Crawley and Horsham Family Grapevine spring 2022 issue

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CRAWLEY & HORSHAM | MARCH - JUNE 2022

The Essential Guide to Local Information for Bump to Teens

What's On

WIN Prizes from

A - Z of Sport & Leisure

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Childcare

Local events March - June

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Education

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Parties

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Holiday Schemes

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Helplines

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Businesses around town www.thefamilygrapevine.co.uk At the time of writing in late February, named storms are causing a few outdoor activities to be postponed, but overall it feels like a much more positive start to the year than we have had for a while.

In this Issue A - Z of Sport & Leisure.........14 - 15

Independent Schools........3, 10 - 12

Additional Needs..............................6

Local Events................................19-20

In anticipation of a very welcome return to festivals, fairs and proper family fun we have SIX excellent Competitions for you to enter. Make sure to get your entries in so that you have a chance of winning a Family Day Ticket to Out of Bounds, Spring Live!

Borde Hill Garden and The South of England Show, plus a Family Ticket to see Horrible Histories - Terrible Thames and a Family Weekend Camping Ticket to Elderflower Fields in May. See page 19 for a few more ideas of where to go and what to do locally this year.

Advice & Support..............................6

Out of School Clubs.......................12

Antenatal............................................6

Parties.................................................4

Babies..............................................6 - 7

Places to Visit..............................16 - 18

Businesses around Town................2

Pre-School Activities...................7 - 8

Childcare.............................................7

Pre-Schools...................................8 - 10

Many thanks to all of the advertisers who have placed adverts with the Crawley & Horsham Family Grapevine this issue. Please remember to support your local businesses and let them know where you saw their adverts. Take care and have a fantastic spring and summer 2022.

Competitions......5, 8, 12, 14, 15 & 18

Swimming........................................15

Daycare Nurseries.............................8

Toys, Books, Clothes & Gifts............2

Holiday Schemes............................13

Tuition & Language Classes........12

COMPETITIONS

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05 Out of Bounds Angmering - Family Day Ticket 08 Spring Live! Ardingly - Family Day Ticket 12 Horrible Histories Terrible Thames - Family Ticket 14 Elderflower Fields Pippingford Park - Family Weekend Camping Ticket 15 Borde Hill Garden Haywards Heath - Family Day Ticket 18 South of England Show Ardingly - Family Day Ticket

Elizabeth Wickenden - Editor elizabeth@thefamilygrapevine.co.uk

Publication dates: Early March, July and November each year To advertise email elizabeth@thefamilygrapevine.co.uk

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Spring Cleaning & Spring Gifting with Tracy’s Little Gift Shop Eco Swaps

Crawley and Horsham

Cover image of The Adventure Nets at Out of Bounds www.out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition p5)

Kitchen towel is a must-have for busy families, so these reusable bamboo towels are a perfect swap, instantly reducing waste, as each of the 20 sheets can be washed and reused up to 85 times!

Made from 90% bamboo, 10% PLA corn starch, they’re truly sustainable and a great way to save money at the same time as saving the environment. £7.99 in Mabel’s Emporium and at www.tracyslittlegiftshop.com

Toys, Books, Clothes & Gifts

Spring is the perfect time to think about adding colour and texture to the garden, and these Seed balls make it so easy.

Just scatter them on lawns, borders, in planters or even on a local verge …it really is that simple!

Choose from wildflowers that attract butterflies, bees or hedgehogs, a herb selection, or an urban, meadow or cloud mix. You can never have too many flowers, and they will keep coming back year after year.

Bibbliboo, tailor-made illustrations & hand drawn wall prints for nurseries 07786 088344 etsy.com/shop/bibbliboo (see advert) FairKind Child, locally made toys, games & gifts Horsham shop.fairkindchild.co.uk Fiesta Tots, Horsham fiesta-tots.co.uk Stitches By Celia, beautiful handmade clothes & items facebook.com/stitchesbycelia Toy Barnhaus, Crawley toybarnhaus.co.uk

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£5.99 in Mabel’s Emporium and at www.tracyslittlegiftshop.com

Perfect for gently cleansing preteen skin, the Konjac sponge is a simple skincare essential. Made from a porous root vegetable, it expands when wet to be as soft as jelly and full of skin friendly goodness. Ideal for young or sensitive skin, use it in the shower, or to help remove make up. Team with the Friendly detox soap and the Spot Zapper to help keep skin naturally happy.

