West Sussex:<\/strong> East Sussex: South Brockwells Farm Shop<\/a>, Little Horsted TN22 5QS. Home grown & locally sourced produce, cafe, open Wed-Sat & daily during home-grown asparagus season (23rd April-21st June); Seasonal events: Lambing March-April, Sheep Racing & Farm Open Days (June\/August), 01825 750466<\/p>\n Sanctuary Farm<\/a>, Pick Hill, Heathfield, TN21 0JP. An ideal opportunity to see the lambs up really close in the lambing barn, looking after some orphan lambs this year who will need feeding. 28th March to 3rd April, session 10am, 2pm, 6pm.<\/p>\n Forestside Smallholding<\/a>, Clockhouse Lane, Nutley TN22 3NY. Family-run smallholding in the heart of the Ashdown forest, Easter events, lambing, email to book a slot: milleremmalene@btinternet.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Fun Facts Here are a few places in Sussex where you can find Bluebells…<\/strong> To the west, north & north west:<\/em><\/strong> **Note:<\/strong> National Trust (NT) woodlands are free for NT members, entry fee apply.**<\/strong> LAMBING early March – mid\/end April West Sussex: Coombes Farm Lambing Tours nr Lancing BN15 0RS. Spring [March 14th – April 19th 2026]. Ewes lambing, cows calving, tractor rides to the top of the Downs (\u00a35 pp), stunning views, late evening lambing (often adult only). Book online [\u00a36 adult, \u00a34 children, +\u00a31 at the gate, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":31268,"parent":7065,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"event_categories":[],"class_list":["post-19662","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 14:31:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"event_categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19662"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52491,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19662\/revisions\/52491"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=19662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCoombes Farm Lambing Tours<\/a> nr Lancing BN15 0RS. Spring [March 14th – April 19th 2026<\/span>]. Ewes lambing, cows calving, tractor rides to the top of the Downs (\u00a35 pp), stunning views, late evening lambing (often adult only). Book online [\u00a36 adult, \u00a34 children, +\u00a31 at the gate, subject to availability].<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Middle Farm<\/a> West Firle, Lewes, BN8 6LJ. Family farm with a small flock of sheep, lambing in spring from around the 1st April, playground and play hay barn, animal handling sessions, farm shop, tea room, gift shop, 01323 811411<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n
BLUEBELL WOODLAND WALKS mid-April to mid\/end-May<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
\nDid you know that…<\/em><\/strong>
\n> Almost half the world’s bluebells are found in the UK, they\u2019re relatively rare elsewhere.
\n> It is against the law to intentionally pick, uproot or destroy bluebells.
\n> Bluebells are an indicator of ancient woodlands and take a long time to establish, around 5-7 years from seed to flower.
\n> Bluebells can take years to recover after footfall damage.
\n> If you plant bluebells in your garden, make sure you’re planting the English bluebell not the Spanish version, as they will compete with the native species.<\/p>\n
\nTo the east & north east:<\/em> <\/strong>
\nStanmer Park<\/a>, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RE – beautiful woodland walks and extensive open lands. Accessible by bus\/train\/car [parking fee apply].
\nDitchling Common<\/a>, Ditchling BN6 8SG, woodland, grassland [free parking].
\nWakehurst Botanical Gardens NT<\/a>, Ardingly RH17 6TN [parking fee apply].
\nWalk Wood, Sheffield Park Garden NT<\/a>,\u00a0 nr Uckfield TN22 3QX.
\nRockinghill Wood, Standen House & Garden NT<\/a>, nr East Grinstead RH19 4NE.
\nHeaven Farm<\/a>, nr Uckfield TN22 3RG, ancient bluebell woodland nature trail, feed the carp and treat yourself to a Latchetts\u2019 ice cream! [entry fee].
\nWilderness Wood<\/a>, Hadlow Down, TN22 4HJ (n\/r Uckfield).
\nSelwyns Wood<\/a> nr Heathfield TN21 0QN.
\nFlatropers Wood<\/a> nr Peasmarsh TN31 6TH.
\nThe Arlington Bluebell Walk & Farm Trail<\/a>, Arlington, nr Polgate BN26 6SH, 3rd April – 10th May 2026 [entry fee].
\nBrede High Woods<\/a>, 6 miles north of Hastings, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty [free car park].
\nMarline Valley<\/a> nr Hastings TN38 9NY.<\/p>\n
\nButchers Wood<\/a> BN6 9PH, ancient oak woodland, start from the Hassocks train station, path off Keymer Rd (SE of the railway line).
\nNymans NT<\/a>, Handcross RH17 6EB.
\nLeonardslee Lakes & Garden<\/a>, Lower Beeding, Horsham RH13 6PP. Bluebell woodlands walk within the 240-acre estate at the famous Bluebell Bank.
\nWoods Mill Nature Reserve<\/a> nr Henfield BN5 9SD [no dog allowed].
\nThe Mens<\/a> nr Billingshurst RH14 0HR.
\nEbernoe Common<\/a> nr Petworth GU28 9LD.
\nSlindon Estate NT<\/a> Arundel BN18 0RG.
\nButler\u2019s Copse<\/a>, between Angmering & Arundel BN18 9PX, free parking at the end of Dover Lane.<\/p>\n
\nSource: Woodland Trust, National Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"