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Site Location
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Jarman Farm, Macclesfield Caravan Site
(For Camping and Caravan Club members only.)
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Jarman Farm, has a small (2.5 acres) caravan site in a tranquil rural setting, yet just a 5 minute drive from the centre of the historical silk town of Macclesfield. Jarman Farm offers 230v mains hook-ups, and shower and toilet facilities.
As a working farm, there is lots to see. In additional to the traditional chickens, sheep and young cattle, Jarman Farm is home to a number of privately owned horses. Weekends and summer evenings are a hive of activity, grooming, and schooling in the menage.
Adjoining the site is a well-stocked coarse fishing pond. If you want to try your hand at landing a 20lb carp, Jarman Farm Campsite guests can buy a half-day pass for £4, or a full day for £7. (8am to 8pm in the summer, barbless hooks only, and no keep nets).
For those who want to walk, cycle, or study wild birds, Jarman Farm is on the edge of Macclesfield Forest. This is an area of woodland surrounding three reservoirs and dominated by the Teggs Nose Country Park vantage point.
Amongst the woodland are many trails for walkers and mountain bikers, whilst the reservoirs themselves are home to numerous waterfowl, and in particular the Trentabank Heronry
The campsite at Jarman Farm is an ideal base for exploring east Cheshire, the Peak District, or Macclesfield itself.
The 15th century Gawsworth Hall and its summer season of open-air theatre productions are just a few minutes away.
The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is just 8 miles from Jarman Farm.
History of Jarman Farm
The name Jarman was previously Garman and Germans, and derives from the Germyn family who are well recorded in local 16th century documents.
Part of Jarman Farm is a registered national monument, being the only circular medieval moated site in Cheshire. It is thought to date from around 1310, when around 6,000 such sites existed in the UK. They consist of wide ditches, often permanently or seasonally filled with water, and partly or completely enclosing one or more islands of dry ground on which stood domestic or religious buildings.
In some cases the islands were used for horticulture, but the majority of moated sites served as prestigious aristocratic and seigneurial residences, with the moat as a status symbol - rather than a practical military defence.
The precise nature of the medieval settlement at Jarman Farm is unknown, as it has not been excavated. Visitors should note that the use of metal detectors is forbidden due to the site's status as a National Monument .