from the packhouse door. Fourth-generation family members Sally Haines and Emma Taylor run it today, and strawberries and raspberries are now grown under polytunnels.
The farm shop sells locally grown fruit and vegetables, a deli with Hillers’ own homemade products, a large cheese selection and hampers. Ragley Estate Meats trades from inside the farm shop, and Hillers Fish Shop is a family-run fishmonger on the same site. Hillers says it sources mainly from growers within about ten miles. There is also the Garden Café, the Hillers Hut takeaway, a gift and interiors shop, a plant centre and display gardens.
Visiting and buying
Hillers’ website gives farm shop hours as daily, 8am to 5pm. The Garden Café is open daily from 9am to 5pm, with breakfast until 11.30am and lunch from 11.45am to 3.45pm. Ragley Estate Meats has its own number (01789 778228), and the fish shop is closed on Mondays. Dunnington lies a few miles south of Alcester, west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Ask which fruit is from the family’s own fields, as the farm also buys in from nearby growers.
Hillers: website and opening hours.
Lower Clopton Farm Shop
Map and location
Lower Clopton, Upper Quinton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8LQ. View Lower Clopton Farm Shop on the map.
Contact: 01386 438236.
A third-generation livestock farm south of Stratford
Lower Clopton is a 211-acre farm at the foot of Meon Hill, about seven miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. Richard and Suzie Baldwyn run it as a family business, and Richard is the third generation on the farm. They opened the shop in November 2004 to add to the farm’s income, and the Farmhouse Kitchen Café followed in 2017. The farm buys suckler calves at about a year old and rears them to 20 to 24 months, keeps Welsh Mule ewes, and rears free-range turkeys and laying hens. It also grows cherries and pumpkins for pick-your-own.
The butchery sells the farm’s own beef, aged for 28 days, and lamb from its own flock, and makes its own sausages and bacon. Pork comes from Barry Hall at Admington, and fruit and vegetables come mostly from Drinkwaters at Ebrington. Bread comes from Le Petit Croissant Bakery, which is based on the farm. A production kitchen makes pies, quiches, soups and ready meals, and the shop won Small Farm Shop of the Year at the 2026 Farm Retail Association Awards.
Visiting and buying
The website lists farm shop hours as Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. It is closed on Sunday and Monday. The café closes at 4:30pm. Pick-your-own runs for short seasons, cherries in summer and pumpkins in October, on dates the farm announces each year. Upper Quinton is close to the Gloucestershire border, so it is useful from Stratford, Shipston and the Cotswold edge. Ask at the counter which cuts are from the farm.
Lower Clopton Farm Shop: website and opening hours.
Farmers Fayre
Map and location
National Agricultural Exhibition Centre, Avenue M, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2LZ. View Farmers Fayre on the map.
Contact: 02476 692064.
From selling its own beef to Stoneleigh Park
Farmers Fayre was founded by husband and wife Nicola and Michael, who are still involved day to day. They began in 1999 selling their own beef from Berryfields Farm near Daventry, then opened a high street farm shop and butchery in Kenilworth in 2003. In 2006 they converted an old exhibition building at the National Agricultural Centre into a farm shop and café, and the Stoneleigh Park site has grown since then. Unlike the other shops in this guide, it does not describe growing or rearing its own food today. It buys from local farmers and producers instead.
The shop says it carries more than 500 local or British lines. It names its suppliers: E & P Butchery of Coventry for meat, Quigleys Butchers of Lillington for sausages, Adlingtons of Balsall Common for turkey and poultry, and Andrew Drinkwater of Washbrook Farm, Ebrington, for fruit and vegetables. Bread comes from Andrew Davies Bakery in Kenilworth and MOR Bakery in Stratford, with spirits from East Chase Distillery and ales from Church Farm Brewery in Warwick. There is also a 140-seat restaurant.
Visiting and buying
The contact page gives shop and restaurant hours as Monday to Sunday, 7.30am to 5pm. Stoneleigh Park is between Kenilworth, Coventry and Leamington Spa, and it is the most convenient of the five for Warwick and Leamington. The website shows the postcode as both CV8 2LZ and CV8 2LG, so confirm it before you set your sat nav. Ask which farm each meat comes from.
Farmers Fayre: website and opening hours.
Malt Kiln Farm Shop
Map and location
Main Street (B4027), Stretton-under-Fosse, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0PE. View Malt Kiln Farm Shop on the map.
Contact: 01788 832640.
From fruit fields to a family-farm butcher’s counter
Malt Kiln began as a pick-your-own fruit farm and opened as a farm shop in 1992, and pick-your-own still runs from early May to the end of October. Its butchery page says the beef and lamb come from the family farm, Streetfields Farm near Lutterworth. Charolais suckler cows graze with their calves until weaning at about ten months, and the cattle are finished at 15 to 24 months. Ewes lamb in March, and in winter the sheep get home-grown hay, oats and barley. Pigs are bought in as weaned piglets and raised in straw yards.
