Hartpury Cider

Hartpury Cider is a student-led agriculture project transforming apples from Hartpury’s heritage orchard into traditional West Country cider.

Created as a final-year undergraduate project, Hartpury Cider gives students hands-on experience of sustainable food and drink production, while helping to preserve the orchard for future students, the local community and nature.

Our award-winning cider is wild fermented and made using traditional methods in partnership with Wilce's, a local family run cidermaker. The result is a genuine, traditional cider with no unnecessary additions, crafted from the character of Hartpury’s own apple harvest.

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Learning through cider

Hartpury Cider is more than a drink. It is a live learning project that connects sustainable resource management, food production, supply chains, enterprise and marketing.

As part of Hartpury University’s commitment to experiential learning, final-year BSc (Hons) Agriculture students have taken on the challenge of planning, harvesting, pressing and marketing the cider through their Supply Chain Management module.

By taking the cider from orchard to market, students gain practical experience of turning a natural campus resource into a high-quality product with real commercial, environmental and community value.

Our ciders

Medium Dry Sparkling Cider

A light yet rich sparkling vintage cider. Refreshing and crisp, this cider is made from the 2024 apple harvest and allowed to ferment naturally using wild yeasts before bottling.

Sparkling Draught Cider

Lighter than our bottled vintage cider, our sparkling draught cider is the perfect easy-drinking summer accompaniment to barbecues, outdoor dining and local events.

Where can I buy Hartpury Cider?

Hartpury Cider is available through a growing list of local and online stockists.

Current and upcoming stockists include:

More stockists will be added as the project develops.

Collaborations

We are working with local organisations to support the local landscape, sustainable food production and artisanal drink-making.

We are excited to have partnered with the Hartpury Orchard Centre. Look out for cider made from this harvest in 2026.

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Nature and sustainability

Hartpury Cider forms part of our sustainable campus goals. The heritage orchard is managed in a nature-friendly way, supporting biodiversity while giving students practical experience of sustainable land management, food production and local enterprise.

Award-winning cider

Our cider has already received recognition for its quality, celebrating the work of Hartpury students and the distinctive character of our heritage orchard.

The cider earned recognition by winning a Bronze award at the prestigious Bath and West Cider Championships – an impressive accomplishment for a student-led initiative.

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Follow Hartpury Cider on Instagram for orchard updates, cider-making progress, stockist news and behind-the-scenes student activity. For enquiries, collaborations or stockist opportunities, please contact the Hartpury Cider team.