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Pick-Your-Own & Pumpkin Patches in Brighton

None of this is on Brighton's doorstep, so pick-your-own here means a proper trip out rather than an afternoon stroll. Tulleys Farm is a longer trip out to Crawley, and it goes well beyond fruit picking with escape rooms, a pumpkin festival and a scare event alongside its year-round tea room. New House Farm Shop, a drive out to Horsham, keeps things simpler with pick-your-own strawberries in season and a cream tea from £6.25 to finish off. Further out still, Runcton Farm Shop near Chichester lets you pick seasonal fruit and veg in summer, then browse a shop growing over 40 crops. For toddlers, New House Farm Shop is the gentler option, strawberry picking then tea and cake, with an accessible toilet and blue badge parking on site. Runcton suits families wanting a bigger haul and a proper cooked lunch after, with a kids' menu to fall back on. Tulleys is the one for older children, especially once the scare event and light trail season starts. All three do on-site food, so you needn't pack a picnic.

✓ 3 places✦ From £6.25