UK/London: Freightliners Farm

Freightliners is a small farm in an urban setting providing the opportunity for local individuals and groups to learn from and interact with the environment and each other through animal care, horticulture and sustainable practices. It's purpose is to provide an educational and recreational recourse for the community, promoting social welfare and quality of life through a collaborative and inclusive community project.

Freightliners Farm was founded on wasteland behind Kings Cross station in London in 1973. Originally the animals were housed in railway goods vans, hence the name. The Farm moved to its present site in 1978 and new purpose built farm buildings were erected in 1988.

Freightliners Farm is a registered charity, no 1014216, and a non-profit organisation. Freightliners is also the only city farm in the UK which has a non-slaughtering policy....


Freightliners Farm
Sheringham Road, London, N7 8PF
Tel: 020 7609 0467
Fax: 020 7609 9934
Email: liz@freightlinersfarm.org.uk

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Link: City, Cass and Santander Community Day on Freightliners Farm
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Link: Tina, the ‘ugly’ pig who won hearts and inspired city farm visitors to become vegetarians, goes to orchard in the sky