Can I turn up at Bardfield Vineyard without booking?

Yes. Bardfield Vineyard is open to walk-ins. Bookings can be made online.

When is Bardfield Vineyard open?

Monday to Friday, 10am–4pm, all year. Shop hours; guided tours and tastings run on set dates from May to September.

Can I book a visit to Bardfield Vineyard online?

Yes, through Bardfield Vineyard's website.

What is the nearest station to Bardfield Vineyard?

Braintree, 5.7 miles in a straight line.

Where is Bardfield Vineyard?

Great Lodge, Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, CM7 4QD, Essex.

Can I stay at Bardfield Vineyard?

Yes. Bardfield Vineyard has places to stay: The Rose Barn, Cart Lodge Double Room and Cart Lodge Two-Bedroom Suite, among others.

Bardfield Vineyard, Great Bardfield, Essex

Bardfield Vineyard is part of the Great Lodge farming estate in North West Essex, with a walled garden, alpacas and a Grade I listed barn used for weddings.

Great Lodge is a farming estate in North West Essex that the same family has worked for generations. They were tenant farmers here at the end of the 19th century, and Rebecca's grandfather, Joseph Smith, bought the estate in the late 1940s. Her father, Alan Jordan, planted the Bardfield Vineyard in 1989 alongside the arable farm. The first vines were Bacchus, on sandy clay in the dry, sunny East Anglian climate. The vines are pruned by hand through the winter and picked by hand, usually at the end of September.

Cellar door tastings

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Visitors can taste the wines in the vineyard shop before buying. Guided tours with a tasting in the Grade I listed barn run on set dates from May to September. Sheets for the self-guided trails are collected from the shop.

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Address

Great Lodge, Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, CM7 4QD

Getting there

Nearest station: Braintree · 5.7 mi

Opening hours

Monday10:00–16:00

Tuesday10:00–16:00

Wednesday10:00–16:00

Thursday10:00–16:00

Friday10:00–16:00

SaturdayClosed

SundayClosed

Shop hours; guided tours and tastings run on set dates from May to September.

Winery opening hours often vary, so it is always worth checking ahead if you are planning a visit.

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The Rose Barnfrom £200 a night
House
One of three converted timbered barns around a courtyard. It has a sitting room, a dining area and a galley kitchen, with a bridal suite on one side, with a four-poster bed and a free-standing bath, and a second bedroom with a shower on the other.
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Cart Lodge Double Roomfrom £60 a night
B&B · two-night minimum
An en-suite double room with tea-making facilities, in a courtyard of converted timbered barns.
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Cart Lodge Two-Bedroom Suitefrom £140 a night
House · sleeps 4 · two-night minimum
Two en-suite double rooms with an adjoining kitchen and breakfast room, in a courtyard of converted timbered barns.
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The Stablesfrom £160 a night
House · sleeps 6 · two-night minimum
Part of a courtyard of converted timbered barns. A double bedroom and a large family room with twin beds and bunk beds, each with its own shower, both adjoin a kitchen and breakfast room. A small enclosed courtyard lies behind the family room.
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