Welcome to the Coombes Farm Experience

Farm tours for everyone
Tractor and trailer trips over the south downs around the farm
For you and your family

Book a group tour today

Summer holiday farm tours -

Art and fun weekend
August 8th and 9th
Farm tours 11.30 &2.30

watch this space for other dates and times

we have finished lambing and they are all out in the fields. we had over 1,000 lambs

You can book a farm tour for a school or group
we are open for groups and schools and
we only take one school at a time.

Tractor rides to the top of the downs to see the sheep and cows in the fields.

Come Fishing at Passies Pond .
To Day
what ever the weather !
day tickets
or join on a special match

email Passie for more information
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Coombes Church has reopen
The repair work is finished after 2 years.
The Church is now open everyday.
It is well worth a visit especially to see the 1000 year old paintings

See all the events at coombes
Barn Dances, Beer festival, Music festival,
and other events.
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Come and see our barn for your wedding
Phone 01273 452028
email today
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Farm Tours Please phone to Book for families and groups
We are taking School bookings for farm visits
now for 2009 & 2010
Lambing Time 14th March - April 19th 2010
We belong to farms for schools
Help with cost of transport

See News & Events for
other events at Coombes
including Barn Dance
Hire Coombes barn for your own event!

We Have weddings in the barn
come and see it for your self

Thank you for voting for us Farmer of the year

Are you interested in the countryside and
over 26 years old, then join country link
Between 10 and 26 years old, join Young farmers
For for farmers wives Sussex Farm women's club

Coombes is a small village in West Sussex, set against the backdrop of the South Downs and only a stones throw away from the English Channel.

Coombes Church Farm is a fully working family run business that runs day tours and also coarse fishing in the well stocked lakes.

Church Farm
Coombes
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 0RS
United Kingdom

To contact Passies Ponds directly: 01273 465257
To contact Coombes Farm Tours directly: 01273 452028
As we are very busy as we are a working farm,
please keep trying to contact us as we may be with the sheep !
WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR PHONE LINES
AMD MAY NOT GET YOUR EMAILS

A birds eye view of Coombes Farm and Passies Pond ... (click thumbnails to view)
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A brief history of Coombes Church Farm

The word 'Coombe' means a dry valley. The parish was first mentioned in The Doomsday Book. When it was owned by William Fitz Norman and had 34 residents (compared with 36 in 1997)

The Coombes road and the A283 are on the same line as the red banks of the river Adur which had one time led to the thriving Harbour and Bramber (before becoming silted up). Bramber Castle was built overlooking the harbour and because of the rich traders; smuggling was rampant in those days and signs of secret tunnels have been found, stories tell of the possibility of treasure from the Spanish Armada, being thrown overboard, but never found. As the river receded the water was panned for salt, there were 42 salt pans in the Adur Valley each one paying 2/6 tax per year. The largest one being 4 acres across, they were worked by the sun evaporating most of the water. The rest finally boiled away. Salt was used mainly for preserving meat, and among the buyers were the monks of St Pancras in Lewes who farmed sheep and cattle. When food for the livestock became scarce on the feast of St Martin in November, excess animals not required for breeding were slaughtered and the carcasses salted and put in salting houses for use as food during the winter months.

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