Roger Godwin

Trustee

Roger brings with him experience of community engagement, planning and rural affairs with particular interest in flood management and protection and conservation.

Born near Cirencester in 1947, he grew up on his father’s County Council Farm and has remained in Gloucestershire for his entire life. He attended Cirencester Grammar School and then Hartpury College.

He spent three and a half years as Assistant Manager on each of two large estates around Cirencester before moving to Frampton on Severn to manage Frampton Court Estate. After 7 years of managing that Estate, he gained the tenancy of Yew Tree Farm, Longney which he still occupies. He now farms 1400 ha. (3500 acres) of the Severn Vale for himself and five other landowners.

During his farming career, Roger has spent time serving on boards and committees including Hartpury College and the Royal Agricultural College, Gloucestershire Farm Management Association, Gloucestershire Root Fruit and Grain Society, and is current chairman of Longney and Epney Parish Council, Pinching Memorial Trust, Gloucester Severn Estuary Stakeholders and the Severn Vale Guardians.