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Open 9-5
Mon-Thu & Sat
9-6 Fri
10-4 Sundays
Closed Bank Holidays
Galleywood
Chelmsford Essex UK
CM2 8LX
Lathcoats Farm - Essex Fruit Growers
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We are a specialist family fruit farm, one of the last remaining in Essex . Our renowned farm shop offers over 40 varieties of apples from our own orchards available in their season, ready picked.
Check seasons.
Visit us in the summer for mouth-watering pick-your-own summer fruits. This usually starts around mid June but is likely to be a little later this year. Check back here for up to date information or join our email news service on the link further down the page
Check seasons.
A wide range of food from specialist producers around our region is available throughout the year in our farm shop.
Fresh fish is available on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Click here to see a list of some of our wonderful local and regional suppliers
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Pick Your Own Update at 11.55 on July 28th
The PYO is drawing to a close and will revert to shop hours on Thursday 29th.
Raspberries are still easy to find, the best being in the centre of the plants.
There are small volumes of Plums, Boysenberries, Blackberries and Blackcurrants, but supply is limited.
Cherries, Gooseberries, Strawberries and Redcurrants are over.
The PYO will close on Sunday August 1st at 16:00. From Monday 2nd the small amount of PYO will be through the Farm Shop.
There are ready picked locally grown Cherries and our own ready picked Apricots in the Farm Shop.
We will publish the picking date for Victorias as soon as we know probably late August.
The Shop is open Monday to Thursday and Saturday 9 to 5, Friday 9 to 6 and Sunday 10 to 4.
Pick Your Own Update at 9.45 on July 24th
Raspberries: Still some good fruit to pick.
Strawberries: virtually finished .
Cherries: Sunday25th 13:00 now well and truly finished .
Blackcurrants: Still some.
Plums: Limited supply at the moment. Victorias due in 3rd week of August.
Boysenberries and Blackberries : first few fruits.
Redcurrants and Gooseberries are over.
Pick Your Own Update
Wednesday 21st July
Raspberries: still plenty to come. Variety Magna especially good at the moment (furthest raspberries from check out)
Strawberries: very careful picking required to avoid fruit past its best. Unlikely to be much left worth picking by the weekend
Blackcurrants: Still plenty
Redcurrants: still some left but very ripe now.
Gooseberries: very well picked over. Keen pickers can still find some. Soft and sweet now.
Plums: earliest variety "Herman" starting now - just one short row of these next to strawberry tunnels. Other varieties to follow
Boysenberries: only a limited supply of these - must be really ripe before picking- look for really dark fruit.
Competition winners
from our last Apple Day
You can see the winning recipes by clicking the links below:
Apple nut trifle Mrs Everett
Apple rumtopf Mrs John
Apple and parsnip soup Mrs Rickards
You can see the winning poems by clicking the link below
Poetry competition winning entries