Events Around East Sussex

Discover your hidden talents and try your hand at some medieval skills. Join the archers and falconers from The Hawking Centre and test your skill with a bow and arrow or try your hand at flying a bird of prey. Payment for these activities is made directly to The Hawking Centre staff.

Visit the Second World War archaeological dig that will be taking place in East Park, looking for artefacts left behind at Sheffield Park and Garden. When Sheffield Park was requisitioned by Canadians troops during the Second World War, the landscape was transformed with their huts, equipment and supplies.

As part of the National Trust’s ’Women and Power’ programme in 2018, we take a look at Lord Curzon’s anti-suffrage stance.

Get out and about with one of our guides on these short but informative walks around the castle grounds, where you will discover some of the secrets of Bodiam’s past.

Bring the kids during the summer holidays for our trail exploring the Canadian soldiers in the park. Join us this summer holiday to take part in an interactive trail around the garden to find out what it would have been like to be a soldier based in a training camphere during the Second World War. Booking Not Needed.

Following the success from last year’s Open Garden, which raised over £36,000 for the Hospice, we are delighted to announce our Open Garden season for 2018.

A fun trail for families around the garden. Embark on a self-led search around the garden. Booking Not Needed. Assistance Dogs only are welcome.

Escape into the garden at Bateman’s and discover some of Kipling’s most famous characters that have fled their book pages. Some of the characters from The Jungle Book have escaped from their book and are out and about hiding in the garden.

The Forest Row Village Market is one of Sussex’ finest suppliers of good food and hand made crafts. Winners of Britain’s Best Small Community Market 2017. Grand Finalists of the Sussex Food and Drink Awards Best Farmers Market 2017.

Enjoy the great outdoors this summer and challenge your kids with our ’50 things’ trail. Complete various seasonal activities around the grounds and claim your prize on our summer trail. Booking Not Needed. Children are particularly welcome.

Our ‘Open Door’ is a chance for people who would like a quiet place to pray or reflect, or to just find a bit of peace and quiet in this busy world we live in. While there, why not light a candle in memory of a loved one, or for someone who is unwell at this time? St.

Monty Don said in his introduction to Driftwood on BBC 2 Gardeners World in Sept 2016, ’It’s a small garden by the sea (112ft x 40ft) with inspired planting and design’.

It all begins with a line, the physical mark on a surface. The stroke of a brush, charcoal or pencil, the splash of a sponge, a cut with a knife, incising into lino, metal or clay. Random or controlled, colour or monochrome.

Following the success from last year’s Open Garden, which raised over £36,000 for the Hospice, we are delighted to announce our Open Garden season for 2018.

Employed To Serve plus Rough Hands. Artists performing: Employed To Serve.: Tickets avaiable.

Frankenstein Presented by SISATA Written by John Foster Directed by Charmaine K Parkin Angel rising… Slowly, painfully, out of the fusion of rabid light and impenetrable darkness, Angel emerges, alien and alienated.

SARAH RECORDS NIGHT ft EVEN AS WE SPEAK BOYRACER/ ACTION PAINTING/ SECRET SHINE. Artists performing: Even As We Speak.: Tickets avaiable.

Join the Ashdown Forest Education Team for 2 days of forest fun and activities including den building, games, tracks and trails, stories, nature craft, and more. Suitable for children over 6 years old. For more information and to request a booking form education@ashdownforest.org or call the office on 01342 823583

The Uckfield RFC Harlequins Summer holiday camp is the perfect way to keep kids entertained during the school holidays. The camp, which lasts from the 26th July to the 27th July, is open to boys and girls aged 6-14 from complete beginners through to regular players.

Every Thursday rye market 52 weeks a year, you can get your weekly fruit and veg, bakery, fresh flowers, olives, 5 star catering unit, cards and gifts, garden goods, household items, and lots of different clothing stalls for all ages, material and book stall, hats, socks and underwear, bedding, luggage, shoe stall, a

Unlock the history of Rodmell, the village so loved by Leonard and Virginia. The Woolfs moved to Monk’s House in Rodmell, East Sussex in 1919 but what was the village like in Virginia’s lifetime' Why not come and join a guided tour and learn more about the history of the place the Woolfs called home.

Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital is hosting its free information evenings for July to explore a range of health topics. Taking place on Warren Road, the complimentary events provide people considering various procedures with the opportunity to ask advice directly from leading consultants in their relevant fields.

In conjunction with the Festival of Archaeology discover more about Bodiam’s past. Join our regional archaeologist, Nathalie Cohen, on this walk around Bodiam Castle to learn more about Bodiam’s hidden past through some recent discoveries. Light lunch is included with the chance to chat more to Nathalie.

The fifth of Six Sensational Markets on the Grand Parade in Eastbourne this year! The Grand Parade in Eastbourne is set to be the venue for 6 Sensational Markets in 2018. Each market will showcase fantastic, unique line-up of stalls selling a variety of food and products.