Easter opening hours: We will be open on good friday and Saturday as normal, closed on Easter Sunday and Monday
See You then
CAFE • FARM SHOP
Photo by Bex Maini
www.bexphoto.com
Photo by Bex Maini
www.bexphoto.com
The Farm Shop and Cafe offer our own fruit and fresh, good quality local produce.
We pride ourselves in sourcing only the best from local providers; other farm shops, butchers, bakers, cheesemakers, dairy, smokery, fishmonger, to name but a few.
We sell a wide range of produce in our farm shop. As well as our own fruit, jams, jellies, chutneys and our apple and pear juice, we sell fresh seasonable vegetables, local eggs and honey (from hives on the farm) cheese, dairy, meat and game. We sell bread from Flint Owl, the celebrated artisan bakery in Glynde, plus popular cakes baked in nearby Framfield, and much more.
The Cafe has a menu to suit all tastes and we cater for all dietary requirements including vegan, gluten and dairy free options. All our food is cooked to order using the produce we sell in the shop, including our own fruit.
We hope to see you soon.
01825 733592
Oast Farm
Lephams Bridge
Buxted, East Sussex
TN22 4AU
Mon-Sat 9am–5pm
Sun closed
Mon-sat 10am-4pm
Sun closed
Photos by Bex Maini - www.bexphoto.com
book into the shop to ‘Juice My Apples‘ by calling 01825 733592 or ask in the shop
bring your clean, ripe apples to the shop
put them into the boxes provided and label with your contact details
pay a deposit of approximately half of the total cost
we will contact your when your juice is ready to collect
Our bottles are washed, sterilised and reused. Please return them; we will pay 25p for each clean, undamaged bottle returned.
(This applies only to the bottles used for our pressing service, not the bottles of juice purchased in the shop)
Our presses are operated by muscle power or water pressure (depending on the quantity) to save electricity.
Our pasteuriser is heated by burning apple prunings. saving power and using waste products
The purpose of wassailing is to awake the apple trees and to scare away evil spirits, to ensure a good harvest of fruit in the autumn.
A singing procession moves to the orchard where the “Wassail Royalty” are lifted up into the boughs of the oldest tree in the orchard. The assembled throng then place toast soaked in Wassail (Cider made from last year’s apples) as a gift to the tree spirits. There is then an address or incantation. This incantation is followed by noise-making from the crowd until the gunsmen give a final volley through the branches to scare away the evil spirits and ensure a good crop of apples this year.
It is a silly, strange and fantastic day, here’s looking forward to a better harvest this year!
We mustered in the car park ready to start at 2.00pm on Sunday 21st January.
Don’t forget your warm clothes, wellies (It’s very wet up in the orchard) and, most importantly, something with which to make a noise!!
For a sneak peek of previous year’s shenanigans follow this link (Thank you Andy Camsell) https://youtu.be/FrXvE9AjPqQ
Send us a message if you'd like to know any more information, or if you'd like to place an order, or to book a table at the Cafe.
We look forward to hearing from you
Lephams Bridge, Buxted,
East Sussex, TN224AU
01825 733592
oastfarmbuxted@gmail.com
a month ago
Went for my birthday lunch with my mum on 19/06. I had the sausage sandwich and mum had a fruit scone with cream and jam. They were delicious, proper sausages. And the young waitress was so friendly and a real breath of fresh air. Would love to come back and try the rest of their menu
Joanna Martin recommends Oast Farm Shop and Cafe
a year ago
Lovely Place, great atmosphere and delicious food. I’ll definitely be back
CamBird
Reviewed 6 February 2023 via mobile
Oast Farm, set in rolling Sussex countryside, is accessible and has a lovely, welcoming team.
It is rare in offering coffee in actual cafetières so you can pour your own as you want, just great. And the menu of cooked-to-order meals and freshly baked pastries is a sensory delight!
Relaxed, friendly and very good value this cafe is highly recommended.