Want to end days as a farmer but costs too much to buy here: EA to find UK farmland

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I have spent hours on the internet in an attempt to locate farmland for sale in the UK and am finding it very frustrating. Can anyone recomend good websites or a good land agent there.
 
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woods said:
I have soent hours on the internet in an attempt to locate farmland for sale in the UK and am finding it very frustrating. Can anyone recomend good websites or a good land agent there.
 
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Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried them before and it is mostly development land that they have. It is very time consuming to have to trawl through each county. I was hoping that there is some agent who only deals with large agricultural farms and would have all the big ones on his books.
 
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Do you mind me asking why do you want to buy agricultural land in the UK?
 
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Any connection between that site and what is being discussed here?

Sincere curiosity on my part.
 
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ubiquitous said:
Do you mind me asking why do you want to buy agricultural land in the UK?
I want to end my days as a farmer and it costs too much to buy land in Ireland. The UK is the best location because it would be easy to slip home when I want to but I would consider France if I have to.
You seem surprised at my choice of occupation (or is it location).
 
you mentioned France and I know of someone who moved over and took a long-term rental on a farm there (something like 20 years). As far as I remember the organisation who set him up was called SAFER although I can't come up with much when I google it. HTH
 
Re: Want to end days as a farmer but costs too much to buy here: EA to find UK farmla

Ive moved this interesting question from Location, Location which is really about residential estates and developments in Ireland.

Ive considered moving it to Jobs/Careers as I assume you are not a farmer now? Or perhaps Askabout business as farming is surely a business nowadays. It could equally belong in Pensions as it also appears to be a retirement planning issue.

I suggest we leave it here in Property Investment for the moment and see what response you get

aj
 
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No, the Green belt development land scam has being going for years in the UK. Woods needs to speak to a land agent in the county he’s interested in. Most land agents are Chartered Surveyors, I would recommend that he deal through them rather than a plot scammer. Interestingly agricultural land in Britain is about half the price of that in Ireland; due to the tighter land use planning control and the subsequent absence of ‘Hope Value’