[hexhammeasure]

plenty of places for sale in weardale... long winters short summers and wet...

[Bramblecot]

Perhaps I wasn't so daft as folk said when I bought our land .  I certainly won't be able to afford any more at those prices 

[plt102]

I'm in bampton, oxfordshire and land here also going for ten to fifteen grand per acre

[Simple Simon]

The Economist this week reported that the price of Welsh farmland had risen from £2600 to £6900 per acre since 2003.


This was in the context of the failure by the Welsh Assembly to make much progress in its pledge to plant 100,000 ha of forestry by 2020.

[Bumblebear]

plenty of places for sale in weardale... long winters short summers and wet...

sounds like Norfolk...... 

[Simple Simon]

Paraphrasing a report in Farmers Weekly this week, good farming land in the right place is being snapped up while less favoured farms aren't selling.  Big farms continue to get bigger.


This doesn't help with the price of small lots though.  On the one hand people want a bit of land, on the other the hope value for residential development has mostly vanished.

[Small Farmer]

There's ten acres of grazing land near us just on the Herts/Beds boundary going for - wait for it - £175,000.   Absolutely no chance of planning - green belt and not near any other habitation.   None of farmers are interested - its about double what it's worth.

[benkt]

Blimey, makes the six acres for sale near us look like a bargin at £65k

[Glebegrower]

There's ten acres of grazing land near us just on the Herts/Beds boundary going for - wait for it - £175,000.   Absolutely no chance of planning - green belt and not near any other habitation.   None of farmers are interested - its about double what it's worth.

hi small farmer -that wouldn't happen to be near a certain animal feed store would it ?

[MikeM]

prices vary hugely here, if you want/can afford a large parcel of land you can get it for around the 6-8k per acre mark, but you need to be able to afford or want 15 acres plus. If you only want/can afford a small parcel then you're looking at £16k+. Those are asking prices, there's 6 acres near us reduced to £75k (from £100k!!!) that's been on the market for a while now.

[Fowgill Farm]

Round us straight ag land is £6-£7k an acre see link http://www.robinjessop.co.uk/t/estate-agents-north-yorkshire.asp?PropertyTypeID=4&locationID=4&PriceFrom=0&Bedrooms=0&Keywords=Optional%20keyword%20ie%20acres,%20stables&PriceTo=4000000&modeID=PropertySearch&DoLogin=
 
Small holdings
 http://www.robinjessop.co.uk/t/estate-agents-north-yorkshire.asp?modeID=Property&GroupID=4&GroupName=Farms,%20Smallholdings%20&%20Equestrian%20Properties%20for%20sale&DoLogin=
some quite interesting ones here.
HTh
Mandy

[Backinwellies]

Must tell my dad his few acres on Surrey Hants border are worth more than his house!!! 

Linda

[YoungRasher]

We've just paid £5320 per acre for  23.9 acres near Matlock, Derbyshire. As the above post says, smaller sizes are fetching a lot more per acre which is why we ended up buying so much, A 1.2 acre field that is split into three pieces and only had access through someone elses field has just sold for 17.5k

[Small Farmer]

hi small farmer -that wouldn't happen to be near a certain animal feed store would it ?

No it's at Kinsbourne Green near Lady Grey Farm.   


The land you mention at Wheathampsted has planning for stables and bidwells want £360k for 11acres. It's the spoilt brat market.

[Glebegrower]

Was it 360 k ,i knew it was out of my league but i didn;t realise it was that far !!
you must be quite local to me then !our land at home is worth tuppence hapenny these days (west cork)
but money cant buy you land like this really !