Goat Milking Induction

Learn how to milk goats as the first step towards our Goat Milking Programme!

Join us for a couple of hours hJoin us at the farm for a relaxed and informative introduction to goat milking, and take your first step towards joining our Goat Milking Programme.

During this small-group session, you’ll spend a couple of hours with our goats, learning the fundamentals of safe, calm and hygienic milking. Bradley will guide you through the process, explain our daily routines, and be happy to answer any questions along the way. This session is designed to give you a clear understanding of what’s involved and whether the programme is right for you.

Our goats are milked twice daily, at 8am and 6pm. These times are fixed to ensure the animals’ welfare. We have two milking places available in the morning and two in the evening, making four slots per day. Participants commit to a minimum of one slot per week, with each milking shift lasting approximately 30–45 minutes.

The Goat Milking Programme costs £90 per year*, which contributes towards feed, care, and ongoing welfare. The £10 fee for this introductory training session will be deducted from the programme cost should you decide to join.

(*please do get in touch if you are experiencing financial difficulties and wish to join the programme.)

This session is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about dairy goats and animal care.

No dogs allowed on the Farm.

Oxford City Farm is a smoke-free site.

There is NO parking available inside the Farm. We kindly ask visitors not to park in the Care Home parking.

How to find the Farm:

Look for the Isis Care Home car parking entrance on Cornwallis street, and walk to the green gate at the end of it. That is the entrance of the Farm.

There is NO parking available inside the Farm. We kindly ask visitors not to park in the Care Home parking.

Thank you!

Refund policy

We aim to keep course costs as low and accessible with many of our events being pay what you feel. The courses we run help us to raise crucial untied funds to enable us to grow our work with the wider community such as our free to access Community Farming Sessions.

For events under £15 or pay what you feel the ticket price is non-refundable but tickets can be transferred.

For events over £15, we will refund you if you contact us 48 hours before the event to cancel. Please note that the Eventbrite fees are non-refundable (usually around 10%).

In the exceptional circumstances where we need to cancel the event (staff sickness; extreme weather) then we will get in touch to ask if you would like a full refund including the Eventbrite fees or if you would be happy to donate your fee to charitable aims of the Farm.