Among the Apple Blossom at Long Meadow: Orchard Cooking & Cider Stories

Guided coach tours this May Bank Holiday featuring food, orchard walks and seasonal juice & cider.

Orchards in bloom, local makers and a slower pace set the tone this May Bank Holiday, with two guided coach tours offering an unhurried journey through Armagh’s Orchard County. Taking place across two half‑day experiences, each tour offers its own character, from a hands‑on visit to a working cidery with cooking over a griddle and stories shared by a local cider‑making family, to orchard and garden walks followed by a chef‑prepared lunch at a Georgian country house set among apple trees. Two tour options are available - one at Long Meadow Cider and one to Crannagael House. 

Sunday 3rd May. 11-2pm

Enjoy a relaxed coach tour from Armagh City to Long Meadow Cider Co., guided by Donna Fox and hosted by the McKeever family. This relaxed and participatory experience includes a guided walk through a working cider orchard in full bloom, with family stories of generations of apple growing and insights into how their business has evolved into one of Armagh’s best‑known cider producers, alongside an introduction to their award‑winning cider and juice range.

The visit centres on traditional griddle cooking, with a soda bread demonstration and the chance to enjoy tastings fresh and hot from the griddle, offering a true taste of orchard life in spring.

What’s included:

• Guided orchard walk during apple blossom season
• Family stories and insights into traditional apple growing
• Introduction to award‑winning cider and juice production
• Learn about Apple Cider Vinegar (with Mother)
• Tastings of apples, cider vinegar and selected products
• Live griddle soda bread demonstration with fresh tastings
• Tea, coffee or apple juice and a light lunch in the glass‑fronted Bramley Barn
• Return coach travel from Armagh City Hotel

 For further information and to book your place on the tour, please see link which will be live from Fri 17 April - https://visitarmagh.com/orchardtours

Entrance Fee