Northern Roots

02/11/2026

Food steps, not miles🌱

Here’s a behind the scenes of our farm-to-fork café, where produce from our urban farm is transformed into delicious, seasonal meals🥘

Here's how we make a red kuri squash, green tomato and coconut soup, garnished with crispy leeks, coconut cream and toasted coconut flakes. Perfect for a hearty, healthy lunch while overlooking our play area and urban farm.

We have a different special menu item each week, so make sure to check our specials board in the café👀

We’re open Thurs – Sun 9am – 4pm every week, with last hot food orders at 3pm.

Want to view our full menu? Visit the café page on our website👉 https://northern-roots.uk/visit-us/whats-here/cafe/

25/10/2026

It's a stormy Sunday in , but we are open for breakfast, lunch, great coffee and cake as usual 😊

Why not pop in, browse our shop, relax in our café (we have large comfy sofas, but you'll have to be quick)and catch up with friends and family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Well behaved dogs on a short lead are welcome in the cafe 🐾

You'll get a warm welcome from the Northern Roots team 👋

25/10/2026

Ready to unwind and settle into the winter months? 🍂

Join yoga teachers Jane and Ed for a range of yoga experiences at Northern Roots🧘‍♀️

With decades of experience, they offer welcoming, tailored sessions suitable for those new to yoga as well as those with experience.

😌Breathe Easy with Space To Thrive Coaching – Sun 1 Nov
Join Ed for two hours of gentle movement, guided mindfulness, and learn breathing techniques to help you slow down, relax, and reconnect with your mind and body.
🎟️Tickets start from £8 - https://northern-roots.uk/events/breathe-easy-with-space-to-thrive-coaching/

🪑Start Where You Are – Chair Yoga Taster – 5 Dates
Join yoga teacher Jane for a friendly, gentle introduction to yoga, taught mostly from a chair. Learn spine, shoulder, hip, hand and feet movements, carefully designed to improve strength and balance. Dates throughout Nov and Dec.
🎟️Tickets start from £9 - https://northern-roots.uk/events/start-where-you-are-yoga/

❄️Winterise with Jane and Ed – Sat 5 Dec
Take some time to slow down, rest and prepare for the winter months with Winterise, a three hour morning session with both Jane and Ed. Featuring traditional winter tonics, oil massage, candle gazing and more.
🎟️Tickets start from £12 - https://northern-roots.uk/events/winterise-with-jane-and-ed/

Jane and Ed are part of the Northern Roots Business Community, an initiative that supports local, small businesses, helps boost the local economy, and offers unique experiences for visitors. Learn more here - https://northern-roots.uk/get-involved/business-community/develop-your-business/

Therapeutic Yoga and Ayurveda with Jane Craggs The Space to Thrive by Ed Moss

23/10/2026

** We are not open Monday 26th – Wednesday 28th October this half term. We open as usual from Thursday 29th October – Sunday 1st November**

Northern Roots is becoming a new favourite visitor destination for families across Oldham and Greater Manchester!

Planning to visit us? Here’s what you need to know…

📍Free to visit – Both parking and entry are free.

☕ Café Menu - We have vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and halal options, kids menu, and Grandpa Greene's Luxury Ice Cream. View full menu here – https://northern-roots.uk/visit-us/whats-here/cafe/

💳 Payments – We are a cashless site. All purchases need to be made by card and contactless payments.

🤸‍♀️ Play area - Our new play area includes interactive water and sand play, so we recommend bringing wellies for little ones who want to splash around!

🚶‍♀️ Accessibility - It’s a 300m walk from the main car park to the café, shop, play area and toilets, along a hard gravel woodland path.

🐕 Dogs - Well behaved dogs kept on short leads are welcome inside our café.

Northern Roots is a growing charity, and we will continue to develop in the coming years.

By visiting us, you directly help us regenerate the land, provide educational opportunities, employ local people, grow healthy produce, support health and wellbeing, bring heritage stories back to life, and much more💚

As we starts our journey, now is a great time to visit us, get involved, and become part of the community we’re growing🌱

Sign up to our newsletter to hear of jobs, volunteering opportunities, events and activities✉️ https://mailchi.mp/northern-roots/signup

Have a question? Visit our FAQ page👉 https://northern-roots.uk/about-us/faqs/

21/10/2026

19/10/2026

We’re full of awe and gratitude for the support we’ve received in our first month!💚

Since opening on Saturday 19th September, we’ve welcomed 12,000 visitors to enjoy our farm-to-fork café, learn about regenerative farming, have fun in our play area, and explore our 160-acre site🌱

Hear from our CEO, Anna, as she reflects on what it’s been like to welcome you and connect with people from across Oldham, from every corner of the North West, and as far as Glasgow!

