Bridport Community Orchard

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Bridport Community Orchard Bridport Community Orchard is a green haven in the heart of the town for all to enjoy! In 2006, it was designated as a green space for community use.

>> A Community Orchard was established in 2008 in St Mary’s Church Field on about one acre of land, located in the heart of the town of Bridport, off South Street and behind St Mary’s Church. A second orchard known as Jubilee Green was established in March 2012 off Park Road in North Allington. The orchards are managed by Bridport Community Orchard Group (BCOG) in partnership with Bridport Town Council. It grew out of two community initiatives, one in Bridport, to save a field from development and the other, The Symondsbury Apple Project, which was designed to raise awareness of Dorset’s rich orchard heritage. The field, that in past has been used by the church, and was at one time used for allotments, links South Street to the River Brit. The new project created an orchard of apple trees, a ‘cordon hedge’ of heritage varieties, and several espalier pears and plums. A link to the list of tree varieties in the orchard can be found on our Orchard page. Fourteen allotment plots (including a Community Allotment with a thriving Gardening Club), sitting areas, an outdoor classroom, wildlife areas and a pond all contribute to making the orchard a truly valuable and sustainable community space. Everyone is welcome to use and enjoy it. BCOG's guiding principles are to manage the entire area as a model of "Sustainable Community", maximising the benefits for people and wildlife. It is operated on organic principles, with the aim of reducing, re-using and recycling whenever possible. Working Days to care for the orchard are held monthly, on the second Sunday of every month. All skills and general help will be much appreciated.

Allington Hill event, bring your own apples and a knife for shopping (we have chopping boards) and CONTAINERS to take so...
10/10/2026

Allington Hill event, bring your own apples and a knife for shopping (we have chopping boards) and CONTAINERS to take some juice home!
Everyone welcome to have a go on the press!

Final picking of the season, all welcome to come and help 4-6pm Tuesday 6th (tomorrow!)
05/10/2026

Final picking of the season, all welcome to come and help 4-6pm Tuesday 6th (tomorrow!)

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be picking around 50 trays of apples for our third juicing session on Sunday 27th September.
21/09/2026

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be picking around 50 trays of apples for our third juicing session on Sunday 27th September.

Thank you to everyone who came yesterday to our community orchard juicing day. It was the second of possibly 4 Sundays…....
14/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came yesterday to our community orchard juicing day. It was the second of possibly 4 Sundays…. The next one will be Sunday 27th September, 9-12 for helpers, 10-12 to buy juice.
The crop is small this year and as you know we rely on juice sales to keep the orchard beautiful and fund free community events so let’s hope the apples stay on the trees long enough for us to harvest!

Juicing tomorrow - come along 10-12 to buy fresh and pasteurised juice … and see how the process works… and have a turn ...
12/09/2026

Juicing tomorrow - come along 10-12 to buy fresh and pasteurised juice … and see how the process works… and have a turn of the scratter and the press!

Tuesday 8th September - we are meeting to do our second apple picking of the season! 4pm in the community orchard. Anyon...
07/09/2026

Tuesday 8th September - we are meeting to do our second apple picking of the season!
4pm in the community orchard. Anyone welcome to come and help. We will be juicing these apples on Sunday 13th

At the Bridport Community Orchard
31/08/2026

At the Bridport Community Orchard

Thank you to everyone who helped today, we hit our target for bottling juice… the juice was very golden…And a big thank ...
30/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who helped today, we hit our target for bottling juice… the juice was very golden…
And a big thank you to those who came and bought the juice ‘fresh from the press’!

Juicing in the orchard tomorrow! Come and buy the freshest apple juice you will ever taste!Between 10-12Ps don’t worry a...
29/08/2026

Juicing in the orchard tomorrow! Come and buy the freshest apple juice you will ever taste!
Between 10-12
Ps don’t worry about the weather, it’s looking ok

New event in the Community OrchardCome and join us on 12th June for a morning of something quite special - in the compan...
28/05/2026

New event in the Community Orchard

Come and join us on 12th June for a morning of something quite special - in the company of bees!
A free event in celebration of Age Without Limits Day for older people plus friends, family and carers.
Relaxing in the beautiful new hum hut, above the beehives in a bee free space.
With drinks and cakes plus arts and crafts - we look forward to welcoming you throughout the morning.

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