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Mossburn Community Farm

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Mossburn is an animal sanctuary home to approx. 100 animals. We are open to visit every day 10am-4pm

Mossburn Community Farm was originally set up in 1990 and now cares for a wide range of misused, abused, unwanted and neglected animals as well as offering spaces where possible to animals whose owners can no longer look after them. We currently have around 100 animals including horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, poultry and more! Our animals are as free range as we can allow them to be so we provide a great peaceful environment where visitors can get up close to the animals. As well as the animal side of things, Mossburn provides support for young people and adults with additional needs (physical, emotional, behavioural and mental) via our Animal Assisted Therapy programme, offering work experience placements, our weekly Mossburn Experience Group (where individuals with additional needs gain life skills and help to care for the animals), and more.

30/10/2026

🌄 Lovely morning today 🥰

29/10/2026

Coco 🌈💙
Today was a very sad day at Mossburn as the time had come to say goodbye to Coco. As mentioned previously, Coco was diagnosed with liver failure at the beginning of June this year. With her blood results being as bad as they were, we thought we would have a matter of weeks left with Coco at that point however she has surpassed expectations and, with a little extra care, remained a happy little pony for over four months. Recently she began refusing food at times, standing on her own in the field and was struggling with the weather so we made the decision to let her go today.
Coco was a brilliant little pony, coming to Mossburn almost two decades ago as part of a large scale rescue from horrific abuse and neglect. She left that life behind and went on to become a wonderful children's pony, having various loan homes locally over the years, coming back to Mossburn periodically. She had a wonderful nature, with just the right amount of cheeky pony attitude mixed in. In 2022 she returned to Mossburn permanently and following a field injury she was retired to the field, spending her days with her herd mates and enjoying attention from staff, volunteers and visitors.
We will miss Coco terribly and it was an emotional goodbye from several of her herdmates too. We always ensure wherever possible that the horses are able to spend time with a lost friend and Jazz and Billy particularly spent quite a while near her, processing and saying their own goodbyes 💔
Sleep well Coco - I'm sure, along with Mitzee and Keisha, the troublesome trio will be reunited.

24/10/2026

❗️🙁 We have made the tough decision to cancel tomorrow's Craft & Produce Fair due to the increasingly bad weather forecast.

This is really hard for us as it is usually a much needed fundraiser and our staff and volunteers put such a lot of effort into organising this. We are a very small team and we can't reschedule unfortunately 😔

We're very sorry to all of the wonderful stallholders who were looking forward to the event and to anyone who may have visited us.

22/10/2026

❗️❗️NOW CANCELLED ❗️❗️

✅️PLEASE NOTE OUR CRAFT & PRODUCE FAIR WILL BE GOING AHEAD AS PLANNED THIS SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER 10am-3pm✅️
Here's our list of stallholders for Sunday - a wonderful variety, there really is something for everyone! Please tag your pages in the comments.
The weather forecast might not be the best but all of our stalls will be indoors so please do venture out to come along and support us and our wonderful stallholders! We've been working hard this week getting everything ready and we're excited to welcome you all 😊

21/10/2026

We sadly said goodbye to two elderly members of our sheep flock this week.
Longinus had been suffering with arthritis in recent months and had begun to struggle to get up in the last week or so and spending most of his time lying down. With the harsh winter weather on the way, our vet agreed it was time to let him go. He was a lovely, well natured sheep.
Zorro had been out of sorts for a few days, isolating himself from the flock and just a bit unhappy despite still eating well. With the vet due, we had him checked over and sadly a mass could be felt in his abdomen. Zorro was a lovely looking boy with a fine set of horns but wasn't too keen on humans although he did mellow a bit in his old age.

15/10/2026

Looking for something to keep the kids occupied for a while over the school holidays? We're open every day 10am-3pm for visitors to come and see the animals 🐴🐮🐷🐑🐰🐐 Entry is free although donations towards the animals' care are always appreciated 😊
Please dress for the farm - wellies are a must at this time of year!

14/10/2026

Lavender 🥰 is our lovely Angora goat. She is often mistaken for a sheep, especially when she's due shearing but she is definitely a goat 😄
Visitors may sometimes notice a lump on one side of Lavender's face, this is due to a quite severe dental issue which means chewed up hay/grass balls up in her cheek. She has her teeth filed once a year by our equine dentist under sedation but there's a limit to what can be done unfortunately. It doesn't bother her too much and we have the lovely job of removing the ball of soggy food twice a day 😷😆

11/10/2026

10/10/2026

🐐 Fancy a Sunday outing?🐴

Come and spend a few hours with us! Our charity shop and tea room are open 10am–2pm this Sunday.

Browse our freshly stocked shelves, enjoy a cuppa and cake, and don't forget to visit our wonderful rescued animals while you're here.

There's something for everyone, including clothing, books, toys, gifts, homeware, jewellery and plenty more.

Address

Mossburn Community Farm
Lockerbie
DG111LE

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Website

http://www.mossburn.org/

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