A Slower Pace, A Wilder View
Discover Leys Farm near Swerford and Chipping Norton in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds — private off-grid cabin stays, a lakeside wood-fired sauna and a quieter way to spend time in nature.
Find your way to Leys Farm
Leys Farm is a working farm in a quiet Cotswold valley near Swerford. We share a small part of it through private stays, a lakeside sauna, intimate weddings and firewood from our own woodland.
Each visit and order helps us care for the land and the wildlife that lives here. Choose what brings you to Leys Farm below.
Off-grid cabin stay
A private off-grid cabin beside the lake, made for two and surrounded by the quiet of the farm.
Wild sauna
Wood-fired heat beside the water, with time to pause, cool off and take in the landscape.
Bespoke weddings
A small number of personal lakeside weddings each year, shaped around the couple and the setting.
The Firewood Collective
Air-dried ash from our woodland. Every order helps fund its renewal after ash dieback.
A Private Corner of the Cotswolds
Our fields, hedgerows, water margins and woodland are managed with wildlife in mind. We restore habitats, grow food for winter birds and make room for wildflowers and pollinators.
Ash dieback is changing the woodland. Firewood from affected trees helps fund renewal and a more diverse mix of species for the future.
Stays, sauna visits, weddings and firewood all contribute to the work of caring for this place.
Why We Do This
Leys Farm is first and foremost a working farm. Opening it to a small number of guests allows us to care for the land properly — restoring habitats, protecting wildlife and farming with a long view.
Everything here is about balance: people, nature and place. Guests are part of that balance, not separate from it — helping to support the work on the land simply by being here.
A Quiet Cotswold Retreat, Rooted in the Land
Leys Farm is a working farm in a hidden valley near Swerford, in the North Cotswolds. For decades we’ve cared for this land – restoring hedgerows, creating space for wildlife, and farming with nature in mind.
We created our cabin and experiences to share the best part of this place: stillness, privacy, open skies and the feeling of being properly away.
Whether you come to walk, rest, read, or simply breathe, Leys Farm offers a calm, simple escape – done properly.
Come for the peace. Leave feeling restored.
“Completely secluded and deeply personal — magical.”
Kind words from our guests
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5
Our cabin and wild sauna guests have been generous enough to leave us a growing collection of five-star Google reviews.
“We slept deeply.”
“The days felt longer.”
From the Farm
A slower form of writing from Leys Farm — field notes, reflections, seasonal observations and longer stories shaped by the land, the wildlife and the people who pass through it.
Published here, away from the noise.