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Farm & Woodland History

Farm & Woodland History

At Little Dernwood Farm we are privileged to have one of the largest blocks of coppice woodland in East Sussex. They are formally identified as semi-natural ancient woodland being the vestige of the dark and forbidding forest that covered The Weald in ancient times....

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Sussex Luxury Glamping

Sussex Luxury Glamping

gorgeous glamping options. Our bell tents, located in private clearings, feature wood-burning stoves and toilet and shower facilities. At the top of the glamping scale, our safari tent sits in a sunny woodland glade and includes 2 bedrooms & a double cabin bed, a wood-burning range, a hot shower, and hot water, and a fantastic outside pizza oven!

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Traditional  breed Sussex cows – calving season

Traditional breed Sussex cows – calving season

It's that time of year again when our Sussex cows   begin to look pensive, this is number 54 as a baby - she's expecting her 3rd calf this year and is a wonderful mother,  they calve inside in the wam straw filled barns and will go our once our very boggy clay ground...

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Daffodils and Lambs

Daffodils and Lambs

  Sprng is on it's way, we start calving any day now and then once that's done we're due to start lambing on the 28th February,  so we are all on the alert for any body looking slightly peturbed and uncomfortable, i'll keep people up to date on our socials with...

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The Hunt for the First of Everything

The Hunt for the First of Everything

The Hunt for the First of Everything I come from an extremely competitive family and with three generations living here at Dernwood everything is fair game…  every year we vie to be the first to see all the yearly milestones, from the first primroses and bluebell...

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Now open for Easter!

Now open for Easter!

Now open for Easter! As Easter is early this year we have decided to open up for the school holidays, now pray for some sunshine! Camping Camping in the field in the middle of the woods  https://dernwoodfarm.co.uk/wild-camping/ The Encampment – 3 camping pitches in...

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