The community website of the village of Fulking, West Sussex
In the field next to the church in Church Lane (BN6 9BT) on Sunday 23 July 2017 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Puppet shows and face painting for children, Vintage stalls, archery, plants, The Yoga Garden, jewellery, pottery, food including a hog roast, French creperie van, homemade cakes, tea and soft drinks and much much more.
Entrance – adults £1 children are free.
Free parking in the field just before the church.
All proceeds split between Newtimber Church and Wellbeing of Women (Birthright).
A couple of years ago we noted that, according to a then newish SDNPA website, Fulking was in the midst of a desolate area in which it was almost impossible to buy or eat local produce. Saddlescombe Farm provided a single exception — they were the only local food producers, valiantly raising sheep on sand. A recent check on the site suggests that the situation has changed — slightly. Rushfields now appears on the map, as does a remarkable B&B that somehow manages to coexist in both Poynings and Pyecombe (with the same postcode) — they serve English breakfasts (pigs from Coombes, presumably). Springs also makes an appearance (salmon from the Adur?). Still, it is reassuring to be able to infer from the SDNPA’s map that all of our neighbourhood gastropubs (Fox, Oak, Plough, Shepherd, Tottington) have been resolute in their resistance to the ‘local produce’ fad. Corned beef from Argentina still rules the menu.
