For the past five years Lychpole Farm, just off the A27 in Halewick Lane at Sompting, has welcomed guests to pick pumpkins, enjoy a tractor ride and take part in activities.
Run by Caroline and David Harriott, each year they plant more than 70,000 pumpkin seeds ready for harvesting in October.
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The result is a month of pumpkin-picking for guests from across Sussex.
The farm will be open this weekend – Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, from 10am to 4pm – and then again from October 21 to 29, again from 10am to 4pm. For more information, see the Sompting Pumpkins website or you can call them on 0791 882 8080.
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Based at Lychpole Farm just off the A27, family-run picking patch Sompting Pumpkins is open for business again this year. Picture: Eddie Mitchell Photo: Eddie Mitchell
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Based at Lychpole Farm just off the A27, family-run picking patch Sompting Pumpkins is open for business again this year. Picture: Eddie Mitchell Photo: Eddie Mitchell
3. SOMPTING PUMPKINS A27 WEST SUSSEX NEAR LANCING 8-10-23 ALL PICS TAKEN FROM PUBLIC HIGHWAY (A27 FOOTPATH ON ROAD):Sompting Pumpkins
SOMPTING PUMPKINS A27 WEST SUSSEX NEAR LANCING 8-10-23 ALL PICS TAKEN FROM PUBLIC HIGHWAY (A27 FOOTPATH ON ROAD):Based at Lychpole Farm just off the A27, family-run picking patch Sompting Pumpkins is open for business again this year. Picture: Eddie Mitchell Photo: eddie mitchell:Eddie Mitchell
4. Sompting Pumpkins
Based at Lychpole Farm just off the A27, family-run picking patch Sompting Pumpkins is open for business again this year. Picture: Eddie Mitchell Photo: Eddie Mitchell