As well as providing a safe home for 46 rescued pigs here at Goodheart Farm Animal Sanctuary, we wanted to go the extra mile and create two dedicated areas for them: a special woodland site inspired by their natural habitat and a large barn which will provide a warm, dry and spacious environment during wetter weather.

After the successful completion of our pig woodland in 2018, the next project on our list was a neighbouring pig barn, which will provide a cosy and spacious environment to house our pigs during the wetter, colder months, and allow visitors to get up close and personal with them all year round.

In December 2020, we were delighted to have planning permission approved and are now at the stage where our designs can become a reality. We now need to secure funding in order to complete the build of our barn and get the site ready for our residents!

About the new Pig Barn:

The site has been carefully designed so that visitors can easily interact with our pigs, observe them enjoying the cosy surroundings of the barn, and witness fascinating behaviours such as nest building. The barn will have spacious enclosures under cover, a hard-standing outdoor area, and a specific area for animals that may need to be brought in or separated from others temporarily due to illness.

Due to the heavy clay soil we have here at the sanctuary, it is important that we reduce animal footfall within some of our paddocks during the wetter months to avoid the ground becoming too churned up. The barn will have the added benefit of allowing us to rest some of this land ready for the summer months, while still providing our pigs with a safe and comfortable space.

Anything you can contribute, large or small, will go towards getting this exciting project through to completion and ready to welcome visitors when we open again! Thank you!

Click here to visit our website and learn more about this exciting project.