At Cilgerran, near Cardigan in West Wales, Fforest covers 200 acres above the Teifi gorge, next to the Teifi Marshes nature reserve. Guests sleep in geodesic domes, timber cabins or a Georgian farmhouse. The farm pub, Y Bwthyn, is the oldest building on the land.
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James Lynch and Sian Tucker, both London art school graduates, bought the farm in February 2004 after twenty years of studios in Shoreditch. They design and build every place to stay themselves: the pig sheds became cottages, the bathhouses are Welsh-grown cedar and reclaimed iroko. In 2022 the Development Bank of Wales credited the team with jobs Cardigan needed.
The farm sleeps up to 120, and more than 350 with extra tents for an event. The barns take meetings and dinners for up to 200 seated, with food cooked on site from local produce. The Georgian farmhouse, Ty Fforest, sleeps 14 in five bedrooms, and the spa can be hired by a group of ten. The nearest station is Carmarthen, an hour away by road.
We design and lead a learning expedition that goes through this place. You can also design it yourself with Agent A\lex.
Photos: Daisy Wingate-Saul / fforest ; Brook Aurora / fforest ; Sarah Falugo / fforest ; Emily Brittain Delgado / fforest ; Finn Beales / fforest
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