THE HASSOCKS FIELD SOCIETY
….Aims to encourage interest in the countryside and care for the environment through a programme of talks, walks and fundraising coffee mornings.
TALKS: We have a programme of Monday evening meetings with speakers, twice a month from September to March. Talks cover all aspects of wildlife and countryside. Also local history, travel and places of interest in and around Sussex.
COFFEE MORNINGS: Two coffee mornings are arranged each year, providing an opportunity for members to meet and socialise, while at the same time raising funds for a local charity or project.
TALKS – PRESENTED ON MONDAYS AT ADASTRA HALL, 7.45 PM
Members £2 – Visitors very welcome £3
2026
All evening Meetings are held on Monday at Adastra Hall at 7.45pm
Charge: Members £2.00
Visitors £3.00
2026
14th September – Lucy Taylor – Seed Curator at Millenium Seedbank, Wakehurst
28th September – Kevin Newman – “Sussex Pond Puddings and Sussex Smokies”
12th October – Annual General Meeting followed by a Presentation
26th October – James Gardner – The Balcombe Tunnel Murder (1881)
9th November – Mathew Homewood – A sporting History of Sussex : from the amazing to the bizarre
23rd November – Helen Poole – Charles II and his escape through Sussex in 1651
14th December – Christmas Meeting with entertainment and refreshments
2027
11th January – James Skillicorn – Worms – the benefit they give a garden and how to encourage them
25th January – Dr Geoffrey Mead – Feeding the Nation – Agriculture in the South
8th February – Trevor Weeks – WRAS Wild Life Hospital
22nd February – Dr Peter Altman -Remembering the 50s and 60s
8th March – Dr Janet Pennington An Archaeological Childhood in Sussex
22nd March – THE PATRICIA MCBURNEY MEMORIAL LECTURE
Paul Reader – Wakehurst – The gardens and some of its special plants
COFFEE MORNINGS
Coffee mornings are held at Adastra Hall, Hassocks, 10.00 am – 12 noon
Saturday 10th October 2026
Saturday March 2027 – Date to be TBA
AMBLES
Thursday afternoon ambles are now being co-ordinated by Derek and Michael Earl
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT US:
Beryl Varley, 9 West Furlong Court, Hurtstpierpoint, BN6 9RH Telephone 01273 832351: Email: berylavarley@gmail.com