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A farmer in a green field at Westerton, holding out a crate of the farm's vegetables.
Aberdeenshire

Westerton Farm

A family farm near Laurencekirk with an award-winning café and farm shop, its own vegetables, a play park, goats to meet and pick-your-own in season.

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Welcome

In the Howe o' the Mearns, a few miles off the A90 near Laurencekirk, Westerton is a working family farm now in its fourth generation, and it opens its gates to anyone who wants to see where their food comes from.

The award-winning café serves breakfast, lunch, and coffee and cakes all day, and much of what is on the menu is grown or made on the farm itself, with a few extras from local producers. The farm shop sells the same vegetables, along with pantry staples and seasonal treats.

Children can run in the play park and meet the goats, and everyone can watch the busy farm at work. In season there is pick-your-own, and through the year a campsite, farmers' markets every quarter and workshops, with a pumpkin festival filling October. It opens seven days a week.

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Before you go

Open seven days: Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday and Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 9am to 4pm.

Breakfast is served in the morning, lunch from noon to 3pm.

Where
Westerton of Pitarrow, near Laurencekirk, AB30 1RT.
In October
A pumpkin festival.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–4pm
Tuesday
10am–4pm
Wednesday
10am–4pm
Thursday
10am–4pm
Friday
9am–4pm
Saturday
9am–4pm
Sunday
9am–4pm

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Where it is

On the farm at Westerton of Pitarrow in the Howe o' the Mearns, a few miles off the A90 near Laurencekirk.

Close byThe Mearns.
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  2. The tall stone Royal Arch over the street in Fettercairn.The Arch Café and BistroA cosy café and bistro by Fettercairn's royal arch, with gluten-free baking and a Friday chippy night.6 miles 11 min by road
  3. The tall copper stills in Fettercairn's stillhouse, among steel walkways.Fettercairn DistilleryA distillery under the Cairn o' Mount.6 miles 12 min by road
  4. The Grassic Gibbon Centre's gabled front beside Arbuthnott Hall, picnic tables outside.Lewis Grassic Gibbon CentreThe novelist of the Mearns, at Arbuthnott.6 miles 8 min by road
  5. The stone steading at Charleton Farm on a sunny morning, with planters made from old fruit crates in front of the cafe and the farm shop door at the far end.Charleton Farm9 miles as the crow flies
  6. St Cyrus National Nature ReserveSt Cyrus National Nature ReserveDunes, cliffs and wild flowers on the coast.10 miles 14 min by road
Directions
The North Esk tumbling through its wooded gorge among autumn leaves.WalksEdzell Blue Door Walk9.1 miles
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Sinclair's Larder's purple shopfront and planted terrace on Edzell High Street.RestaurantsSinclair’s Larder10 miles
Battered fish and chips with lemon and tartare sauce from the Quayside.RestaurantsQuayside Restaurant & Fish Bar, Gourdon11 miles
The blue surf boat Maggie Law on display inside the museum at Gourdon.AttractionsThe Maggie Law Maritime Museum11 miles
The old lifeboat house in Johnshaven, its tall blue doors open under the museum's sign.AttractionsJohnshaven Heritage Museum11 miles
The Lobster Shop on Fore Street, Johnshaven, its blue windows under a lobster sign.RestaurantsThe Lobster Shop11 miles
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Places to stay near the farm, and when each is next free.

A stone cottage with a slated roof and black stove pipe sits beside a gravel drive, foxgloves and wildflowers lining the path.No 4 Steading Cottage
  • Sleeps 7
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  • 8 miles from Westerton
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  • Sleeps 4
  • In Strachan
  • 8 miles from Westerton
Free 15–16 NovAn aerial view shows a white harled farmhouse with multiple chimneys set beside a gravel courtyard and stone outbuildings.The Coach House
  • Sleeps 12
  • In Strachan
  • 8 miles from Westerton
Free 15–16 NovA mint-green sitting room has a cobalt-blue velvet sofa with orange and green cushions, two floor lamps with teal shades either side, a rustic wooden coffee table, and framed abstract and sunset prints on the wall above.The Corner House
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Strachan
  • 8 miles from Westerton
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