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Yorkshire Farmers Gathering
Visit to British Wool, Canal Road, Bradford, BD2 1AZ
Tuesday 7 October 2025
10am – 3pm
Have you ever wondered exactly what happens to wool when it leaves the farm?
British Wool are kindly giving us the opportunity to embark on a wool processing tour to find out.
Strictly offered to those aged 50 and over who are working in agriculture or are semi-retired or retired from the agricultural industry, this FREE visit is part of a rolling programme of activities being offered by the Yorkshire Farmers Gathering (formerly known as Yorkshire Farmers Club) and lunch is included.
Places are limited and are available on a first-come first-served basis.
The Yorkshire Farmers Gathering is an initiative of the Yorkshire Rural Support Network at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, and specifically seeks to provide opportunities for a more senior members of the farming community to get-together in the spirit of friendship.
Full itinerary
10am – Arrive at Wool House & Refreshments
10.15am – Introduction to British Wool & Sales Auction
11.15am – Tour of Bradford grading depot
12.30pm – Lunch
1pm – Presentation on Marketing activities
1.30pm – Depart for Haworth Scouring (BD3 9SX)
13.45pm – Tour of Haworth Scouring
3pm – Depart
What is the Yorkshire Farmers Gathering?
A new initiative of the Yorkshire Rural Support Network at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, the Yorkshire Farmers Gathering has been set up to give more senior members of the county’s working farming community the chance to meet up, off-farm and in likeminded company for industry visits.
The Yorkshire Farmers Gathering is essentially a social club for people who still have active farming minds, who are still involved in a farm business, perhaps have more time to get off farm and welcome the chance to be immersed in current industry intrigue.
The initiative has the potential to help tackle social isolation and loneliness in the community by reconnecting farming people and creating opportunities for likeminded people to perhaps forge new friendships.
Read about some of the Club’s recent visits: to Drax Power Station, here, Heck Food, here, Metcalfe Farms, here, and British Sugar’s Newark factory, here.
