The best farms in East Sussex
4.7 from 812 reviews across 7 farms
Organised lists 8 farms in East Sussex, including 5 farm shops, 4 butchers and 3 raw milk farms. 3 deliver to your door.
4.7 from 812 reviews across 7 farms
Organised lists 8 farms in East Sussex, including 5 farm shops, 4 butchers and 3 raw milk farms. 3 deliver to your door.
Tablehurst FarmRaw milk farm in Forest Row4.6 (402 reviews)Tablehurst Farm is a biodynamic farm at Forest Row in East Sussex whose award winning farm shop has grown from a tiny one day a week operation back in the 1990s. The butcher's counter sells the farm's own biodynamic beef and lamb and organic pork and chicken, with nitrate free bacon cured and smoked on site, and the six hectare garden supplies over ninety varieties of biodynamic fruit and vegetables.
The shop also stocks bread baked on the farm by Fermento Bakery, eggs from Orchard Eggs, cheeses from High Weald Dairy and around fifty savoury pies and ready meals from the farm's own Pie Kitchen. Raw milk from the grass fed Jersey herd, whose calves stay with their mothers until they can graze, is sold from a vending machine outside the shop, so bring your own container.Plaw Hatch FarmHoney farm in East Grinstead4.7 (346 reviews)Plaw Hatch Farm is a 200 acre community owned biodynamic farm on the edge of the Ashdown Forest near Sharpthorne, held by a charitable trust and farmed biodynamically for forty years. It is a true mixed farm, with a dairy herd providing raw milk, cheese, yoghurt and cream, beef cattle, sheep, pigs and laying hens, and a 12 acre garden of seasonal fruit and vegetables, with close to 500 acres farmed in all within a 12 mile radius.
The farm shop sells all the farm's own produce plus organic goods from local suppliers, open 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and closed Sundays and bank holidays. There is an open farm policy too, so pick up a map in the shop and take the farm walk to see how the land and animals are kept.Hackhurst FarmFarm in Hailsham5 (20 reviews)Hackhurst Farm at Lower Dicker in East Sussex is an agroecological farm where holistic grazing sits alongside wellbeing days, yoga and barn hire. The dairy is run in collaboration with Imogen and David of Butterworth Farmers, whose herd of Dexter and Jersey cows is grass fed throughout the year, with calves staying beside their mothers to suckle until they wean themselves.
The raw milk is sold straight from the fridge at the farm and at farmers markets in Preston Park, Shoreham and Heathfield, with cheese and meat available too. To buy, text or email Imogen and collect directly from the farm.
Orchard EggsFarm shop5 (14 reviews)Orchard Eggs is a small family owned poultry farm at the end of Brambletye Lane in Forest Row, East Sussex, run by Karen and Daniel Hoeberichts. The farm follows biodynamic agriculture, with hens living in mobile houses that rotate through the orchard, kept with their beaks intact and reared without antibiotics.
The eggs are sold at a fair price through independent shops, farmers' markets and cafes around Sussex, including the market stalls of Brambletye Fruit Farm, as well as to restaurants, bakeries and box schemes. The farm cares about food miles, so the map on their website points you to the nearest stockist.
Padswood FarmFarm shop in Spraysbridge5 (12 reviews)Padswood Farm is a regenerative market garden at Harts Green near Sedlescombe in East Sussex, growing vegetables without pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilisers and keeping soil disturbance to a minimum with no-dig methods.
The produce is sold through a weekly veg box scheme, hand picked and delivered on Saturday mornings to Battle, Hastings, Robertsbridge, St Leonards, Sedlescombe and Westfield, or collected from the farm from 10.30am on Saturdays. From June to October everything in the box is grown at Padswood, with trusted organic farms filling the gaps over winter.
My Little FarmHoney farm in Hassocks4.5 (15 reviews)My Little Farm is a smallholding in the South Downs near Hassocks, run on a membership model where customers join the farm and share in what it produces. Crops grow in living soil without synthetic chemicals, heritage breed livestock forage naturally on diverse pastures, and a small Jersey herd grazing those same fields provides raw dairy.
The heart of the offer is the weekly Smallholder Box, filled with seasonal vegetables, pasture raised chicken, pork, lamb and beef, heritage hen eggs, raw dairy and organic sourdough, delivered to your door. Extras such as milk kefir, bakery items and pantry staples can be added from the farm shop each week.
Benchwood FarmFarm in Benchwood5 (3 reviews)Benchwood Farm is a smallholding at Icklesham, near Rye in East Sussex, keeping a small herd of dairy goats. The farm sells fresh raw goat's milk straight from the holding, along with free range eggs, goose eggs in season, and hatching eggs from its White Sussex, Black Sussex and Australorp hens.
Buying is direct and simple. Place a collection order through the website, choose a collection date, then pay by cash or card when you pick everything up at the farm.
Limden Brook FarmButcher in EtchinghamLimden Brook is a small beef farm in East Sussex, grazing permanent pasture and water meadows in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The cattle are mob grazed to build livestock and soil health, and the land is managed with wildlife in mind, home to dormice, nightingales, dragonflies, orchids and bluebell woods.
The beef is sold mainly in 5kg and 10kg boxes, with a sale day every 1 to 2 months, plus offal such as liver, heart and ox tongue when available. Sign up to their email list to hear when beef is ready, then arrange a time to collect from the farm. They also aim to be at the King Johns farmers market on the second Saturday of each month.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
