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The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Where is Clarkson's Farm and can I visit Diddly Squat farm shop and the Farmer's Dog pub?
JEREMY Clarkson leads the rest of the Diddly Squat gang as the show returns for its fourth season. While Diddly Squat Farm and Farm Shop have been somewhat of an attraction since the show's debut in 2021, the unveiling of Jeremy's new pub has made a lot of people wonder if they can visit. 3 Where is Clarkson's Farm and can I visit Diddly Squat Farm Shop and the Farmer's Dog pub? Diddly Squat Farm Shop and the Farmer's Dog are both open to visitors! After a brief closure to the Farm Shop earlier this year, fans can now visit again and make a trip to the idyllic Cotswolds. The exact location of the Farm Shop is 5-12 Chipping Norton Road, Chadlington, Chipping Norton, OX7 3PE. Once there, fans will be able to experience some of the key locations featured on the Clarkson -fronted show. While visiting the site, many will hope to catch a glimpse of the rising stars of the show, including fan favourite Kaleb Cooper, straight-man and farm management consultant Charlie Ireland, the humorous Gerald Cooper, plus farm shop front-woman and Jezza's partner, Lisa Hogan. The iconic shop has become a public attraction since it opened, with thousands flocking to it each year, much to the dislike of some of the community. For visitors coming from outside the Cotswolds, the trip can take two hours from central London by car, or two and a half hours by public transport. If fans are staying nearby there is the X9 bus from The Bell Hotel in Charlbury that will take them straight past the 1000 acres site and near the Farm Shop. 3 Previously, the farm also had a functioning restaurant on location called The Big View Café, but this was shut down due to excessive traffic. In response, this series of the hit show followed the former Top Gear presenter's trials and tribulations of trying to open a pub. Viewers watched each episode as Jeremy struggled to find a suitable pub for his new venture, despite the sheer number of venues available. Finally, Jeremy found a pub, which was formerly known as the Windmill, and renovated and renamed it to the Farmer's Dog. The latest weapon in Jeremy's farming armoury is located off the Asthall Barrow Roundabout, Burford OX18 4HJ. As it is a working farm, visitors are best to stick to the Farm Shop and Pub - so do not expect to see Jeremy riding around in his infamous Lamborghini tractor. 3 What can you expect at The Farmer's Dog? The pub, which champions British farmers, is sure to be on top of fans' bucket lists. Jeremy's main reason behind opening the pub was that he wanted everything to come from British farms within a certain radius, so don't expect to see any Heinz ketchup on offer. Instead, visitors to the pub can treat themselves to the steak pie, ham hock terrine, rhubarb crumble, and a wide range of other menu items, all knowing that it has come from local farmers. Since the pub opened, it has been extremely busy, and after the show aired, its popularity has soared. And so, for fans hoping to pay a visit in the near future, you may have to wait a while. Bookings for the new Oxfordshire landmark open each month but get snapped up fast, with forums set up on social media helping fans get their chance to visit.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Mother reveals her top tip for skipping crowds at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm - while still getting your hands on the best produce
A woman has revealed her 'hack' for experiencing Jeremy Clarkson 's coveted pub without crowds, queues or having to wait '45 minutes for crisps'. Nat, a mother from Surrey, took to social media to share her experience visiting the Top Gear star's sprawling Oxfordshire property, offering her advice to potential patrons on where to visit to avoid queuing. Like many Clarkson fans, Nat recently decided to pay a visit to vast thousand acre Cotswold estate, situated village of Chadlington in Chipping Norton, where the presenter, 65, has built his rural business - which includes Diddly Squat Farm Shop and The Farmer's Dog pub. As she pointed out, those hoping to get their foot in the door at one of Clarkson's popular outlets will likely have to wait several hours to sit down for a meal, sip a pint of beer or bag a box of fresh eggs. But the savvy mother has discovered a new hack for experiencing the best of Clarkson's offerings, without having to endure two or three hour long queues. In the video, she shared how others can get their 'hands on Diddly Squat produce' while 'soaking up the Clarkson Farm vibes - minus the 45-minute wait for crisps'. Stopping off at the famous country pub, which promises a menu made using only fresh and local produce, Nat spotted a nearby store called The Farmer's Puppy, a sister farm shop that sells the same produce as the popular predecessor, Diddly Squat. 'We've just walked in and there is no queue for the farm shop,' she said, panning the camera across an area of grassy field dotted with picnic benches. 'Everything you can get from Diddly Squat Farm shop, you can get at the Farmer's Puppy,' she revealed. Speaking in the video, she said: 'So we've got the same amount of food as they did at the farm. 'We've gone for local fries, burgers, beer, cider and there was absolutely no queue. If you're thinking of going down to Diddly Squat but the queues are putting you off, simply go there, have a coffee, have a walk around and come here to Burford which is about 20 minutes away. 'You can come here, the kids can play on the farm. You can grab a drink and some lunch and there's no queue.' The hack offers an ideal solution to what she pointed out can often amount to two or three hour long queues which punters have complained of at peak times. Instead, she recommended The Farmer's Puppy. 