Willowmead Alpacas Craft & Coffee shop resides in Otley Bottom, surrounded by beautiful Suffolk countryside. Come and visit us to learn more about alpacas and their luxurious fleece, as well as fibre-related crafts and local craftspeople.
Free entry and parking. Map and directions.
Introductory and tapestry weaving cources.
Basketry and decorative willow weaving. Regular classes and one-day courses available.
The Fascinating Fibres Exhibition, featuring members from Textile Art Group Suffolk and Suffolk Open Studios, was a successful week in which Willowmead Alpacas was host to a unique array of local craftspeople displaying their beautiful work and demonstrating their unique crafts.
Savannah modelling a warm alpaca scarf.
We are Julia & William Denny and together with son James and daughter Holly, we live in the heart of rural Suffolk, a few miles north of Ipswich, England.
Our enterprise began in 2000-01 with the purchase of the 16 acre smallholding and 3 female alpacas. Our little herd has now expanded to over 20 (4 sold to the local agricultural college).
Galaxy, one of four males and the daddy of several of our young alpacas.
We have been building a replacement farmhouse on the site and have finally moved in although the oak framed living room is yet to be built.
The old bungalow has now been recycled into our new Alpaca & Craft Centre. This project is supported under the England Rural Development Programme by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Rural Enterprise grant.
The front of our farmhouse.
