In 1966 David & Doreen Prince moved from Davids family farm & set out on their own adventure with the purchase of Toft Gate Farm, they farmed predominantly Angus cattle & Dalesbred sheep here with their family for almost 40 years before handing over the ropes to their son Christopher & his wife Caroline in 2005.

In the years that Chris & Caroline have farmed here, a lot of things changed within the industry. Many small farms just weren't sustainable enough to support themselves and so diversification became the only option & so Toft Gate Barn was created! In 2014 Chris, Caroline & a team of their family & friends spent 9 months converting a barn that had once housed Cows, Pigs & at Christmas, Turkeys into a Cafe! Caroline ran the cafe for 8 years before their son Martin & wife, Ellie took over in 2022 & incorporated the Farm Shop to go hand in hand with the cafe. All of the Beef, Pork & Lamb used for all of the meals at the Cafe & sold through the Butchers counter at the farm shop comes direct from the farm. Its butchered in house, cutting out a lot of the middle men which means the the food to fork miles are massively reduced & we can take pride knowing that we are directly providing people with quality produce.