The Paddock

General information

The Paddock itself is my 6 acre smallholding based on the beautiful Northumberland/Gateshead border, which has provided the starting point for my business which aims to bring local, fresh, seasonal, homegrown, homemade and organically sourced (wherever possible) food to the doors of local people throughout Gateshead, Newcastle, County Durham and Northumberland through a delivery service!

A selection of set price, fresh, seasonal fruit and vegetable boxes are available ranging in size and price from £7.50 to £20 as well as a good range of individually priced fruit and vegetables, giving you the flexibility to create your own box. No commitment is needed, with one off, weekly, monthly and fortnightly options available. We aim to produce what we can at The Paddock, but what we can't we source locally and organically. All our fruit and veg is grown free from chemicals and is fully traceable back to the producer!

Fresh free range eggs are also available, all laid fresh by Laura's Layers, the 100 wonderfully entertaining chickens at The Paddock!

We have formed some excellent partnerships with local producers throughout Northumberland and further afield who have kindly agreed to share their wonderfully tasty produce with The Paddock including a selection of handmade Northumberland Cheeses made with local milk on the Blagdon Estate by the Northumberland Cheese Company, cold filtered, raw, naturally processed local honey from beekeeper Les Elliott, Ponteland, handmade, artisan jams and chutneys from J.R. Jams (Newcastle), an exciting range of delicious, handmade chutneys, salad dressings, marinades and balsamic vinegars from Wildon Grange (Barnard Castle) and a range of organic dried goods! Why not try a sample of everything in our Local Produce Hamper?

A very exciting new addition to the produce is local, free range, naturally reared, grass fed pork and chicken from Field House Farm Shop, High Spen and Lamb and Beef from Blaydon Burn Farm. We have also teamed up with Bill Quay Farm, an exciting charity Farm producing an exciting range of free range sausages from their rare breed pigs.

The Paddock hopes to enable you to enjoy the great taste of fresh, homegrown, free range and organically sourced produce delivered direct to your door. Food that tastes the way it should - the way it used to! There is no delivery charge for local deliveries, just a minimum order spend of only £7.50! Delivery to Newcastle and Gateshead require a minimum order spend of £10, while further afield, may incur a higher minimum order and a delivery charge. There is full info on the FAQS page of our website.

Check out the website for full info and to place orders for the weekly delivery service www.thepaddock.org.uk. Orders placed by a Sunday are delivered Wednesday and Thursday. You can also pop along to any of the markets and events to see The Paddock in action, keep an eye on the facebook page and the website for info about where you can find us!

From 6th April 2016, we will also have our own Farm Shop located at 7-9 Ramsay Street, High Spen, Tyne and Wear, NE39 2EL. Full info on our suppliers and shop opening times also available on the website.