Huge improvements made to Sussex visitor attraction

A Sussex tourist attraction which boasts 79 acres is celebrating its first anniversary under new ownership and has seen some big improvements in the past 12 months with more to come.
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Kent Entertainments, run by Donna Bull and Ray Grant, has already invested heavily to boost Sharnfold Farm, at Stone Cross, on the Hailsham Road.

Recent improvements include a totally renovated coffee shop, while the lambs have now arrived for the summer holidays.

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They are pleased with how the first 12 months have gone and aim to increase the farm’s appeal to customers of all ages.

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Donna said: “Sharnfold Farm is an extremely popular place to visit, not just during the summer but all year round.

“Now the school holidays are here, we see more families with young children but we really want our appeal to be as wide as possible.”

Attractions at Sharnfold Farm include a farm shop where all the products are either farm grown or sourced locally; a butchers with its own farm-reared and other very locally sourced meats; a new coffee shop which has been revamped in the past few month; a farm trail and play area for youngsters, including a tractor, slide, swings a secure garden, with an activities sheet for the kids to complete; animals to see, including pigs, sheep, cows, lambs, cattle, chicken and goats; a fishing lake; caravan site and pick your own.

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Donna said: “Our coffee shop has had a complete makeover, and the floor is now five times the size that it was.

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“We have revamped the menu and built a large new patio area outside. We are delighted with how it looks now.

“Once life gets more back to normal, we want to offer it out as a place to have parties, weddings and other events.

“Our shop is so popular because so much of what we sell is locally sourced and also because we bring in fresh fruit and vegetables daily.

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“We sell high end honey and jam as well as quality cakes and biscuits.

“And most of what we sell at the butchers is meat reared here on our farm.

“We are doing our bit to reduce carbon footprint and our policy is to keep everything local, and we are proud of that.”

The couple have some exciting plans for the future.

These include creating an enchanted forest, including pixies, fairies in trees and a complete fairy village, and a bigger farm with more crowd-pleasing animals

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Donna said: “We always strive to be family friendly but we also want to attract people of all ages for some of our offerings.

“We like to think that people can come to Sharnfold and enjoy just a short visit or up to half a day as there is so much to do.”

Go to https://www.sharnfoldfarm.co.uk.