Great Lodge

20/04/2024

Our summer picnic is back on Monday 27th May 1-5pm.
Tickets are now on sale from our website www.greatlodge.co.uk

29/02/2024

Tours for the warmer months available to book online at www.greatlodge.co.uk limited spaces available

16/02/2024

13/02/2024

We will shortly have a vacancy for a Bookkeeper and administrative assistant to help with our busy farm, vineyard, accommodation and wedding business. Part time 20 hours a week. Please don't reply by Facebook, but email Rebecca for a job description [email protected].

03/02/2024

Treat your loved one this Valentine's Day to a romantic vineyard experience. 🍇❤️ Check out your local vineyard to see the tours they provide!

📸 Chet Valley Vineyard and Winery

24/01/2024

Looking to get Married in 2025 or 2026..

Our Anne of Cleves Barn is dry hire which means you can tailor your day to your requirements. One Saturday wedding per week means you have exclusive use of our stunning venue. Your ceremony can be in the garden or the barn, depending on what you would like and the weather of course!

Get in touch to book a 121 viewing with our team. [email protected]

22/12/2023

Ideal for anyone at home from university, likes wildlife, being outdoors...please share. Would need to be local to Great Bardfield

19/12/2023

Wine shop open this week, 10am until 4pm. Get you festive tipples in this week..

11/12/2023

Stuck for a gift? Vouchers are available for our 2024 tours. These are held on the first Thursday of the month May until September. These include a tour of the vineyard, gardens, estate history, wine tasting and a ploughmans lunch. These can be ordered online or collected in our shop.

07/12/2023

Welcome to our shop...wreaths from £15, centre pieces are £10 or individual ones £4..

06/12/2023

Utilising bits from the garden to make centre pieces or simple festive displays, rustic tea light holders... available in our shop open daily 10am until 4pm. All money raised is for our Keep Growing project

05/12/2023

Wreath making in the chilly barn this morning .. on sale in our shop from tomorrow.

04/12/2023

This weekend .. our wine and wool sale. And beautiful handmade wreaths. Cm74qd. Come down the drive to the shop at the back of the farmhouse. 10am until 4pm. Gift boxes and tour vouchers also available.

29/11/2023

A shout-out to the wineries and vineyards in our district in celebration of National Wine Week this week (25 November to 1 December). 📣

We have several boutique vineyards, making and selling award-winning wines. Why not browse their online stores and buy locally produced wines to accompany the celebrations this Christmas?

🍇 Great Lodge, Great Bardfield at www.greatlodge.co.uk/vineyard/

🍇 Tuffon Hall Vineyard, Sible Hedingham at https://tuffonhall.co.uk/

🍇 Toppesfield Vineyard, Toppesfield at www.toppesfieldvineyard.co.uk

Our dry and sunny climate and shared geology with the champagne region of Northern France contribute to our wine growing success.

21/11/2023

Announcing our wine sale date... a variety of wreaths will be made for the event, all proceeds from sales of these goes our project Keep Growing.

Dont forget our vouchers for tours are also available on our website here https://www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/2024-vineyard-tour-wine-tasting-lunch-voucher/

15/11/2023

Gift sets will be available at these markets as well as in our shop

02/11/2023

Could be a good solution if you want to keep your own space...

12/10/2023

This Saturday is our Opera gala evening. We cant wait and to get you in the mood here is the song list. Tickets are still available on the linke below
https://www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/encore-a-night-of-operatic-indulgence/

Dont forget you can bring food snacks to enjoy during the interval. A lovely night to boost your mood in this grey weather

This unique event is held in our amazing grade 1 listed Anne of Cleves Barn, CM7 4QD .. come and soak up the atmosphere

02/10/2023

Its October..how exciting, join us in a few weeks for our Night of Operatic indulgence tickets can be found here
https://www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/encore-a-night-of-operatic-indulgence/

Dont forget you can bring food snacks to enjoy during the interval. A lovely night to kick off your count down to the festive season.

This unique event is held in our amazing grade 1 listed Anne of Cleves Barn, CM7 4QD .. come and soak up the atmosphere

28/09/2023

Harvest day is off to a good start this morning. Bacchus is our first grape to be harvested. We are very proud of hand picking ensuring that the quality of our harvest is the best it can be. Many hands make light work...

20/09/2023

As it turns to autumn we are thinking of our next events here at Great Lodge. Join us in a few weeks for our Night of Operatic indulgence tickets can be found here https://www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/encore-a-night-of-operatic-indulgence/
Dont forget you can bring food snacks to enjoy during the interval. A lovely night to kick off your count down to the festive season.

Whilst thinking of Christmas our 2024 tours are now available to online along with our gift vouchers which can be found here https://www.greatlodge.co.uk/vineyard-tour-and-tasting/

Photo taken on this blustery morning

31/07/2023

We are delighted that two of the singers from last year’s Tosca are returning with friends to put on an evening of Operatic Opulence! The singers are the very talented Kirsty Taylor- Stokes who played Tosca and the villainous Scarpia aka Geoff Chapman.



The evening will include:

The Pearl Fishers Duet
The Champagne trio from Fledermaus
Libiano (the drinking song) from La Traviata
Adele’s jewel song from Faust
Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Che Galinda Manina from La Boheme


The performance will take place on Saturday 14th October at 7.30pm, doors open at 6.45pm

To accompany this glittering programme the ticket price of £27 (£12 under 16s) includes a complimentary glass of Bardfield Sparkling wine or elderflower pressé and do come dressed in your sparkles if you wish!



Tickets are on sale via our website https://www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/encore-a-night-of-operatic-indulgence/

01/06/2023

Ploughmans lunches all set for the Tour this morning. Bread from knead food at the blue egg next door.

Tickets for Monthly tours on our website, 1st Thursday of the month

25/05/2023

We cant wait to see you all Monday for our Summer Picnic. We have some alpaca fleece available for people to take to put out for nesting birds.

Tickets still available on our website with more tickets being released friday, dependant on weather forecast.

17/04/2023

Places are going fast for our first tour of the season. Get your place secured now. Thursday 4th May, 11am. A lovely tour of the grounds and gardens, followed by wine tasting in our Anne of Cleves barn or beautiful garden. Option to add a ploughmans lunch to round off your visit. Tours held once a month.

11 am meet outside the shop Please allow 1 hour 30 minutes for the Tour and Tasting and the estate closes at 5 p.m. You can add on a ploughman’s lunch and spend the rest of the day enjoying the estate.

21/03/2023

We also have availability for one wedding in October 2023...get in touch today

21/03/2023

Thank you for those that have purchased tickets so far for this Picnic on Monday 29th May, we look forward to seeing you all then

Tickets have been released today for our Summer Picnic Monday 29th May 2023, a lovely afternoon spent in our garden listening to 12th Note Jazz, enjoying your picnic and a glass or two of our wine.

www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/summer-picnic-may-2023 for tickets

15/03/2023

Tickets have been released today for our Summer Picnic Monday 29th May 2023, a lovely afternoon spent in our garden listening to 12th Note Jazz, enjoying your picnic and a glass or two of our wine.

www.greatlodge.co.uk/product/summer-picnic-may-2023 for tickets