Kentish Town City Farm (London, UK)
London, United Kingdom · Operator: Kentish Town City Farm
Overview
Opened in the London Borough of Camden in 1972 and described as London's first urban farm. Inspired by children's farms in the Netherlands, it combined keeping farm animals with gardening space, with the goal of letting local children experience contact with animals.
Citizen participation
Established so that local children could have contact with animals; it keeps guinea pigs, rabbits and goats. The source consulted does not describe its volunteering or education programmes in detail.
Operating model
The source consulted does not describe the funding model, so none is stated here.
Impact
An early example of the British city farm movement, and a precedent for the city farms that later spread across London.
Land tenure
Crops
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Scale
ロンドン・カムデン区のクレスフィールド・クローズ（Cressfield Close）にある。敷地面積は出典に記載がない。
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