Good afternoon. So after listening to the update from the first minister, we have taken the difficult decision to close the Farm for the time being. This will be effective from today and will be reviewed weekly. Travelling outside your area is not advisable and we feel we would not be able to guarantee anyone’s safety., as we have many visitors from outside the Renfrewshire area. We don’t have the capacity to enforce ID checks as we have animals to look after and vital work that needs done daily. The numbers in certain areas are seeing a sharp increase and we feel the risk of areas mixing at the farm increases the risk to not only the volunteers but to other visitors. In recent weeks we have seen a rise in people verbally abusing our volunteers with regards to the current guidelines and we feel this could be made worse by excluding areas outside Renfrewshire from visiting. This is not a decision we have taken lightly, but feel it’s the safest one at this time. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Please stay safe and we hope to welcome everyone back soon. Thank you all so much for your support.
Category: Visitors
News about visitors to the farm
COVID-19 update for Visitors
The new restrictions announced by the Scottish Government earlier this week don’t overly affect the Farm. However, we have amended some of our guidelines from today to help keep everyone safe. We hope everyone understands the need for these changes and continues to support the farm as we all deal with the continuing pandemic. Full details can be seen at our “Visit Us” tab.
Road Travel Diversion in Place
The entrance to Barrhill Road, which leads to us from Old Greenock Road, is currently closed due to the operation of a partial one-way system. Heading towards Bishopton, follow the diversion signs for the Recycling Centre and take the next road on the right into Craigends Drive. Follow these signs down towards the bend at the bottom of the hill and turn left into Barrhill Road to reach us. (Please note that you are still able to EXIT onto Old Greenock Road, so do not need to divert via Craigends Drive on the way home.)
We are now open 6 days from Thursday 30/07/2020
We’ve had a fabulous couple of weeks being open 😀 and we want to thank everyone who has visited. It has been great to chat to you all. Thank you all very much for understanding all the guidelines we have in place.
We have revised our opening hours and are pleased to announce that we are now only closed on Mondays for deep cleaning.
We are open from 10.30am-3pm the remaining 6 days, Tuesday to Sunday. Please be advised that we recommend coming along no later than 2.30pm as we have been very busy. Some days there has been a queue and we hate to turn people away.
There is no need to book, just pop along. There is someone monitoring the gate, so there may be a need to queue if we are busy. At the moment we are operating with a maximum capacity of 40 visitors in the farm at one time, so please understand that when we ask you to queue it’s to enable the farm to run safely. The queues do go down pretty quickly.
During your visit we are happy to get animals out for children to handle, so please do not lift the animals yourself. This is for their safety and yours.
When visiting, please remember that refusal to sign the contact and trace book will lead to refusal of entry. Contents of the book will be destroyed as soon as possible and we thank everyone who has signed the book without hesitation. This book is just a precaution, but we feel it’s one worth taking.
At present the first road up to us is closed due to queueing for the recycling centre, however there are diversion signs for the next turning if you follow these.
As always, thank you all so much for the amazing support and encouraging words. We really do appreciate all of them 😀
Lamont Farm Project Reopening On Saturday 4th July 2020!
We are extremely pleased to announce that the Farm will reopen to visitors on Saturday 4th July 2020. Our new opening hours from that date will be –
Monday – closed
Tuesday – 10.30am to 3pm
Wednesday – 10.30am to 3pm
Thursday – closed
Friday – 10.30am to 3pm
Saturday – 10.30am to 3pm
Sunday – 10.30am to 3pm
Initially, we will only be open to the public for 5 days per week and will be completing regular cleaning of the Farm throughout those days. Our new opening hours will allow us to undertake thorough deep cleans during the two days that we are closed.
Please bear in mind that a visit to the Farm will be a very different experience from what visitors have previously been used to. We have introduced guidelines for each area of the Farm, including a new one way system. During your visit please take time to familiarise yourself with these changes. Unfortunately, we will not be offering any tours at present, but we are still very happy to point out where everything is. These precautions are necessary for the safety of our visitors and volunteers alike and we are grateful for your cooperation and understanding.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the support and kind wishes that we have received during the recent closure and look forward to seeing you all very soon.
