A small ethical family farm on the hills above Ballycastle — a stone-barn farm shop and café open Friday to Sunday, with open-farm days to meet the goats and bookable supper clubs and classes for anyone who wants to go deeper.
What's here — a farm shop and café in a lovely old stone barn: their own free-range meat and cheeses, local bakes and coffee, and a menu of homemade food. This is the heart of a day out here — a proper Causeway Coast pit-stop, not a big commercial play farm.
The animals — Broughgammon is a working ethical farm known for its cabrito (kid goat) and rose veal, so the goats are the stars. On their open-farm days and kids' farm club sessions you get right in among them; day-to-day it's the shop and café rather than a walk-round zoo.
Go deeper — they run farm-to-fork supper clubs (around £55 a head) and a rolling programme of hands-on artisan classes — butchery, baking, veg-growing, herbalism — all booked ahead through their website.
How long — most people give it an hour or two around the shop and café; a supper club, tour or class makes it a proper half-day.
Cost & food — the shop and café are free to wander in; you pay for what you eat and buy. Supper clubs and classes are ticketed. Check the current menu and prices when you plan.
Open Friday to Sunday, 11am–4pm. The shop and café keep weekend hours, so don't roll up on a Monday — check the day on broughgammon.com before you set off.
Tours, supper clubs, farm club and classes are booked ahead. These run on set dates and sell out, so book online rather than hoping to walk in.
Plan your visit
A weekend farm shop with more on if you book
The farm shop and café are open Friday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm — that's the easy, walk-in part of a visit, and it's free to come in and browse. Beyond the shop, Broughgammon runs a calendar of ticketed things across the year: farm-to-fork supper clubs (around £55 a head), open-farm days, a monthly kids' farm club, and hands-on classes in butchery, baking, veg-growing and herbalism. Those all run on set dates and are booked ahead through the website, so if you want to meet the goats, sit down to a supper club or take a class, plan it in rather than turning up. The shop menu and event dates change through the seasons, so check broughgammon.com before you travel.
Café & homemade foodFarm shop — own meat & cheesesOpen-farm days & kids' farm clubSupper clubs & artisan classesParking on site
Worth knowing:
This is an authentic small ethical farm, not a big pay-in play farm. The everyday draw is the weekend shop and café; the hands-on animal time comes on the open-farm days, farm club and tours, which you book ahead. Check the day and the event calendar on broughgammon.com before you set off.
Before you set off
What to wear & bring
👢Sturdy or old shoesIt's a working farm on a hillside — if you're out at the pens on an open-farm day, the ground finds the mud, so leave the good trainers at home.
🧥A coat, whatever the sky's doingBallycastle sits on the open coast and the weather turns quickly. A shower just makes the café and a hot coffee all the more welcome — no bad day here.
👒A hat and water on bright daysGrab a hat and some water for the sunshine and enjoy every minute of it — the coast on a clear day is a joy.
🛒A cool bagYou'll likely leave with something from the farm shop — their own meat, cheeses or a bake — so a bag for the drive home is handy.
Good to know
Everything before you go
Opening
The farm shop and café are open Friday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Hours can shift around events and seasons, so check the day on broughgammon.com before travelling.
Cost
The shop and café are free to walk into — you pay only for what you eat and buy. Farm-to-fork supper clubs are around £55 a head; open-farm days, the kids' farm club and artisan classes are ticketed on their own dates. Confirm current prices when you book.
What's here
A farm shop and café in a stone barn, selling the farm's own free-range meat (they're known for cabrito kid-goat and rose veal), cheeses, local produce and homemade food. Beyond the shop: open-farm days, a monthly kids' farm club, farm-to-fork supper clubs, and hands-on classes in butchery, baking, veg-growing and herbalism.
Booking
The weekend shop and café are walk-in. Supper clubs, tours, the farm club and classes run on set dates and are booked ahead online — they can sell out, so plan those in.
Food
The café serves homemade food and good coffee alongside the deli counter of bread, bakes and cheeses. Much of what's on the plate comes from the farm and local producers.
Ages
All ages. The shop and café suit anyone; the open-farm days and kids' farm club are where younger children get hands-on with the animals.
Dogs
It's a working farm with livestock. Check directly with the farm before bringing a dog, and keep any dog on a lead and away from the animals.
Parking
Parking is on site at the farm on Straid Road, just up from Ballycastle.
How long
An hour or two for the shop and café; a supper club, tour or class turns it into a half-day.
Questions
Before you go
Can I just turn up?
For the farm shop and café, yes — they're open Friday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm, and it's free to come in. But the animal experiences and events (open-farm days, the kids' farm club, supper clubs and classes) run on set dates and are booked ahead, so those need planning.
Is it a play farm where the kids meet the animals?
It's an authentic small ethical farm rather than a big pay-in play farm. The hands-on animal time comes on the open-farm days and the monthly kids' farm club — check the calendar and book those. Day to day, the draw is the shop and café.
What are the tours and supper clubs?
Broughgammon runs farm-to-fork supper clubs (around £55 a head) and hands-on classes — butchery, baking, veg-growing, herbalism — plus farm visits. They're all on set dates and booked through the website.
Is the café any good?
It's a lovely spot — homemade food and coffee in a characterful stone barn, with a deli counter of the farm's own meat, cheeses and local bakes. It's a genuine Causeway Coast pit-stop, not a chain café.
Is it good in the rain?
The shop and café are indoors and cosy, so a wet day still works out well — settle in with a coffee and something from the deli. Bring a coat and good shoes if you're heading out to the pens on an open-farm day.
Where is it?
50 Straid Road, just up the hill from Ballycastle on the Causeway Coast, Co. Antrim — an easy add-on to a day around Ballycastle, Rathlin, the Dark Hedges or Carrick-a-Rede.
Getting there
50 Straid Road, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, BT54 6NP — up the hill from Ballycastle town on the Causeway Coast, with parking on site. It slots easily into a day around Ballycastle, the Dark Hedges or Carrick-a-Rede.
Broughgammon sits on the hills just above Ballycastle, looking out over the Causeway Coast, and it's become one of the best-known ethical farms in this corner of Antrim. The family run it on regenerative principles — free-range animals, home-grown vegetables, and a nose-to-tail, whole-farm way of doing things that's earned it a real following among people who care where their food comes from.
Its calling card is cabrito, or kid goat — a meat born of dairy farming that too often goes to waste, which the family made a point of putting to good use, alongside their own rose veal and free-range produce. That ethos runs through everything: the farm shop and café in the old stone barn, the deli counter of their own meat and local cheeses, and the homemade plates that come out of the little kitchen.
Around the shop, they've built a whole programme that lets people in on the farm — open-farm days and a monthly kids' farm club to meet the animals, farm-to-fork supper clubs where the meal is the story of the land it came from, and hands-on classes in butchery, baking, veg-growing and herbalism. It isn't a theme park and it doesn't pretend to be. It's a small, honest, welcoming farm with a genuinely good café — and a lovely stop on any day out along the north coast.