Their story
North Down Orchard is a working cider farm at Haselbury Plucknett run by the third generation of the Mangles family. The farm has grown cider apples since the 1970s, originally supplying Taunton Cider and later Magners, and now also makes its own cider on site and sells apple juice to craft cider makers across the UK. Cider is pressed on the farm "from the ground up." Alongside cider and apple juice, the farm runs a Cider Barn with rotating street-food traders, and hosts camping, glamping, weddings and other events on site.
Cider apple orchards on the farm, in production since the 1970s; exact acreage and tree ages are not published.
Apples and pears they nameStembridge Cluster
What they make
- Medium Sparkling medium, sparkling, bottled
- Sweet Sparkling sweet, sparkling, bottled
- Dry Still dry, still, 2L/5L takeaway containers
- Medium Still medium, still, 2L/5L takeaway containers
- Draft Sweet sweet, draught
- 2024 Stembridge Cluster single variety, bottle fermented
Visiting
Cider Barn on the farm, selling cider for takeaway alongside street food
Opening times, as they publish them: Friday evenings, February to December, plus Saturday evenings in the summer season when the Barn is not booked for a private event
Rotating street-food traders (pizza, burgers, tacos) at Cider Barn evenings. Also hosts a Classic Car Meet on the first Sunday of each month at 2pm; campsite, glamping and wedding/events venue on site; dogs and children welcome.
Where to buy
- At the farm or cidery When open
No online shop found on the current website; sells cider from the farm and supplies apple juice wholesale to other craft cider makers rather than direct to consumers online.
Their events
Runs a monthly Classic Car Meet, first Sunday of the month at 2pm, alongside regular Cider Barn evenings with street food.
Recent awards
- Bronze, British Cider Championships 2026 (Bath & West Show), Class OC3 Open Sweet - Draft Sweet
- Bronze, British Cider Championships 2026 (Bath & West Show), Class OC8 Bottle Fermented - 2024 Stembridge Cluster