Our 2026 juicing season will begin in September and run through till the end of October. Because we are a small group of volunteers and there is a high demand for our service, we can only accept apples from a 7 mile radius. Please check the details in our Juicing service section. All apple deliveries must be booked in advance

The best tasting juice comes from a mix of both cooking and eating apples so we are happy to take mixed bags provided that all apples are clean and dry. The minimum size of apple that we are able to juice has a diameter of 5cm (2 inches, about the size of a billiard ball) because below this size the proportion of skin and core to flesh is so high that it affects the quality of the juice.

Please check that your apples are ripe by cutting one open and looking at the pips. In a ripe apple, that is ready for juicing, the pips will be very dark brown or black and loose. Under ripe apples do not make good juice

The dates below are for delivering your apples to us. Apples will be juiced the following day. We have a limited number of places for each juicing day so please email kirkbyfruit@gmail.com with your name and address to book your slot and receive instructions for delivery times. It is helpful if you can give an estimate of the quantity of apples you are bringing (maximum 80kg per household). Please do not bring apples outside these times as we may not be able to use them. Thank you.

September 2026 dates

Tuesday 8th September

Tuesday 15th September

Thursday 24th September

dates for October deliveries will be posted before mid September

 

 

It is that time of year again and we will soon be posting the juicing dates for autumn 2026. Initial indications are that the apple crop is smaller than last year but our juicing season will still run throughout September and October, depending on demand.

This will be the 14th year that the project has been running in its present form and we are fortunate to have a band of willing volunteers, many of whom have been with us from the start. Unfortunately none of us are getting any younger so we now have to start looking at the long term future of the fruit project. No decisions will be made until we have examined all the options but it is possible that this is the last year that the project will run in its present form  and there will be a scaled down service starting next year.

Meantime we will be operating as normal and this years dates will be posted here before the end of August.

Applications now sought

We have around £2500 to share with local community groups which are volunteer-led and based within the Kirkbymoorside area.

Each year our volunteers save tonnes of fruit, mostly apples, from going to waste by juicing them and selling the pasteurised juice and cider that we make. Last year (2024) was not a good apple harvest but despite this we did make enough profits to share with our local community.

All local community groups are welcome to ask for a donation of up to £600 towards a specific purchase intended for the benefit of the members of their group. 

Further details and application forms may be found here Community Group – Donation Request.

The Kirkby Fruit Project are supporting the Kirkbymoorside ‘Gateway to the Moors’ Music Festival 2026 by producing, free of charge, a limited edition festival Cider – a medium sweet ‘Festival Gold’ and and a dry ‘Gateway to the Moors’ cider to sell exclusively at next year’s festival. The festival is organised and run entirely by local volunteers and the cider will be sold to help them to raise the funds they need to continue.

If you would like to give all or some of your apples to the festival cider, please says so when booking in or delivering your apples: we can take more than the normal 80kg per person if the additional fruit is being donated to festival cider production.

PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE A SMALL LOCAL VOLUNTEER JUICING PROJECT SO WE ONLY HAVE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT APPLES FROM HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN KIRKBYMOORSIDE AND ASSOCIATED VILLAGES (A 7 MILE RADIUS OF THE TOWN)

Our 2025 juicing season will begin on 1st September and run through till the end of October. We have made some changes this year to try to ensure that we have space for all the local people who want to bring apples so check the details in our Juicing service section. The best tasting juice comes from a mix of both cooking and eating apples so we are happy to take mixed bags provided that all apples are clean and dry. The minimum size of apple that we are able to juice has a diameter of 5cm (2 inches, about the size of a billiard ball) because below this size the proportion of skin and core to flesh is so high that it affects the quality of the juice.

Please check that your apples are ripe by cutting one open and looking at the pips. In a ripe apple, that is ready for juicing, the pips will be very dark brown or black and loose. Under ripe apples do not make good juice

The dates below are for delivering your apples to us. Apples will be juiced the following day. We have a limited number of places for each juicing day so please email kirkbyfruit@gmail.com with your name and address to book your slot and receive instructions for delivery times. It is helpful if you can give an estimate of the quantity of apples you are bringing (maximum 80kg per household). Please do not bring apples outside these times as we may not be able to use them. Thank you.

SEPTEMBER DATES FOR APPLE DELIVERIES

UPDATE: due to an increase in the cost of bottles our prices will have to rise by 25p from late September.

Tuesday 2nd September – FULLY BOOKED

Wednesday 10th September – FULLY BOOKED

Tuesday 16th September – FULLY BOOKED

Wednesday 24th September – FULLY BOOKED

Tuesday 30th September – FULLY BOOKED

OCTOBER DATES FOR APPLE DELIVERIES

Tuesday 7th October – FULLY BOOKED

Thursday 16th October – FULLY BOOKED

Wednesday 22nd October – CURRENTLY CLOSED TO FURTHER BOOKINGS

Tuesday 28th October – CURRENTLY CLOSED TO FURTHER BOOKINGS

the 2023 juicing season has now finished, thank you to everyone who has been involved. It was quite a poor apple crop this year but we have still juiced just under 2 tons of unwanted apples since the beginning of September. Our apple juice and cider are available only in Kirkbymoorside from Kirkby News and Moorside Stores

Our 2023 juicing season will begin on 1st September and run through till the end of October. We have made some changes this year to try to ensure that we have space for all the local people who want to bring apples so check the details in our Juicing service section. This year there are a lot of very small apples that haven’t developed properly. The minimum size of apple that we are able to juice has a diameter of 5cm (2 inches) because below this size the proportion of skin and core to flesh is so high that it affects the quality of the juice.

The dates below are the DATES FOR DELIVERING APPLES TO US, the apples will be juiced the following day. We have a limited number of places for each juicing day so please email kirkbyfruit@gmail.com to book your slot and receive instructions for delivery times. Thank you.

SEPTEMBER 2023 JUICING

Thursday 31st August – FULLY BOOKED

Saturday 9th September

Tuesday 19th September – FULLY BOOKED

Wednesday 27th September – FULLY BOOKED

October 2023 JUICING

Saturday 30th September – FULLY BOOKED

Tuesday 3rd October – FULLY BOOKED

Saturday 14th October – FULLY BOOKED

Tuesday 24th October

We have completed the 2023 allocation of funds to local community groups. The next oportunity for funding request will be towards the end of 2023.

Juice is still available to buy from Moorside Stores and Kirkby News.

The following organisations have been allocated funds this year

Organisation	Purpose of support requested
Friends of KMS School	Support School trips
Rainbows (1st KMS)	Support for visits and G.G.Census (annual fees)
Fruit Project/KMS School	Grafting Course
KMS History Group	Prints of old maps and computer storage
KMS Town Band	Folders and music for training band
Kirkby In bloom	Annual support for several tubs