A 185-ACRE arable farm in Fenland – complete with a three-bedroom house and buildings – is available next year as part of Cambridgeshire County Council s Farms Estate. Needham and Rookery Farm, in Elm, is available to let from October next year. A viewing

A 185-ACRE arable farm in Fenland - complete with a three-bedroom house and buildings - is available next year as part of Cambridgeshire County Council's Farms Estate.

Needham and Rookery Farm, in Elm, is available to let from October next year. A viewing day for prospective tenants takes place on January 21 next year.

Councillor John Reynolds, Cabinet Member for Resources and Performance, said: "These farms offer the tenants the chance to start their own rural business or to move up the farming ladder.

"The chance to take over a farm in the Cambridgeshire countryside is a rare opportunity and I'm sure there will be a lot of interest."

The County Farms Estate has around 250 tenant farmers working more than 30,000 acres.

• For more information visit www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/countyfarms or contact Sarah Goodier on 01223 699095. Alternatively, e-mail sarah.goodier@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

The closing date for tenancy applications is January 29, 2010