Our Yorkshire Farm's Reuben Owen goes public with new farmer girlfriend
Amanda Owen's son Reuben has a new girlfriend who is also a farmer. His new relationship comes six months after he confirmed his split from Sarah Dow.
Amanda Owen's son Reuben has gone public with his new romance weeks after his return to our screens on Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and the kids.
Owen is the eldest son of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen and Clive, who broke up after fame destroyed their 22-year marriage. This year, the farmer had his own spin off Channel 5 show Life in the Dales and returned to our screens again more recently for the new family series Our Farm Next Door.
It marks six months since Owen confirmed his split from Sarah Dow during a live television interview.
Now the farmer — who shot to fame on The Dales in 2011 and then his family Channel 5 series Our Yorkshire Farm which came to an end in 2022 — is now dating Jessica Ellwood.
Who is Reuben Owen's new girlfriend?
Like Owen, Ellwood is a farmer — according to her social media profiles.
This is the first picture Owen has shared of the couple on his public Instagram account to see but they have been dating since early October. Amanda Owen joined the thousands of people who liked the photograph.
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The child of the Owens shared the romantic photo with his girlfriend from their recent getaway over the weekend, confirming his new romance. With a heart, he wrote on social media to his 85,800 followers: "Nice weekend away."
His girlfriend — whose Instagram is private — responded with a sweet comment saying: "Had an amazing weekend xx." Also, she included a red heart emoji.
The Instagram post was flooded with support from friends and followers of the show. Among the comments, one person wrote: "Lovely photo. Reuben you are such a credit to your parents."
Another added: "Ah what a gorgeous photo of you both, hope you've had a great time."
Someone else said: "What a handsome couple. Enjoy!"
Our Farm Next Door
It comes after Owen joined his eight siblings — Raven, Clemmy, Edith, Sidney, Annas, Violet, Miles and Nancy — as well as his parents Amanda and Clive to restore Anty John's which was filmed for television series Our Farm Next Door.
The family don't own Ravenseat farm where they work so Anty John's gives the children somewhere of their own. The oldest of the brood shared his thoughts on their new home when he said on-camera in Our Farm Next Door: "Other than Ravenseat, it is probably one of the only places I'd consider living happily."
Like Reuben, Miles plans on chasing his dreams of being a farmer. Meanwhile, Raven has taken a different path as she has headed off to university. Our Farm Next Door is returning for a second series in 2025. with five more episodes to come.
Reuben Owen's split from Sarah Dow
Back in May, Owen confirmed he had split from his then-girlfriend Sarah Dow but said it was amicable. He told Lorraine Kelly on her daytime show: "Me and Sarah were together. We're no longer together."
The farmer said Dow was following her own dreams of a different career but said they remained friends.
At the time, he said: "We're still very good friends. She's gone her own way. She's pursuing her own career. She does the odd day for us when she's not busy. We're not together no more. We still get along very well. We're still good pals."
Dow had starred in Owen's spin-off show Life in the Dales on Channel 5. It saw Owen and Dow preparing for a romantic holiday to France but the farmer didn't like going abroad. He also told Kelly: "Abroad wasn't really for me. It was nice to get out a bit. It was a fair old experience."
He had funded the trip by restoring two vintage tractors.
