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Burn Tongues Farm Allendale

Rare opportunity to rent Allen Valley upland farm

Tenders are being invited to rent a well-equipped upland farm on a Farm Business Tenancy for five years in the Allen Valley, Northumberland with a guide rent of £25,000 per annum.

Burn Tongues Farm lies to the South of Hexham and West of the village of Allendale and  has historically carried up to 70 cows plus calves and up to 250 breeding ewes on the area included within the letting.

Tom Richardson, Associate Rural Director at GSC Grays, said: “This is a rare opportunity to rent a well-equipped farm that has an extensive range of modern farm buildings, including a cubicle shed for up to 80 cows, two silage pits-with storage for up to approx. 2,500 tonnes-and grassland extending to 90.51 hectares (229.63 acres). All of the buildings are serviced by a spring water supply and have a mains electricity connection.”

The buildings provide a great base to accommodate cattle and sheep with part of the existing handling facilities being made available to the incomer.

The soils are heavy clay and the land ranges from good quality improved meadow to rough grazing with approximately 70 acres suitable for mowing. The fields benefit from natural water courses and spring fed water troughs. Field boundaries are made up of hedgerows, fencing and drystone walls which are generally in a good stock proof condition.

A number of the meadows have been overseeded each year and the ingoing tenant would be responsible for overseeding no less than 10 acres per annum. The land is subject to a Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier and a Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement, these will remain in the Landlord’s name.

The market town of Hexham is 11.5 miles away where there is a hub of rural businesses, a busy Livestock Auction market and a railway station.

Burn Tongues Farm will be let by informal tender with tenders to be submitted no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 19th March 2025 with a viewing between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday 5th March. Viewings are strictly by appointment only through letting agents GSC Grays Tel: 01748 829210.

Tom Richardson - GSC Grays

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