Northern Roots is a growing charity. Our mission is to create opportunities for people to connect around food, growing, nature, learning, creativity, sport, enterprise, work and play. We do this in a way that supports nature, enhances wellbeing, creates jobs, and builds hope🙌

There is nowhere else quite like Northern Roots, and this is just the beginning.

Thank you for your support so far!

We also want to thank you for your feedback and patience as we begin to scale up and settle into a new normal.

We’re open Thursday – Sunday 9am - 4pm every week. Planning to visit? Make sure to check out our FAQ page👉 https://northern-roots.uk/about-us/faqs/

Visit our What’s On page to book onto family-friendly Halloween sessions, heritage walks, urban farm tours, wreath workshops and yoga sessions, with more coming soon!✨ https://northern-roots.uk/whats-on/

And sign up to our newsletter to hear of job, volunteering opportunities, and exciting developments👀 https://mailchi.mp/northern-roots/signup

17/10/2026

New events now live!

🧙‍♀️Creepy Crafts – Join Cackling Kate for magic and mischief as you concoct potions, craft pinecone bats, create your very own broomstick and wands, and much more! All nature based🦇

😌Breathe Easy with Space to Thrive - Guided mindfulness and breathing techniques to help you slow down, relax, and reconnect with your mind and body.

🔍Northern Roots through Time: Heritage Walk - Join our Community Champions for a guided walk to uncover the fascinating history and forgotten stories from our site.

🧘‍♀️Winterise with Jane and Ed - Take some time to slow down, rest and prepare for the winter months, featuring yoga, Ayurveda and folk medicine.

Visit our What’s On page to book your place👉 https://northern-roots.uk/whats-on/

We’ve also got an urban farm tour and two winter wreath workshops, with more events, activities and family-friendly sessions coming soon!

Sign up to our monthly newsletter to hear of new events, job and volunteering opportunities and exciting project updates✉️ https://mailchi.mp/northern-roots/signup

Therapeutic Yoga and Ayurveda with Jane Craggs

16/10/2026

The sun is making an appearance!☀️

If you’re looking for ways to brighten your weekend, why not come down to Northern Roots?

We’ve got a farm-to-fork café full of fresh cakes and hearty meals, a brand-new accessible play area, a growing urban farm, and a 160-acre site to explore.

In our shop, we’ve got lots of unique, locally made items.

🎨Check out Grå Designs' colourful earrings and one of a kind ceramics.

🌸Common Cloth have a range of textiles made with natural dye plants.

📚Grab a mystery book, that comes with a herbal tea bag and bookmark of local landmarks by artist Cliff Murphy. All books are based around nature and wellbeing.

🌲Or pick up a beautiful hand carved spoon from Northern Spoon Crafts, a small business set up by our Ranger Simon!

🍅Plus we’ve got tomatoes, cucumbers and leeks, harvested just steps away on Snipe Cough farm, and Northern Roots honey from our onsite apiary.

We’re open Thurs-Sun 9am-4pm every week, and we accept card payments only.

Our car park is free but can be busy, and it's a 300m flat walk up to the café and toilets.

We’ve got vegetarian, vegan, gluten free and halal options. Visit our website to view our menu – https://northern-roots.uk/visit-us/whats-here/cafe/

10/10/2026

“The Natural Health Service at Northern Roots saved my life, and I want everyone to know about it.”– Sue, Natural Health Service participant

This World Mental Health Day we’re shinning a spotlight on our Natural Health Service, a free nature-based social prescribing programme🌱

Since 2023, the Natural Health Service has welcomed over 400 participants, including people experiencing depression, social isolation, complex overlapping mental and physical health conditions, those in recovery from addiction, and those in recovery from cancer.

Sessions range from foraging, nature crafts and building communal gardens to mindful woodland walks and meditation. All designed to help participants slow down, feel grounded, and feel more connected to nature and themselves.

For many, the impact is lifechanging.

We work with national and international clinical and research partners to showcase the impact of our Natural Health Service, and to help increase investment in this sector and investment right here in .

Visit our website to learn more, and to learn about our local referral pathways👉 https://northern-roots.uk/get-involved/natural-health-service/