Buzzard's Valley Vineyard
Buzzard's Valley Vineyard
A family-run nature reserve near Tamworth, with a vineyard beside its free woodland trail, fishing lakes, a café and a shop selling the estate's own wine.
The Jones family has farmed on the Canwell Estate, at the edge of Birmingham, since 1962. Ivan Jones and his wife Pat began with arable and dairy farming, and when foot and mouth ended the dairy they grew potatoes, cabbages and onions. Cutting the allium flowers off the onions to sell at a local show led the family into floristry, and then into a wholesale business, Excelsior Dried Flowers. Ivan later planned three more projects: 4,000 poplar trees, six lakes dug for leisure and a vineyard. Most of that work was done after he died in 2007. The vineyard was the one he saw finished, and he tasted its wine.
Cellar door tastings
Wine is poured to sample on request in the Artisan, Wine and Gift Shop, which sells it. The DIY tasting experiences are booked by phone or email and stop each year on 1 October for the harvest. The family stopped making wine in 2026.
Amenities
Address
Buzzards Valley, 37 Shirrall Drive, Tamworth, B78 3EQGetting there
Nearest station: Four Oaks · 2.8 mi
Opening hours
Hours of the wine and gift shop; the café and other on-site businesses keep their own.
Winery opening hours often vary, so it is always worth checking ahead if you are planning a visit.
