Discover Wisborough Green

Fishers Farm Park is located on Newpound Lane in Wisborough Green, West Sussex. During a stay, you can focus on different interests: farm park activities, the annual Wisborough Green Fete, or medieval architecture and art. The following experiences and historical features offer specific points of interest.

Farm Park and Event Dates

Fishers Farm Park offers a tractor-and-trailer ride around the farm. The park also puts on a daily farm show in the Animal Encounters Barn. The activities differ in format: one is a ride around the farm, while the other is a show at a named venue. If you include the farm park in your travel plans, you can decide whether you are interested in the ride, the farm show, or both.

The Spitfire Experience has a clearly defined duration: it lasts 30 to 45 minutes and takes place in a full-scale cockpit replica of a Second World War Spitfire. The experience includes take-off, aerobatics, low-level flight, flying under a bridge, and landing. The stated duration gives you a specific time frame for this individual activity. The cockpit replica and flight sequence distinguish it from a ride around the farm or a farm show.

The Wisborough Green Fete takes place every year on the Monday of the August bank holiday weekend on the Village Green. If you are travelling for the fete, check the date for the relevant year. Its annual Monday date differs from the daily schedule of the farm show: for the fete, the specific event day matters; for the show, it is the daily recurrence. This lets you plan your stay around a particular fete date or include the farm show as a daily activity.

Medieval Architecture and Art

Pallingham Manor includes surviving wall remains dating from the 13th century. St Peter ad Vincula has a different focus on building history: the nave, built in the early 12th century, may incorporate an 11th-century tower-nave. This possible 11th-century classification should be distinguished from the dating of the nave. The two historical topics therefore draw attention to different aspects: surviving masonry on the one hand, and a possible earlier architectural form on the other.

St Peter ad Vincula also contains wall paintings dated to around 1200 to 1250. A lancet window in the south-west aisle contains fragments of medieval stained glass; these fragments were found at glasshouse sites in the parish. To place these features in context, it is helpful to distinguish between building history and decoration: the possible tower-nave relates to the building’s form, while the wall paintings and glass fragments are further examples of medieval design.

If the fete is your main reason for visiting, the annual Monday of the August bank holiday weekend is the key date. If you are interested in the farm park, the daily farm show and the ride around the grounds are distinct activities; the Spitfire Experience has a specified duration of 30 to 45 minutes. Those interested in history can distinguish between wall remains, architectural form, and medieval decoration. Search for hotels in Wisborough Green that suit your travel dates and the themes that will shape your stay.

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