How to Visit the Donkeys

Opening times :  12 Noon to dusk, any day.

Our address is Highford Farm, Higher Clovelly, Bideford. EX39 5SA

Search on Google for ' Highford Farm ' and Google Maps should show you where we are.  

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if there is something special you'd like to do with donkeys

The donkeys love to be entertained by visitors, just as much as they used to in their old home in Clovelly stables.
You are welcome to pat them and brush them, take pictures and talk donkeys with us.
We also polish their feet and put the saddles on for you.
Now in our new home you will be able to meet our two stallion donkeys Pierre and Sammy
The mules will be nearby for you to see too - they never like to be left out !

At the moment we can't do Donkey Rides at Highford but we will be able to do them at Clovelly Parish Hall during the summer.

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Pierre   Charlie   Marmite     Symon             Molly    Rupert

Pierre               Pablo     Sarah        Symon

Directions

Search on Google for ' Highford Farm ' and Google Maps should show you where we are.

To get here :

Travel along the A39 from Bideford or Bude until you reach Clovelly Cross Roundabout.
Coming from the Bideford direction the turning to Clovelly is on the right - but go straight on.
100yds further on take the sharp right turn to Hartland, onto the B3248.
Pass the old Chapel on the straight piece of road.
Next you come to a group of  houses on a bend. Go past the houses, past 'Noah's Place' and 'the Retreat'.
Our entrance is on the right, a wide splay with Lion gateposts and you will see signs to the Stables.
We are the second entrance on the left.
Please park by our fence,come in, and make sure the gate is latched behind you.
(The donkeys love trying to escape !)

Our postcode is EX39 5SA but please be warned that Satnav often takes you to the wrong farm !

Maps

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  We are in Europe

  We are in North Devon

  We are 2 1/2 miles from Clovelly , on the Hartland Road

Our new Home is Highford Farm

Our Historic Old Stables in Clovelly

Our home for 42 years.
The stables were built in 1889 and have Christine Hamlyn's monogram on the front.
They were built to house the horses that drew the post coach between London and Bude and for tourist busses.
They are the best in Victorian stable design, built in stone with Elm planking on Oak frames - built to last..
Clovelly's donkeys have used them since the 1950s
Kiwi, Peter, Sarah, Pablo and Symon were all born in one or other of the sheds and are named following Clovelly tradition..
However in 2023 we were retired from Clovelly.
Fortunately we had Highford Farm to go to, 2 miles away, but we still think of Clovelly as home.
  

You can explore the stables by taking our

You may remember visiting us in our lovely old home so here are some pictures.

Open for visiting in 2018	Rupert Sinead Sarah Kiwi Molly Peter	A very old postcard with a 34yr-old Daniel with Toby
Charlie having a chat with Sue over a coffee	Sarah dressed up for the Golden Jubilee	Very young Molly mule with Peter
	Eli thouroghly enjoying his public	Molly at the corner gate
Bart with Sinead and newborn Sarah	Molly at the Mules' pen door	2008 Sinead came and teamed up with Toby. Charlie behind.
Lifelong friends Jake and Jasper		2022 Sarah and Pablo in 'Barry's Garage' keeping cool
Sleepy time in 'Dave's Shed'	1980s - the orignal Kiwi's name on the post beside Barney	Sinead with month-old Symon 2023
Pablo's postcard in 2020	Sinead Sarah and Molly in 'Dave's Shed'	'Barry's Garage' with Kiwi and Molly
Marmite the new mule  in 2022	The Oak frame is still there in 'Dave's Shed'	Handsome Peter 2022

Watch us having fun with Agility and Parelli