This sector is targeted at the
visiting public and will provide a unique experience. The focus is
on all aspects of food, specifically regional and local quality
food, brought to life in a variety of ways - seeing, tasting,
purchasing, preparing and cooking.
Village Gateway
The Main Reception -
visitor facilities including banking, countryside
interpretation and information
Market Square - open area
staging events, music, farmers markets and street
theatre
Retail Village - a 'rural'
shopping experience including country wear,
country sports vehicles and equestrian items
Food Experience
The Farm Shop
Restaurant and Café
Demonstration Theatre
Cookery Academy
Incubator Units for food
companies
Visitor attraction area
"Tomorrow's Countryside"-
a major interactive exhibition for the general
public, farmers and schools. Aiming to create a
greater public understanding of land management
for food, energy crops and the environment as a
whole
Outdoor leisure, sport and
countryside area
Accommodation for
residential courses
Open country space for
diverse outdoor pursuits and sports
Landscape walkways through
growing crops, bio-domes and waterways
Arts Centre
Studio units for painters,
sculptors, photographers etc
