Church Farm, Wingfield
If Opera was created as a company that would perform in a variety of venues offering spectacular experiences in diverse and exciting spaces. In 2025, we are delighted to announce that we will be moving to a new, beautiful site while the gardens at Belcombe Court rest.
Come with us to a remarkable new space, secluded and peaceful, in the vale of the Westbury White Horse. With easy access via the A366, you’ll find Church Farm, the home of long-standing If Opera Patrons, David and Fiona Robinson, and our setting for the 2025 season.
There, the ancient farmhouse and tiny, fourteenth century gem of the little parish church of St Mary, are bonded in a timeless cluster of warm limestone buildings. Surrounded by a churchyard, garden, duckpond and sometime farmyard, there’s easy access, extensive lawns for picnicking and our Saddlespan Auditorium will be installed on fields overlooking the Westbury White Horse.
Providing the perfect stage for the drama to unfold, Church Farm offers us more room to build our theatre space, and additional facilities to create a restful and evocative summer atmosphere for our visitors.
Church Farm, Wingfield, (A366 Wingfield Road), BA14 9LE is an eight minute drive from the centre of Bradford on Avon and parking will be available onsite.
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OS Grid Ref: ST 82610 56808
By car
There will be free parking available onsite. Please consider sharing lifts with friends and family where possible.
The parking will be managed by our team of stewards and crew and well lit.
Please note, that you will be parking on a field so the ground will be uneven. If you, or any of your party are bringing a wheelchair, require accessible parking or have any mobility issues, please inform the box-office at the time of booking.
There will be a drop off area by the path leading directly to the Saddlespan Auditorium for those with accessibility requirements.
By taxi
There is a taxi service, Bradford on Avon Taxis, located at the railway station. Please visit www.bradfordonavon-taxis.co.uk for further information and bookings.
We recommend pre-booking your taxi with your preferred company, or Bradford on Avon Taxis (01225 862277), as it can be busy during our event season.
If leaving by taxi, we suggest using the estimated end time on the specific event page as a guide for pick up time. Please note, performance run times are approximate times only.
Shuttle service from Bradford on Avon to Church Farm
A shuttle bus service from Bradford on Avon train station to Church Farm will be available for If Opera guests. Choose your pick up time (to suit your preference) and note the return time (dependent on the performance). £10 per head for a return journey.
Please note:
• The shuttle bus will be waiting outside of the main entrance to BoA station
• The transfer time from BoA station to Church Farm is approx. 8-10 minutes
• Timings are approximate and there is a small contingency in the timings to allow for late trains (up to 10 mins)
• Cancellation: fully refundable if cancelled up to four weeks prior to the event, after that non-refundable
• If train delays are longer than ten minutes, and you miss your shuttle, there is a taxi rank next to BoA station. Your place on the return shuttle will remain.
• If Opera reserves the right to change the pick-up/collection times should the summer train timings be different. You will be notified if there are any changes to the schedule.
• Re-confirmation emails will be sent to you seven days prior to the event.
By train
There will be a shuttle service available from Bradford on Avon train station direct to Church Farm.
There are regular trains to Bradford on Avon from London (change at Bath), Bristol, Chippenham and Westbury. Please visit www.gwr.com for train timetables and services.
Bath/Bristol direction. Travelling by train from Bath takes 15 minutes and from Bristol 30 minutes. Trains run at roughly 20-30-minute intervals. The final train from Bradford on Avon leaves at approximately 11pm.
Westbury direction. The journey to and from Westbury takes approximately 12-minutes (Trowbridge six-minutes) and trains run at roughly 20-30-minute intervals. The final train from Bradford on Avon leaves at approximately 11.45pm.
From London. To come from London there is a quick change at Bath with a total journey time of approximately one hour 40-minutes.
By bus
The D1 bus connects Bradford on Avon to Bath, Winsley, Trowbridge and Warminster and there will be a shuttle service available from Bradford on Avon to Church Farm.
Please visit www.firstbus.co.uk for bus timetables and services.
Bustimes.org is a useful source of information for bus timetables and live service tracking.