Welcome to Hidden Valley farm, 
​home of smallholding courses,
butchery classes,
​farm experience days,
meat boxes,
rear a pig,
and tales of a happy self sufficient good life.

Our smallholding needs your help​

​We're raising money to build our off-grid, eco, wooden lodge on our land by offering amazing rewards on crowdfunder. Please click on the link below to find out more...

So exciting, Simon's new book out 9th Feb 2021...

 As seen on Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild UK revisited,
on channel 5, 16th March 2021

Change your life with one of our courses

  • Live a smallholding life - complete immersion, 1 & 2 day courses
  • Good life experience - dip in and have some fun, 1 day course
  • Butchery course - learn how to butcher meat, cure bacon, make sausages, hams and tasty bits all from scratch, 1 & 2 day courses
  • Pig keeping - listening and understanding the needs of pigs and your part in their lives, 1 day course
  • Rear a pig​ - let us rear your pig for you here on our farm
  • Chickens - eggs and meat, what you need to know, 1 day course
  • Bread, butter and self sufficiency - scared of additives and processed food, we'll show you how to make it yourself, 1 day course
  • GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
All courses are hands on, bespoke and individual to you, we don't put groups of people together so it's just you, us and the smallholding. That way we can concentrate on the things you want to do.

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Other books by Simon Dawson...