Trip to Sussex with an 8 year old.

BadFish

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I am looking for suggestions for things to do when my 8 year old and I come back to Blighty for a visit. It is the first time I have been back in summer and would be interested in your ideas of things to do/visit in the Sussex area during June/July. We are thinking of castles etc and he loves animals.

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Arundel = castle & birds.

 

Moshe Gariani

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Drusillas (Alfriston, E.Sussex). Especially outside UK school holidays in June/July.

 

BadFish

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Moshe Gariani said:

Drusillas (Alfriston, E.Sussex). Especially outside UK school holidays in June/July.

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Cheers, My mum lives just along the road from Drusillas so that has been a feature of my winter trips with the other kids.

 

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mothy

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Love bodiam castle, barcombe mills & middle farm

 

BadFish

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Stat Brother said:

Arundel = castle & birds.

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Do they do falconry there all the time or is it just special days/weekends?

 

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mothy said:

Love bodiam castle, barcombe mills & middle farm

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Is middle farm round Firle way, I have been to the farm shop there but can you visit the actual farm too?

 

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mothy

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Yes. It's v small & the usual farm animals, but I've run round the hay barn playing with my kids like I was one & then there's the cider option after we've all had a bit of fun.
.can see the cows being milked - it's farm like rather than being a kids playzone.

Washbrooks at Hurstpierpoint is also nice

 

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BadFish said:

Is middle farm round Firle way, I have been to the farm shop there but can you visit the actual farm too?

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They have fenced areas where you can interact with some animals. Yes, it's just past the Glynde road, opposite the long man of wilmington ish.

 

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Butterflies up on devil's dyke?

 

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BadFish said:

Is middle farm round Firle way, I have been to the farm shop there but can you visit the actual farm too?

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You can, for a small fee. See all the milking and that.

 

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Knockhatch adventure park, Hailsham. Farm, birds of prey demonstration, go-karts, rides and play areas. Great for kids.

 

BadFish

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Wellesley said:

Knockhatch adventure park, Hailsham. Farm, birds of prey demonstration, go-karts, rides and play areas. Great for kids.

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Good thinking, never been there and just round the corner from my ma.

 

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Mini Golf hastings. Drusillas. Michelham Priory. Battle castle. Knockhatch. Bentley wildfowl museum. Fort Fun by the sovereign Centre EB. Ashdown Llama farm

All picked around your area, loads to do

https://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/things-to-do/south-east-and-london/east-sussex

 

AmexRuislip

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BadFish said:

I am looking for suggestions for things to do when my 8 year old and I come back to Blighty for a visit. It is the first time I have been back in summer and would be interested in your ideas of things to do/visit in the Sussex area during June/July. We are thinking of castles etc and he loves animals.

Over to your collective wisdom NSC

Bad/JuniorFish

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Slightly off piste, but if you're 8 year old is an Albionite, perhaps an Amex stadium tour?

 

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AmexRuislip said:

Slightly off piste, but if you're 8 year old is an Albionite, perhaps an Amex stadium tour?

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Sadly this one is my one child who isn't that interested, although I may drag him around during a trip to the Albion shop.

 

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Stat Brother said:

Arundel = castle & birds.

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Much better castles to see than Arundel imho. Loved Bodiam as a kid.

Paradise Park if he likes dinosaurs.

 

Lord Bracknell

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I rate Pevensey Castle - a place that has been in military use since 290AD, right up until WW2. Well worth a visit.

 

AmexRuislip

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Lord Bracknell said:

I rate Pevensey Castle - a place that has been in military use since 290AD, right up until WW2. Well worth a visit.

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You remember that far back

 

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mothy said:

Love bodiam castle, barcombe mills & middle farm

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Brilliant set of suggestions there.

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