Lamb buggy tours at Blenheim

BLENHEIM PALACE in Oxfordshire is expecting a record number of lambs this year. With more than 3,000 lambs due arrive in total and 2,800 already in the 'Capability' Brown Parkland, the palace is running lamb buggy tours until June 3. 

The park has approximately 1,550 ewes, which each year give birth to an average of 2,800 lambs. Blenheim lambs later than many farms because its sheep are reared entirely on grass largely staying within the park walls, keeping them as naturally healthy and organic as possible.

The breeds at #BlenheimPalace are Scotch Mule, Charollais, Romney, and Poll Dorset, and according to head shepherd Charles Gerring, ‘make the best lawnmowers’.

Visitors are asked to refrain from approaching or touching the sheep and lambs while on this tour.

 Admission: Park & gardens ticket £3.50 adults, £2.50 child.

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