The butcher’s counter sits alongside a deli counter with local cheese. The shop names many of its suppliers: Ringswood Ice Cream from near Pailton, which it has sold since 1992, Bearley Vineyard near Stratford, Fowlers of Earlswood for Mature Warwickshire Cheddar, Leicestershire Handmade Cheese from Sparkenhoe Farm, and Brockleby’s pies from Melton Mowbray. Honey comes from Honeyfields Bee Farm, partly from hives at the farm shop. Rebecca’s Kitchen is the coffee shop.
Visiting and buying
The website lists farm shop hours as Monday to Saturday, 9am to 6pm, and Sundays and bank holidays, 10am to 4pm. Rebecca’s Kitchen is open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday, 10am to 4pm. The butcher’s counter has its own number, 01788 832966. Stretton-under-Fosse is just off the Fosse Way, north-west of Rugby. Pick-your-own crops depend on the season, so check the website before you go.
Malt Kiln Farm Shop: website and opening hours.
Poplars Farm
Map and location
Poplars Farm, 45 The Long Shoot, Nuneaton, CV11 6JG. View Poplars Farm on the map.
Contact: 024 7531 4374.
A 500-acre arable and vegetable farm
Poplars Farm is a family-run farm of 500 acres, about two and a half miles from Nuneaton town centre. The website is signed by Richard, John and the Poplars Farm team. The farm grows wheat, barley, oilseed rape and potatoes as commercial crops. On a smaller scale it grows strawberries, Brussels sprouts, cauliflowers, cabbages and other brassicas, carrots, beetroot, sweetcorn and celeriac, which it sells in its own shop and to other local shops. It also grows around 100,000 pumpkins and squash for its Halloween pick-your-own, and is in an entry-level stewardship scheme for wildlife habitats.
The farm shop sells fresh produce all year, with its own potatoes as the main draw: Maris Bard from early July, Wilja from late July, and Desiree, King Edward and Maris Piper from October. It also sells honey from the farm’s own hives, local cheese, eggs, poultry, condiments and preserves. The Cow Shed Cafe is on the same site.
Visiting and buying
The website lists farm shop hours as Wednesday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, and Saturday, 9am to 3pm. It is closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The Cow Shed Cafe keeps separate hours, shown on its own page. The farm is on the eastern edge of Nuneaton and is the handiest of the five for the north of the county, Bedworth and Hinckley. Ask which vegetables are in season from the farm’s own fields that week.
Poplars Farm: website and opening hours.
Knowing a farm shop you can return to is also one of the most practical ways to be ready for disruption. Read The Be Ready Campaign: A UK Guide to Stocking Your Home With Healthy, Local Food, and use the Be Ready Map to find more local food across the UK.
Plan your farm visit, produce, quantities and picking dates
Choose one or two farms or farm shops that fit your route. Write down what you want, how much you need and what you will do with it when you get home. If one crop is unavailable, decide whether to choose a different farm, change the meal or return another day.
- Confirm the crop, public opening and any booking requirement.
- Ask whether you can pick yourself or buy already picked.
- Check the price unit, payment method and containers.
- Ask about access, parking and the correct visitor entrance.
Farm shop and fruit-picking questions
Where can I buy local food in Warwickshire?
Five good choices across Warwickshire are Hillers at Dunnington near Alcester, Lower Clopton Farm Shop at Upper Quinton south of Stratford-upon-Avon, Farmers Fayre at Stoneleigh Park near Kenilworth, Malt Kiln Farm Shop at Stretton-under-Fosse near Rugby, and Poplars Farm at Nuneaton.
Are all these farms in the same town?
No. Warwickshire covers a wide area, and this guide spreads its choices across the county. Each farm section gives its location so you can compare the journey before you set off.
Can I pick at every farm or market?
No. Farm shops and markets may sell ready-picked food without opening fields to visitors. Ask the individual business about picking access, the crop and any booking requirement.
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Sources
- Hillers , official website
- Hillers , opening times
- Hillers , about us
- Lower Clopton Farm Shop , about us
- Lower Clopton Farm Shop , farm shop and opening times
- Farmers Fayre , about
- Farmers Fayre , Stoneleigh Park farm shop
- Farmers Fayre , contact and opening hours
- Malt Kiln Farm Shop , butchers
- Malt Kiln Farm Shop , local produce
- Poplars Farm , about us
- Poplars Farm , farm shop opening hours
Research reviewed 25 October 2026. Farm and visitor sources support the descriptions above. Historical information is identified where relevant; no firsthand visit, current stock check or certification is claimed.