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Agriculture

Oil Seed Rape crops

The parish of Dilwyn is dominated by agricultural land. Farming is a mix of arable and pastoral land, interspersed with many orchards.

Sheep in an orchardArable crops are dominated by oil seed rape and potatoes. Special potato crops are grown to make Tyrrell's Crisps at the factory at Tyrrell's Court farm.
Pastoral land is principally used for sheep grazing but there is also cattle rearing.
Herefordshire bull
Herefordshire is famous for the white faced Hereford breed of cattle. The breed originated in nearby Kings Pyon and the breed is now established all over the world. In the parish, at the Haven, the Lewis family have the oldest family owned Pedigree Hereford Herd in the world.


The parish once had many orchards but, although many small old orchards still survive, a lot were lost. However, due to the modern demand for cider, many new orchards have been planted - mainly around Alton Court and Field's Place. Apple orchard in blossom

When in blossom, both old and new orchards put on a spectacular show. Sheep are not permitted in the new commercial orchards but can often be found grazing in the older orchards.

Although agriculture is the principal economic activity of the parish it also provides wonderful scenery throughout the parish as demonstrated by the pictures on this page. Although methods and practices have changed, agriculture has been the core activity of the parish for over a thousand years.

Pastoral view

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schoollogoDilwyn CoE School
Continuing to survive
after 165 years of existance.
in-bloomDilwyn in Bloom
Dilwyn's community enhancing
In Bloom scheme.
websml2Dilwyn's History
Bringing Dilwyn's past to life from
Domesday to more recent times
Cedar Hall2The Cedar Hall is Dilwyn's community hall and is an excellent facility for wedding receptions and parties of any description, as well as for meetings, film show, etc. The rates are very competitive and compare most favourably with similar facilities elsewhere.
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Dilwyn's RBL branch.
nhw logoNeighbourhood Watch
Dilwyn's NHW scheme.
Cedar Club
Dilwyn senior's afternoon club.
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Dilwyn's Womens Institute.
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Dilwyn Cedar Hall
Monday and Tuesday:
9:00am - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00pm (Lunch club)
1:00 - 3:00pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday and Friday:
9:00am - 12:00pm
12:00 - 1:00pm (Lunch club)
Suzy (Coordinator)
07975 994309