About Manor Farm

The Matthews Family have been farming in Surrey since 1935 when they moved here from a dairy farm in Kent. At that time the family had one landlord and a tenancy of 350 acres.



Fred Matthews and his son Laurence are partners in the business and Fred is now retired.  Laurence and Paula Matthews have 3 sons who all show an interest in farming.

Laurence began a major restructuring of the farm business in 1989, rationalising the farm and updating equipment.

The farm now extends to 2,500 acres of owned and tenanted land with ten landlords and five employees. Laurence is Chairman of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Combinable Crops Board, this board of working farmers advises on arable policy and lobbies the Government and the EU. He is on the council of the Surrey Agricultural Society and is a steward at ploughing matches and the Surrey County Show. Laurence is a founding member of Surrey Quality Producers Group.

Paula has created this website and taken the photographs for the site and is establishing a framework for educational visits, having achieved full accreditation for Manor Farm to host school visits. Paula is also a director of Countryside Venture a National charity supporting countryside training in the UK.

www.countrysideventure.org.uk