Brogdale Collections is the home of the National Fruit Collection, our orchards are a living history & heritage of fruit

  Myself and my 4 year old went on the bee safari and it was an interesting and fun experience. We spent a couple of hours walking in the beautiful orchards... read more and grounds with magnifying glasses and nets. Catching, identifying, learning about bees and making some lovely crafts to take home. The tour guides were knowledgeable and great with kids and my daughter thoroughly enjoyed it. Would highly recommend.

  Excellent experience - We went as an organic gardening club from Essex. The tractor ride was great value and Neil and John were so interesting in all they had to say. ... read more The tour was so interesting and we could ask questions which were quickly answered. A really enjoyable experience and we all learnt so much about fruit trees.

  Highly recommend the tour - We turned up to choose a fruit tree that a family member had given us some money for, unfortunately the tree nursery was closed but we were offered a tour... read more with an expert to help us choose and then we could order online as we don’t live locally. The tour guide (Neil) was brilliant, gave us lots of information but in a really interesting way, making sure it was relevant to what we wanted. Highly recommend the tour to anyone who wants to pick a tree or learn more about the work that Brogdale does.

  Organised a birthday outing with friends to Brogdale at the end of October. First visit and it was superb! Glorious weather, few people on site and an outstanding welcome from... read more the staff and tour guide.

Learned a lot about their national collections of fruit. Enjoyed tasting so many different apples and brought quite a few back home to eat through the winter. The on-site shop Tiddly Pomme had a very good selection of food, drink and gifts that we stocked up with for giving out in the coming weeks.

The one 'avoid at all costs' element was an on-site restaurant, The Courtyard. Staff behaved as if wanting a meal at lunchtime was an imposition on their so-valuable time, so we went elsewhere (Tiddly Pomme, local Aldi etc).

All in all, a wonderful day to remember. We shall be back next year!

  Six pensioners ordered tea for 5 and earl grey for one and scones etc for six. Sorry, no scones, sold out yesterday. So ordered sandwiches instead. Tea arrived in a... read more one pint pot and an individual, 2-cup pot. Having poured 5 teas the pot was virtually empty. So we requested, as you would, a jug of hot water. A small cream jug arrived with half a cup of hot water. So we asked for more hot water. No. If you want more hot water you'll have to pay for more tea. Sorry. The poor girl was obviously just the messenger. No sign of manager or supervisor. So this experience plus sandwiches being made with stale bread was enough to ensure that we regulars will not return. I note other reviewers report similar problems. I wonder if Brogdale read their reviews?

  Six pensioners ordered tea for 5 and earl grey for one and scones etc for six. Sorry, no scones, sold out yesterday. So ordered sandwiches instead. Tea arrived in a... read more one pint pot and an individual, 2-cup pot. Having poured 5 teas the pot was virtually empty. So we requested, as you would, a jug of hot water. A small cream jug arrived with half a cup of hot water. So we asked for more hot water. No. If you want more hot water you'll have to pay for more tea. Sorry. The poor girl was obviously just the messenger. No sign of manager or supervisor. So this experience plus sandwiches being made with stale bread was enough to ensure that we regulars will not return. I note other reviewers report similar problems. I wonder if Brogdale read their reviews?