Stepney City Farm is a city farm in Stepney, London, England. It is situated on Stepney Way with its entrance on the roundabout leading onto Stepney High Street and Belgrave Street towards Limehouse. The land is owned by Tower Hamlets Council through a trust, "The King George's Fields Trust"[1] chaired by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.[2]
The farm was founded in 1979 by Lynne Bennett; at that time it was called Stepping Stones. Local residents, schools, churches and community groups were consulted and wasteland left after a World War II bomb destroyed the Stepney Congregational Church in 1941 was secured for the farm's use.[3] The site has been through several incarnations since the 17th century.[4] Worcester house (locally known as King John's Palace) was an original building from which ruins remain onsite, and the remains of the old Sunday school and the Stepney meeting house can be seen.[5][6]
Known as the Stepping Stones Farm up until 2009 under the management of Lynne Bennett,[7] the 4.2-acre.[3][8] From 2009 to 2012 the farm was technically the legal and financial responsibility of Tower Hamlets Council[1] but is now run by a charity, "Stepney City Farm Ltd",[9] with a 10-year lease as from 2012 (registered in June 2010 as Charity Number 1136448).[10] The farm also runs workshops in rural crafts through its resident artisans; blacksmith, woodworker and potter. In 2011, the farm created an 800 square metre community garden and added low-cost growing boxes for community use.[11]
In May 2013 a cafe and shop selling farm-reared meat and eggs as well as vegetables grown on-site was opened. It is open to the public six days a week. There is a Farmers' Market every Saturday. It is the home of The Green Wood Guild, a green wood and traditional woodworking craft workshop run by Barn the Spoon.[12]
In January 2023, Stepney City Farm were one of the two city farms featured in the Lambeth Country Show edition of BBC One's afternoon programme The Farmers' Country Showdown.[13][14]
^ ab"Stepney Green – Crossrail Update and Implications" (PDF). Tower Hamlets Council. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
^"The Mayor and Cabinet". www.towerhamlets.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ abWinfield, Nigel (1986). Stepping Stones: Community Farm Project in Stepney, East London. UK: British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres. p. 32. ISBN 0950345253.
^Westman, Andrew. "Structures "Structures at King John Street, Stepney Green, London E1 (Stepney College and Stepney Meeting, or Congregational Church)"". Architectural and historical appraisal. Museum of London Archaeology Service. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^"Archaeology at Stepney Green Park and Stepney City Farm" (PDF). Cross Rail. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
^"Politics and puritans - Crossrail". www.crossrail.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^"Ashes to asha: January 2009". www.hopeasha.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^"City Farm Review: Stepney City Farm". www.ianvisits.co.uk. 2 May 2011.
^"All Official Legal documents for STEPNEY CITY FARM". www.companiesintheuk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^"Our History". Stepney City Farm. 14 August 2013.
^"The volunteers and animals of Stepney City Farm are getting used to life with Crossrail - News - London 24". www.london24.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^"London's centre for the traditional craft of Green Woodwork". The Green Wood Guild. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
^"BBC One - the Farmers' Country Showdown, Series 7, Lambeth Country Show".
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