'It's packed with the same farm shop products, fantastic food, no queues, and proper countryside charm plus there's loads of space for the kids to run around and they have some cool garden games,' she said. As the fourth season of the Amazon Prime series, Diddly Squat Farm, set on the estate, began airing last month, Clarkson has been met with a fresh wave of criticism from disgruntled customers. He re-opened the barn-come-gift shop - which sells prime cuts of meat, fresh eggs and pork pies alongside candles, soap and branded chopping boards - on the 1 March earlier this year, shortly before the new series aired. As doors opened, customers were met by heaving crowds of eager fans hailing from all corners of the earth, some having travelled all the way from India and Spain. Pilgrimaging customers desperate to get their hands of Clarkson's fresh produce had to wait in queues lasting hours, with one on Reddit claiming to have waited three hours to get their hands on a pint of Hawkstones, Clarkson's own brand of beer. Meanwhile, others have objected to eye-watering prices on food and other trinkets, citing £7.20 pork pies, bars of soap for £6.80 and eggs for £4.20. Elsewhere, customers have issues complaints of food quality, with Big Brother star and food critic Henry Southan recently have claimed his £26 beef and pork roast dinner was dry. Clarkson recently issued a startling health update, just months after he had a brush with death. Speaking about cars in his column in The Sunday Times, Jeremy revealed: 'I have a trapped nerve in my back at the moment. 'It's fine but I'm doing anything, but in the G 580 (a Mercedes motor), not doing anything is impossible because it pitches and rolls all the time, and you never have any idea what it's going to do next. 'So you can't ever brave yourself. Getting out of this and back into Lisa's Range Rover was like getting out of an economy seat on a new airline called Air Turbulent nd into a bed at the world's most peaceful hotel'. The former Top Gear presenter has begun filming for series five of Clarkson's Farm following the success of the recently released fourth installment. Dubbed more 'sweary and politically incorrect than ever', the latest insight into Clarkson's Diddly Squat farm saw him navigate a host of challenges such as the opening of his new Farmer's Dog pub. But as he prepared for the boozer's first day in business last summer, Jeremy became 'more and more ill' and ultimately had to undergo life-saving surgery to hold his arteries open - something detailed in the new series. The presenter has indeed been keeping a close eye on his health since his scare late last year. Jeremy undergoes a medical MOT 'every couple of years', with his latest check-up seeing him sit through 'eight solid hours of thoroughness'. He shared that he underwent a cardiovascular and liver test, an ultrasound, MRI scan, none of which gave him any cause for concern until it came to the prostate exam.
Telegraph
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
David Beckham is going country, as the rich and famous tend to do
If every picture tells a story, a recent photograph of David Beckham introduces an intriguing new chapter in the gilded epic that is the tale of Posh and Becks. Taken by Victoria Beckham at the couple's Oxfordshire home, the snap shows Sir David – as he will now be known – in rustic brown cords, grass-green jumper and tweed cap, standing amid a flowery meadow and leaning on an antler-topped walking stick in a pose often adopted by the King. Behind him, a landscape of fields and hedges rolls away to the horizon. The image appeared in Country Life magazine, accompanying an announcement that Beckham will guest-edit the October 22nd edition of the publication (which is, apparently, his favourite reading). 'He reads every issue from cover to cover, and it's been a great companion to him as he's developed his own life in the countryside,' said the editor-in-chief, Mark Hedges. The retreat from the glittering prizes of worldly ambition to rustic simplicity has been a theme of authors since Horace and Virgil. But the idylls of pastoral literature are one thing; the reality of country life quite another. Admittedly the pretty landscape around Chipping Norton, where the Beckhams have their country house, has long been transformed into a kind of 'urbs in rure' theme park for celebrities, replete with every comfort the sophisticated urban heart could desire. Yet the question remains, what is it about the countryside that seems irresistible to the rich and famous? I suppose we have William the Conqueror's pragmatic habit of exchanging land and titles for fealty to thank for the enduring conflation of status with rolling acres. But by the mid-20th century, the days of the great country houses seemed all but over. The V&A's 1974 exhibition, The Destruction of the Country House, chronicled the demolition of 1,000 historic piles in the preceding century. Yet even as the Palladian facades fell to the wrecking ball, their Arcadian myth, epitomised in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, persisted. In the 1980s Ann Barr and Peter York caught the zeitgeist of the shires with The Sloane Ranger Handbook, which affectionately satirised the Henrys and Carolines of SW3, with their padded gilets, their dogged attachment to the countryside and their unshakeable conviction that staying in town at weekends was social death. The Sloanes are long gone, though their legacy lingers in the form of the homespun fashion choices of the nouveaux rustics. (It is tempting to imagine a portrait – perhaps in the guest-edited issue of Country Life – of the Beckhams as Gainsborough's Mr and Mrs Andrews, he in no-nonsense outdoor garb, she in something billowy with magnificently impractical shoes.) David Beckham's embrace of the rural life and his long-awaited knighthood may even bring us full circle to William the Conqueror and the judicious bestowing of honours. Sir David embodies many of the modern chivalric virtues: he is (as we learnt from the Beckhams' Netflix docu-series) uxorious, funny and exceptionally tidy. At the late Queen Elizabeth's lying-in-state he combined low-key patriotism with a talent for extreme queuing and timely snacks. He seems to cultivate bees, chickens and roses with something of the intensity that he brought to football. And now there is a patch of Albion that he calls his own. Et in Arcadia, Sir David?
