Tullynessle Deer Farm
A working red deer farm near Alford, with guided tours, white deer and venison to take home.
Tullynessle Deer Farm, at Broadbog just north of Alford, keeps a herd of red deer, Scotland's great native animal, raised to high welfare standards for venison.
A guided tour here is a chance to get close to the deer and to understand how a deer farm works through the year.
The tour covers ethical farming, the making of venison and the seasons of the herd, along with the history of the red deer in Scotland. There is plenty that is hands-on: stag antlers to handle, which grow faster than almost any other tissue in the animal world, and the chance to spot rare deer among the herd, including the elusive white red deer.
Around the farm is Whitehaugh Forest, with walks from thirty-five minutes to three hours for anyone who wants to stay longer. At the end of the visit there is award-winning venison from the farm to taste and to buy. Alford, with its heritage museum and transport museum, is a few minutes south.
Guided tours; venison to taste and buy at the end.
Walks in Whitehaugh Forest of thirty-five minutes to three hours.
- Where
- Broadbog, Tullynessle, near Alford.
- Tours
- Guided.
Tullynessle, near Alford.
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Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
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