Leckford Estate

Championing sustainable farming starts at home: a unique part of the Waitrose story is that we run our own farm.
Cows on the Leckford Estate
Cows on the Leckford Estate

The Leckford Estate was bought by our founder in 1928. It covers 4,000 acres in Hampshire and includes a farm, plant nursery and water garden.

Our farm produces crops, milk, meat, fruit and vegetables for sale in our supermarkets. Longstock Park Nursery (www.longstocknursery.co.uk) sells a wide range of shrubs and plants which are also available for purchase online together with expert advice.

In May 2009 Waitrose become the first retailer to plant its own vineyard. The grapes will be used to produce a high quality sparkling wine which will debut on the shelves at Waitrose in 2014.

For more information about the Leckford Estate read the JLP e-zine article Down on the farm.

Longstock Park Water Garden (www.longstockpark.co.uk), rated one of the finest gardens of its type in Europe, is open to the public from April to September, on the first and third Sunday afternoon of the month. Proceeds go to local charities.

Leckford Estate also has leisure facilities for our Partners, such as golf courses and fly fishing. It is one of our five locations around the UK exclusively for Partners with one year's service and their families and friends, who can take holidays there for a subsidised rate.

View an image gallery of photos taken at Leckford Abbas.

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