Thatchers is reopening its headquarters near Bristol to the public for a free open day this weekend. The family-owned cider company based at Myrtle Farm, Sandford, has promised this year's open day with be bigger and better than ever.
Families and fans of cider are invited to explore behind the scenes to see the processes of how the famous Somerset ciders are made. This includes trailer tours of their on-site orchards along with guided tours of the cidermaking, canning and bottling processes.
The farm has around 500 acres of orchards and can press up to 500 tonnes of apples per day in high season. Myrtle Farm is the UK's biggest processor of blackcurrants, dealing with 90 per cent of the UK's total crop, which it processes on behalf of Ribena.
