St James City Farm & Riding School https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/ A Natural Oasis in the Heart of Gloucester Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:30:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-logosmall-32x32.jpg St James City Farm & Riding School https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/ 32 32 We’re open! https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2025/10/were-open/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=were-open Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:46:42 +0000 https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/?p=1826 We are open for visits! Hello friends of the farm! 🌿 We wanted to let you know that the city farm is now open, but for a little while our opening hours will be reduced. This is to make sure everyone stays safe while we continue to carry out some building and maintenance works around […]

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]]> 2022 – 2023 Annual Report Now Available https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2023/09/2022-2023-annual-report-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2022-2023-annual-report-now-available Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:51:32 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1350 The Friendship Cafe’s 2022 – 2023 Annual Report is now available to read featuring information on all of the previous years activities, including the city farm and riding school.

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]]> Visiting The Avon Centre https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2023/08/visiting-the-avon-centre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visiting-the-avon-centre Wed, 16 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/?p=1747 We took some beginners on a trip to The Avon Centre! Our facilities are a tad small, so being able to make use of their larger grounds this summer has been very exiciting. They had a go on the riding machine, spent some time in the arena, and then went for a leisurely walk through […]

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]]> Ken Goodwin visits the Farm https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2023/04/ken-goodwin-visits-the-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ken-goodwin-visits-the-farm Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:36:00 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1336 ITV News reporter Ken Goodwin came along to the City Farm and went out with Mr Q and Charlie, for a cart drive through the streets of Gloucester. Thank you to all our supporters and especially to Jacky Sinclair, Dakota Barber & Steve and Sarah Wildy who helped us learn the ropes.

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]]> Farm & Community Worker Vacancy https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2022/06/farm-community-worker-vacancy-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farm-community-worker-vacancy-2 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:23:11 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1253 The farm is looking to welcome a new member to its team. The job will involve supervising volunteers to deliver the care and wellbeing of animals, and welcome visitors and groups. The worker will be an integral part of the Friendship Café charity and as such will be working to develop the potential of the […]

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]]> ITV West Visits the Riding School https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2021/08/itv-west-visits-the-riding-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=itv-west-visits-the-riding-school Fri, 20 Aug 2021 17:20:00 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1194 A presenter from ITV West, Cari Davies, visited us to find out about Aamilah’s progression to the Riding A Dream Academy at the British Racing School in Newmarket. Aamilah’s space is sponsored by the Jockey Club at Cheltenham Racecourse. You can watch a clip of the interview on our youtube, or below.

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]]> HRH The Princess Royal Visits https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2021/06/hrh-the-princess-royal-visits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hrh-the-princess-royal-visits Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:48:00 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1221 HRH The Princess Royal visited us recently to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the The Friendship Cafe running the City Farm, which in 2001 was otherwise planned for closure by Gloucester City Council due to budgetary cuts. A HUGE thank you to all the supporters, volunteers, visitors and staff over the years and we hope […]

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]]> Farm & Community Worker Vacancy https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2021/05/farm-community-worker-vacancy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farm-community-worker-vacancy Fri, 28 May 2021 11:45:00 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1184 The farm is looking to welcome a new member to its team. The job will involve supervising volunteers to deliver the care and wellbeing of animals, and welcome visitors and groups. The worker will be an integral part of the Friendship Café charity and as such will be working to develop the potential of the […]

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]]> Coronavirus! Visitor guidance… https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2020/11/coronavirus-guidance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-guidance Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:56:00 +0000 https://sjcf-web.local/?p=1104 Opening again 3rd December 2020 … At St James City Farm the safety and wellbeing of our visitors and staff is our top priority. In order to ensure everyone’s health, we’ll be taking some precautions. We’re following advice on the current situation from Public Health England, and also from the British Horse Society and Pony […]

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]]> Website Updates https://stjamescityfarm.co.uk/2019/12/website-updates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=website-updates Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:11:39 +0000 http://sjcf-web.local/?p=647 As you can see the website is undergoing some changes. It’s still very much a work in progress so individual pages or areas may be a bit janky looking until we get around to dedicating time to them specifically. If you experience any significant difficulties then please do send a message highlighting them. Otherwise thanks […]

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