Telegraph
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
David Beckham to guest edit Country Life
David Beckham is to guest edit Country Life. The former England captain, who admitted to reading every edition 'cover-to-cover', will take control of the magazine for an issue in October. The news of his editorship was announced in Wednesday's edition. Mark Hedges, the editor-in-chief, said: 'As soon as we were introduced, David told me how much he loves Country Life. 'He reads every issue from cover to cover and it's been a great companion to him as he's developed his own life in the countryside.' Beckham grew up in Leytonstone, London, but now lives in a £12 million countryside manor near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. He has said that nature has become an important part of his life. Previous guest editors of the magazine have included the King and the Princess Royal. Beckham said: 'I am honoured to have been invited to guest edit an edition of a magazine that I have always admired and read. 'I am really looking forward to working with the editorial team to produce an issue that will celebrate what the countryside and the great British landscape mean to me and my family.' Mr Hedges added: 'I'm absolutely delighted that David has agreed to guest edit the magazine, especially as it will be my 1,000th issue since I became editor. 'This one-off edition will feature David Beckham's favourite view and his best-loved recipe, as well as his rural champions and the craftsmen and women who have helped to shape his home in the Cotswolds, together with an insight into how the countryside has come to play an increasingly important role in his life. 'I know he has a deep love of the countryside, which has grown since he retired as a professional footballer. 'As a global football icon, with a passion for the countryside, his dogs, chickens, bees and his garden – notably trees, roses and vegetables – I'm excited to see what his special commemorative issue will bring.' Country Life is a weekly magazine that celebrates nature and the English countryside and has been in print since 1897. It features articles on rural communities, hobbies and politics. Beckham celebrated his 50th birthday this year and is expected to be given a knighthood in the King's birthday honours on Saturday.
Telegraph
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Jeremy Clarkson meets Australia captain Pat Cummins: ‘I've never been a fan of cricket'
Jeremy Clarkson hosted Australia captain Pat Cummins at his Diddly Squat Farm but admitted that he is no fan of cricket. Cummins is gearing up for Australia's World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's next week and took the opportunity to visit Clarkson's famous farm in Chipping Norton. The pair also played a game of farmyard cricket, testing a bat that had been made from willow grown on Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm. Cummins, who will lead Australia against England in the Ashes series later this year, bowled at Clarkson's Farm stars Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland in the light-hearted game. Clarkson watched as a spectator-cum-fielder. 'I've watched every episode of Clarkson's Farm and visiting the team from Diddly Squat Farm ahead of training for the World Test Championship final was a real treat,' said Cummins, who owns a farm in New South Wales. 'The life of a farmer is just as chaotic as you see on the show, and I was very impressed with Charlie's idea to grow English cricket bat willow. Thanks to Jeremy and the team for hosting me.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pat Cummins (@patcummins30) Clarkson said that he relished hosting Cummins, despite his lack of interest in cricket. 'I've never been a fan of cricket,' Clarkson said. 'I always had too much hay fever to know what was going on. But at least now I've found a way to make some money out of it. 'We enjoyed showing Pat around Diddly Squat Farm, after we had Oscar Piastri visit us previously as well. The only non-Australian sportsman who's visited was David Beckham.' The event was arranged by Amazon Prime, who are showing the World Test Championship live in Australia and also broadcast Clarkson's Farm. Australia are the reigning World Test champions, after defeating India in the 2023 final. Their match against South Africa at Lord's begins on Wednesday. Cummins, who has taken 294 Test wickets at an average of 22.4 as well as contributing crucial lower-order runs, is regarded as one of Australia's finest-ever cricketers.
