Spitalfields City Farm Explained

Spitalfields City Farm
Type:	City Farm
Location:	Tower Hamlets, London
Map:	Greater London
Coords:	51.522°N -0.067°W
Visitation Num:	18,000
Open:	Tuesday to Sunday
Website:	https://www.spitalfieldscityfarm.org

Spitalfields City Farm is a city farm in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, a short distance from Brick Lane.^[1]

The farm was opened in 1978 on a 1.3acres wasteland site that was a former railway goods depot. Initially an allotment site, it expanded to house animals, and became a charity in 1980.^[2]

Since 2008 the farm has held an annual "Oxford vs Cambridge Goat Race", coinciding with and parodying The Boat Race on the River Thames.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. News: Things You Might Not Have Done Near Brick Lane . 2 October 2019 . Londonist . 6 January 2017 . en.
2. Web site: Our history . Spitalfields City Farm . 2 October 2019.
3. News: Thomson . Lizzie . Everything you need to know about the Oxford vs Cambridge Goat Race . 2 October 2019 . Evening Standard . 2 April 2019 . en.
4. News: Middleton-Welch . Maya . Oxford triumphant in 2019 Goat Race . 2 October 2019 . The Oxford Student . 8 April 2019.