The Book That Introduces You to Appleton.

It all begins with one little book One of the most borrowed books at the Long Barn isn’t a bestselling thriller or the latest page-turner. It’s a slim book called A Baker’s Dozen. Written by the Appleton-le-Moors History Group and villagers, it tells...

Our 12th Visit From Dementia Adventure

Our local choir performing in the West Barn during a Dementia Adventure supported holiday at the Long Barn. Two weeks ago, we welcomed Dementia Adventure back to the Long Barn for the twelfth time. They visit us twice a year, bringing one of their Dementia Adventure...

The Walk That Feels Like Home.

Some walks never lose their appeal, no matter how many times you do them. This is one of ours. When guests arrive at the Long Barn, one of the first things they’ll find is our personalised Ordnance Survey map. We had it specially created with Appleton-le-Moors...

The Heart Beat of a Community

We almost didn’t go. It had been one of the hottest days of the year and the thought of sitting in a packed concert hall wasn’t especially appealing. But we’d bought our tickets weeks earlier, so off we went. As we arrived, it already felt like more...

The Appleton Poultry Partnership, Revisited

The girls at work around the feeder From the hen house to the plate. Back out where they belong Back in 2020, we wrote about what we rather grandly called The Appleton Poultry Partnership. It made us smile then, and it still does now. At the time, we were very clear...