Under our custodianship we aim not for profit but to enhance Lovehayne as a place and to:
- Re-open it to the people
- Reharmonise with and regenerate nature
- Leave a sustainable legacy for future generations…

Lovehayne farm dates back to iron, bronze and Saxon ages. Located next to Blackbury Camp Iron Age fort, its location is significant in geological, natural and human history.

A unique living environment made up for a number of micro climates.
Lovehayne tells a story of epic geological and natural process and transformation.
With burial mounds, the ruins of a medieval chapel and its own exhibition of finds at Exeter/Sidmouth Museums, just the human story of Lovehayne alone is fascinating. The story that nature tells goes back many millions of years prior.
From high pastures and oak woodlands, down into rainforest like low lying valleys and waterways from the jurassic and cretaceous periods. Find jurassic shells and fossils at one end, rare, fungi, flora, fauna and species in midst and Iron Age axes at the other end.

The Feoffees
For many decades Lovehayne has largely been under private ownership and closed to the public; however this was not always the case.
Lovehayne was owned and operated by the Feoffees of Colyton. In essence owned by the people for the people. We have records from the 1500’s showing how Lovehayne was managed by the people of Colyton.