Warwickshire farming community looking to raise £3m to save Long Compton abattoir

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save an abattoir that plays a vital role in supporting small-scale and specialist farming across the Herald area.

Long Compton Abattoir is set to stop work this week, leaving farmers to face travelling huge distances to the next-nearest alternatives – potentially between Gloucester and Bristol or north of Birmingham.

That would turn a one-hour round trip for some into a four-hour effort – bad for animal welfare and a huge increase in cost and time.