100% biodegradable £6.95 in Mabel’s Emporium and at www.tracyslittlegiftshop.com

Many more listings online. Visit www.thefamilygrapevine.co.uk/crawley-horsham & select Local Directory

Opting for natural ingredients is easy with this all-in-one Man balm. Infused with botanicals, it can be used on hair, skin and beard, so is great for travelling light. A little goes a long way as it smoothes, moisturises and is great for dry skin, excema and psoriasis, and can also help with stronger hair growth. £10 in Mabel’s Emporium and at www.tracyslittlegiftshop.com

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Hall Hire Beeding & Bramber Village Hall beedingandbrambervillagehall.org.uk Broadfield Community Centre, Crawley broadfield.cc/hire.html Charis Centre, indoor & outdoor, Crawley thechariscentre.org/room-hire Crawley Borough Community Centres crawley.gov.uk/culture/sport-andleisure/community-centres Haven Centre, Crawley Down cdhavencentre.co.uk Lardner Hall, The Ghyll, Pevensey Road, Southwater theghyll.org Laurie Apted Building, hall with kitchen, Church Lane, Southwater, theghyll.org Penfold Church Hall, Steyning penfoldchurchhall.org.uk Pulborough Village Hall pulbvh.org.uk Springboard House, Horsham springboardsupport.org/springboardhouse/centre-hire Storrington Village Hall 01903 744592 The Ark, Turners Hill turnershillparishcouncil.gov.uk The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham theholbrookclub.co.uk The Wiston Meeting Place, Wiston near Steyning wistonvillage.org.uk

Party Venues CJ’s Family Café, Three Bridges cjscafe.co La Divina Italian Takeaway, pizza parties, located close to Southwater Country Park facebook.com/ ItalianGastronomySouthWater

Active Parties Ariel Parties, princess parties & more arielparties.com Desire2Dance parties desire2dance.org.uk Driver Wood Paintball, 6yrs+, Copthorne driverwoodpaintball.co.uk Glide Bike disco parties & bike assault course parties, 3-10yrs+ glidebalancebikeclasses.com (see advert p7)

Jenny Hendron - Personal Travel Agent

Contact me on 07884 470183 or visit www.thepersonaltravelagents.co.uk/jenny-hendron Lazer World, 7yrs+, Spindle Way, Crawley lazerworld.co.uk

Out of Bounds, 0-12yrs, Rustington out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition)

Tiny Tekkers multisport parties, 4-14yrs, games & prizes tinytekkers.com

Little Street Horsham, children’s role play centre, Rudgwick little-street.co.uk/ horsham-rudgwick

Treasure Chest Soft Play Centre, 0-11yrs, Crawley treasurechestindoorplay.co.uk

Top Rock, clip & climb parties, Crawley everyoneactive.com/centre /k2-crawley/ k2-climbing-with-top-rock

Out of Bounds, 3yrs+, indoor & outdoor parties, Rustington out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition) Perform Parties, themed children’s parties performparties.co.uk Snap! Parties, high energy, fun filled entertainment snapparties.co.uk

Art & Craft Parties Ceramic Shack, 3yrs+, Horsham ceramicshack.co.uk Little Gems Pottery Painting parties, 5yrs+, West Grinstead littlegemspotterypainting.co.uk Sand Art Parties, Crawley facebook.com/ SandybowCrawley

Farm & Animal Parties Fishers Adventure Farm Park, birthday parties & pony parties fishersfarmpark.co.uk Princess Pony Parties, Billingshurst princessponypartie.wixsite.com/website

Magic Parties Allsortsoffun, pirate, knight, spy party, magic, puppets allsortsoffun.co.uk (see advert) Magic & balloon madcap party entertainment, 5yrs+, Paul Abbey 07850 013149

Go Wild, 5yrs+, fun-filled outdoor birthday parties gowildworkshops.org

Soft Play Parties

Inspire Academy of Dance, 3-12yrs, Copthorne studio or your venue inspireacademyofdance.co.uk

CJ’s Play Café, Three Bridges cjscafe.co Happyscamps, Swan Walk, Horsham happyscamps.co.uk

Kicks Dance, Crawley & Horsham kicksdance.co.uk/horsham

Mini Mayhem, Crawley County Mall minimayhemcrawley.co.uk

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Sport Parties Football parties at The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham theholbrookclub.co.uk

Party Entertainers Angels’n’Divas, 4-16yrs, pamper parties for girls angelsndivas.com

Hawth Gymnastics Club, 3-9yrs, Crawley hawthgymnastics.co.uk

Brookfield Day Nursery, 2yrs+, Lowfield Heath BDNL.co.uk (see advert p8)

Infinity Gymnastics, supervised activities, Southwater infinity-gymnastics.co.uk

Crazy Beanz, themed parties, Horsham crazybeanz.co.uk

Kids’ All Star Sports, tailored sport parties, 5-13yrs, Horsham kidsallstarsports.com Little Kickers Football Parties, 2-7yrs littlekickers.co.uk Mini Musketeers, 7yrs+, fencing parties minimusketeers.co.uk Out of Bounds, footgolf & adventure golf, Rustington out-of- bounds.co.uk (see competition) South Coast Sports, football, archery & multisports, 3yrs+, Horsham southcoastsports.org.uk Southwater Watersports, 8yrs+, kayaking & canoeing parties southwatersports.co.uk Sport4Kids, multisport parties sport4kids.biz Springfit gymnastics & trampoline parties, Crawley & Copthorne springfit.org

DNA Kids parties, 26 different themes for girls & boys dnakids.co.uk Face painting & glitter by Katie’s Festival Faces, 3yrs+ facebook.com/Katiesfestivalfaces Lego themed parties, 6-9yrs, Horsham facebook.com/MasterBuilderParties Themed parties at The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham theholbrookclub.co.uk Woods for Learning, Horsham woodsforlearning.com X1 Gaming Lounge & Parties, Horsham x1gaming.co.uk

