The farm gained a public profile when Juliet and Peter Kindersley took the UK government to court over its handling of the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
[3] The farm is situated on 900 hectares of chalk downland in an area that crosses the boundary of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, near the village of Lambourn.
The local landscape is recognised as nationally important, being in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
On the site are Sheepdrove Event Venue, facilities for on-site butchery, organic herb plots, and rented housing.
[citation needed] Notable plants include the goldilocks buttercup, field gromwell and Venus's looking-glass.