Tulleys Farm
| Tulleys Farm | |
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  Tulleys Farm Location within West Sussex | |
| OS grid reference | TQ 32983 35696 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Crawley |
| Postcode district | RH10 |
| Website | www |
Tulleys Farm is a family farm, located in West Sussex. The farm was founded in 1937 by Bernard Beare. Tulleys is known for its seasonal attractions such as its annual Halloween event.
History
Bernard Beare was born in Devon and began farming in 1911. In 1937 he started working at Worth Hall Farm. He produced salad greens and had a dairy herd.[1]
In the early 1970s, Tulleys started offering a pick-your-own service, allowing individuals to pick their own produce.[2]
Tulleys opened a farm shop and a tearoom were in 1992 and 1996 respectively.[3] The farm shop closed in 2014.[4] The farm shop re-opened in March 2020.[5]
Tullys started offering a annual halloween event, the Shocktober Fest, in 1997.
In 2017, Tulleys opened Tulleys Escape Rooms.[6]
In 2021, the farm started accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment for tickets and food.[7][8]
Awards and recognition
In 2004, Tulleys Farm was awarded Farm Retailer of the Year by the National Farmers Union.[9]
Events
Shocktober Fest
First launched in 1997, the halloween event Shocktober Fest hosted approximately 80,000 guests in 2017.[10][11]
The festival originally began in 1995 as a Pumpkin Festival with carving contests and added more Halloween attractions by 2003.[12]
Tulleys Tulip Festival
First Launched in spring 2024, Tulleys Tulip Festival showcases between 500,000 and 1.5 million tulips spanning.[13][14]
Tulleys Tulip Fields in St Albans, Hertfordshire, launched as a sister site for the 2025 spring season.[15]
References
- ↑ "Family farm celebrates 70 years". Mid Sussex Times. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "WIN CHAMPAGNE AND STRAWBERRIES". Mid Sussex Times. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "Multiples bring headaches". Farmers Weekly. 14 June 1996. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "Farm shop closes and no 'pick your own' at Tulleys". Crawley Observer. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "Family radically reinvent events business again with farm shop Drive Thru". The Argus. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ↑ "Top Escape Rooms Project Enthusiasts' Choice Award – Tulleys Escape". Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ↑ "Attraction is first in UK to take cryptocurrency as Drive In Cinema reopens". The Argus. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ↑ "Tulleys Farm owner on why he has moved to cryptocurrency". Sussex Express.
- ↑ "Excelling in their field; innovation, diversification and commitment are the hallmarks of the NFU Excellence Awards national winners". Thefreelibrary.com.
- ↑ "Halloween farm to scare 80,000 visitors". BBC News. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ Hussein, S. "Tulley's Farm, Europe's biggest scream park hosts official press night". Blasting News. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ Cowood, Fiona (30 October 2023). "How Halloween toppled Christmas as Britain's favourite holiday". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ↑ "A Tulip Festival at a Sussex farm is showing off 1.5 million tulips from 100 different varieties". BBC Sussex. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- ↑ "Tulleys Farm to host a vibrant tulip festival in West Sussex this spring". Sussex Express. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "Tulleys Tulip Fields opens in St Albans ahead of 2025 bloom season". Herts Advertiser. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
External links
Media related to Tulleys Farm, Turners Hill at Wikimedia Commons