There is a huge range of outdoor events taking place across Sussex this Autumn. Here is a selection of our Favourites… Enjoy!

EVENTS AUTUMN 2010

12 September
Saddlescombe Farm Heritage Open Day
Saddlescombe Farm, nr Poynings
As part of the Heritage Open Days enjoy free tours around this ancient downland farm, once home to the Knights Templar. Tours of the 17th century buildings, the surrounding downs and the walled garden. Tea and home-made cakes available from the Hiker’s Rest cafe.
£2 car parking or free if you come by bus, walk, cycle or horseback.
Opening times: 10.30am – 3pm, last admission time 2.30pm
Booking Not Needed
Dogs on leads welcome
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 857712
devils.dyke@nationaltrust.org.uk

18 September
Big Beachwatch at Birling Gap
Birling Gap car park
Join our big beach watch in association with the Marine Conservation Society as a part of the adopt a beach scheme. Help with our beach clean, try some litter art and discover the wildlife secrets of the strandline.
Gloves and litter picking equipment will be provided. We suggest you bring shoes/boots, sunhat and sun-cream or wind proof and waterproof layers depending on the weather.
Opening times: 2pm – 4pm
Booking Advisable
Tel: +44 (0) 1323 871318

25th – 26th September
The Malvern Autumn Show, A Celebration of Nature’s Harvest
The Malvern Showground, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW UK
For food and gardening lovers alike, the Malvern Autumn Show brings together everything we know and love about nature at its finest. It is time to start enjoying the good life.
Opening times: 9am – 6pm
Admission Prices: Varied, please visit website for full details
Tel: +44 (0) 1684 584900
http://www.threecounties.co.uk/malvernautumn/

26 September
Community Barbecue and Local Food Fair
Devil’s Punch Bowl Cafe, London Road, Hindhead GU26 6AB
Bring your own food and drink along to the Punch Bowl. There will be a barbecue to cook on, cream teas and ice cream available from the café. You are welcome to bring your own produce, for example homemade cider and honey to promote local food and growing your own. There will be stalls run by local producers and the wardens will be on hand to talk about the property.
Opening times: 1pm – 4pm
Dogs on leads are welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult
Booking Not Needed
Tel: +44 (0) 1428 604040

26 September
Taste and Temptation
Petworth House & Park, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0AE
Visitors can enjoy meeting local producers and taste some of their delicious products. Let your taste buds be tempted to try and then buy!
Opening times: 11am – 4pm
Where to Meet: Audit Room Restaurant

2 October
Green Fair
Nymans, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6EB
Experience a weekend packed with local food, eco-crafts, green gardening stalls and green family activities.
Opening times: 10.30am – 4.30pm
Meet in the Visitor Reception
Booking Not Needed
Tel: +44 (0) 1444 405250

3 October
Apple & Orchard Day
The Tye, Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex BN26 5TL
Taste the different varieties of apples from our orchard and speak to an apple expert.
Opening times: 11am – 4pm
Booking Not Needed
Tel: +44 (0) 1323 870001

16 & 17 October
Family Woodland Weekend
Nymans, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6EB
Celebrate the changing season collecting autumn leaves, seeds and nuts, and make a weird and wonderful woodland creature with your finds that you can take home.
Opening times: 10.30am – 3.30pm
Sturdy footwear recommended
Booking Not Needed
Tel: +44 (0) 1444 405250
nymans@nationaltrust.org.uk

21 October
Autumn Photographic Workshop
Sheffield Park & Garden, Sheffield Park, East Sussex TN22 3QX
For the keen photographers amongst you come and spend the day, amongst the stunning autumn colour, with Stephen Robson, photographer from the National Trust Photo Library. There will be an illustrated talk and practical advice aimed at all abilities. Tea and cake included.
Opening times: 10am – 4pm
Meet in Reception
Admission Prices: All tickets £42.50
Booking Essential
Tel: +44 (0) 1825 790231
sheffieldpark@nationaltrust.org.uk

2 November
Sherlock Holmes & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Uppark House & Garden, South Harting, Petersfield, West Sussex GU31 5QR
Guy Marriott, current President of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, relates the story of this enduring literary ‘partnership’. Includes coffee on arrival and two course lunch in the restaurant.
Opening times: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Admission Prices: All tickets £20.00
Booking Essential
Tel: +44 (0) 1730 825415

5 November
Annual Tulip Planting Day
Emmetts Garden, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6AY
Get stuck in at Emmetts and give us a hand with our annual tulip planting. Your efforts will be rewarded with a delicious Bonfire Night inspired lunch, but – be warned – there are thousands of bulbs to plant!
Opening times: 10.00am – 2pm
Admission Prices: All tickets £15
Meet at the Stable Tea Room
Wear outdoor clothes and sturdy footwear
Booking Essential
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 863087
chartwell.restaurant@nationaltrust.org.uk

13 November
Robert Louis Stevenson
Bateman’s, Bateman’s Lane, Burwash, East Sussex TN19 7DS
Robert Louis Stevenson, known today primarily for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Treasure Island and Kidnapped, has also been celebrated as both a traveller and a travel-writer. Dr RL Abrahamson, who has written and spoken extensively about Stevenson and has read Stevenson’s works from lecterns and on radio, will speak about Stevenson the traveller, bringing to life the comic, chaotic and always compassionate accounts Stevenson has given us of what it was like to travel both in poverty and in luxury
Opening times: 11am – 12pm, gates open 10.30am, coffee served on arrival at 10.30am
Admission Prices: All tickets £20.00
Booking Essential
Tel: +44 (0) 1435 882302

14 November
Kipling, His Life & Poetry
Bateman’s, Bateman’s Lane, Burwash, East Sussex TN19 7DS
Spend an hour in the company of one of the nation’s favourite poets – Joseph Rudyard Kipling – as he tells you a little something of himself, interwoven with a selection of his poems, including ‘If’, ‘Gunga Din’, ‘Recessional’, ‘My Boy Jack’ and ‘Tommy’. Jonathan Jones brings Kipling to life in the very house where he lived, in what promises to be a dramatic and emotional insight into the life and work of the ‘Empire’s Poet Laureate’.
Opening times: 11am – 12pm, gates open 10.30am, coffee served on arrival at 10.30am
Admission Prices: All tickets £20.00
Booking Essential
Tel: +44 (0) 1435 882302

19 November
Lecture Lunch: A Lady Arising – Undressing the Tudor’s
Petworth House & Park, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0AE
See how women of the Tudor court dressed from the bottom up, through her toilette, her cosmetics, exquisite jewellery and all her fine state of ‘dress’. Learn how social rules and etiquette affected the way one dressed and conducted oneself at Henry VIII’s most famous court!
Opening times: 11.00am – 1.30pm. 11.00am coffee, 11.30am lecture
Admission Prices: All tickets £23.50 (booking fee extra)
Booking Essential
Tel: +44 (0) 844 249 189