With it's characteristic dry stone walls, field barns and rough grazing land, the Upper Dales of Teesdale create an important habitat for internationally important breeding birds such as the Curlew, Redshank, Yellow Wagtail, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Snipe and Blackgrouse.

To maintain this balance farmers of the upper Dales reduce the use of chemicals, restore the wildlife habitats and safeguard the traditional architecture of the Dale.
Farms in the upper dales of Teesdale are recognised nationally as leaders in the promotion of environmental awareness and Herdship Farm won 2 major awards in 2002 for the advances we made.

We are very fortunate to live in such an environmentally rich area and invite you to experience a small part of England you may never have known existed.

We welcome visitors to Hedship Farm, invite you to try the farmwalk and now have available a true dales farmhouse, called Frog Hall, available for rent as a holiday cottage.

Please take a look around the site for more detailed information.