Entrance charges How to get here ARLINGTON Adults £6.00 Seniors £5.50 Public Transport (60 yrs+) 3 miles (5km) from nearest bus stops at Hailsham or Family £15.00 Children £2.50 Wilmington and train stations at Polegate or Berwick. BLUEBELL WALK (2 adults and up to 4 children) (3 - 16 yrs) Taxis & FARM TRAILS Why not take out a Friends Membership? £22 per Hailsham 01323 844464 Polegate 01323 484444 person, or a Family Membership is £48 and includes two By Car adults and up to four children under 17 years old. Visit as many times as you like whilst we are open this season. Follow the large brown & white signs off the A22 and %QEVOIH&PYIFIPP;EPO *EVQ8VEMPXSEPEVKIJVII Email: [email protected] or tel: 01323 485151 car park. 2020 9th April - 17th May Come and support your favourite charity Electric charging points near us You can visit Bates Green Farm without having to www.zap-map.com/locations/hailsham-charging-points Open Daily pay to go on the Bluebell Walk. 10.00 am - 5.00 pm It is free to visit the Bluebell Barn where you can purchase refreshments supplied by the Duty Charity on TO UCKFIELD TO TUNBRIDGE WELLS A267 TO BATTLE a daily basis: A22 A271 ˆ (IPMGMSYWGEOIWFMWGYMXWERHFYRW B2124 TO LEWES Boship Roundabout ˆ :EVMIX]SJHVMROW Michelham ˆ 7SYTWERH[MGLIWWEPEHWERH½PPIHNEGOIXTSXEXSIW Priory ˆ 8LI(YX]'LEVMX]´W7TIGMEP(MWLSJXLI(E] Old Oak Arlington ˆ 'VIEQ8IEW Church Inn Stadium HAILSHAM Plus you can look round the Plant Stall run by Arlington Arlington Reservoir Church, the card & gift stall run by Hailsham Old Pavilion Yew Abbots Wood Bluebell Walk Society and browse the second hand bookstall run and Berwick Station Tree Inn Bates Green Farm maintained by Action for Medical Research. Also see A22 the Pygmy Goats & their kids, Kerry Hill ewes with TO LEWES their lambs, and two pigs. You can then decide to pay the A27 TO EASTBOURNE entrance charge to walk around the Bluebell Walk and A27 & HASTINGS *EVQ8VEMPW Drusilla’s Polegate Station TO ALFRISTON Ways to improve your wellbeing! WILMINGTON Photo: Sally Spreyer Studies have proven that immersing yourself in a tranquil ancient wood like Beatons Wood is a great stress reliever, boosting your mood and helping to put things Bates Green Farm into perspective. In Japan strolling through woodland, 8]I,MPP6SEH absorbing the smells, sounds and sights is known Arlington, Nr Polegate as Shinrin-Yoku or Forest Bathing, for better health, East Sussex BN26 6SH happiness and a sense of calm. 8IP Visit us online to see the latest news Email: [email protected] www.bluebellwalk.co.uk

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