Council hopeful community farm can be saved

A POPULAR council-owned farm could be saved, with a new operator planned to takeover the site by spring next year. Grimsbury Farm in Kingswood has faced an uncertain future, and in recent years there were fears the free family-friendly attraction could be at risk of closure.

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It was reported earlier this year that the farm off Baden Road was losing South Gloucestershire Council £260,000 a year. But in February the council said that despite the farm making a six-digit loss each year, the site would remain open as a cherished community farm.

However the local authority said that if there was no way of making the attraction break-even, that it would have to move the large animals , such as cows, pigs and goats, elsewhere.