Party Equipment & Supplies Bohannas Entertainments, bouncy castle hire, funfair rides, event planning facebook.com/Bohannasentertainments Ritz Party Shop, Crawley ritzpartyshop2010.co.uk

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Support • Additional Needs • Antenatal • Babies shopfunmi www.shopfunmi.com amazon.co.uk/funmi

Wearable breast pumps Reusable milk storage bags Shea butter nipple balm

Funmi wearable single or double rechargeable breast pumps come with 240ml milk collection cups that are worn in-bra, so mums can pump hands free and keep their clothes on - 2 sizes of silicone breast shield available

Complementary Therapy for Babies

Child & Family Support Happy Talk, individual speech & language assessment & therapy for pre-school children, Horsham happytalkhorsham.co.uk Ten Little Toes Baby Bank, offering support to young families in difficulty, Cowfold tenlittletoesbabybank.org

Additional Needs Air Dance Company, 2yrs+, any level of experience, disability or ability, Horsham facebook.com/airdancehorsham Hillcrest Farm Riding School, Plummers Plain hillcrestfarmstables.co.uk Horsham Swim School, 0-11yrs horshamswimschool.co.uk (see advert p14) Muntham House School, children with ASD/challenging behaviour, 8-18yrs, Horsham muntham.org.uk MXT Swim School, Steyning & Storrington mxtswimschool.com Out of Bounds, 4yrs+, bowling, Clip ‘n Climb, adventure golf, footgolf, Rustington out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition p5) Stay & Play & activity sessions, Springboard House, Horsham springboardsupport.org/springboardhouse/centre-hire Treasure Chest Soft Play, monthly SEN evenings, Crawley treasurechestindoorplay.co.uk West Sussex Portage Services, pre-school portage.org.uk/west-sussex-portageservice Yippee & Yip4Youth short break clubs, westsussex.local-offer.org/services/676ymca-yippee-yip4youth-short-breakprovider

First Aid Training Brinley First Aid Training, for nurseries, preschools, charities & all groups, special local rates available, all levels brinleyfirstaidtraining.co.uk Daisy First Aid, for families, Horsham daisyfirstaid.com KeepaBeat, first aid courses for parents keepabeat.com

Fostering & Adoption Cornerways Fostering Services, foster carers urgently needed cornerways.org County Adoption & Fostering Team, adoptions westsussex.gov.uk/adoption

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County Adoption & Fostering Team, fostering westsussex.gov.uk/fostering Five Rivers Child Care need short-term & long-term foster carers in Sussex for children & young people five-rivers.org 0330 162 6381

Fertility & Conception Fountain Therapies, homeopathy can support you through all the stages of looking to start a family 01444 401271 fountaintherapies.co.uk

Ante & Postnatal Exercise Aqua Natal Yoga, Horsham aquanatalyogahorsham.co.uk

Fountain Therapies, homeopathic remedies are safe & helpful for labour & the postnatal & formative years 01444 401271 fountaintherapies.co.uk Osteopath specialising in babies, Tracey Cambridge sussex-cranial.co.uk (see advert) Sara Eloquin Craniosacral Therapy, Horsham saraeloquin.com

Wellness & Complementary Healthcare A Step At A Time, therapy for children astepatatime.org.uk Angelic Reiki for healing emotional, mental or physical imbalances & to achieve better overall health facebook.com/suemillsCHT

Fountain Therapies, homeopathy can really help with childhood ailments such as teething, asthma, warts & verrucas 01444 401271 fountaintherapies.co.uk Holly Stone Hypnotherapy, overcoming fears & phobias, Billingshurst hollystonehypnotherapy.co.uk

Equipment for Babies & Children Fiesta Tots, Horsham fiesta-tots.co.uk Funmi, sustainable maternity, breastfeeding & feminine products shopfunmi.com (see advert) My First Furniture, Southwater facebook. com/my1stfurniture

Breastfeeding & Weaning Support NCT Breastfeeding Line, Crawley & Horsham 0300 330 0700

Children & Family Centres www.westsussex.gov.uk/find-mynearest/children-and-family-centre

Bodywise Boutique Studios, pregnancy yoga, Warnham Contact@bodywisegym.co.hi Fit Mummy, pregnancy & postnatal fitness classes, Crawley facebook.com/fitmummy Fitness classes by Busylizzy, Horsham busylizzy.co.uk/horsham Lake View Yoga, Crawley Down lakeviewyoga.uk Lushtums pregnancy yoga & postnatal yoga lushtums.co.uk/horsham

Antenatal & Postnatal Services A Step At A Time, hypnobirthing astepatatime.org.uk Acupuncturist supporting women in pregnancy, Horsham holistic-acupuncture.co.uk Bluebell Bras, mobile bra fitting service for pregnant & breastfeeding women facebook.com/BluebellBras Bump, Birth & Beyond, Horsham bumpbirthandbeyond.net Clarity Hypnotherapy for calmer childbirth, Crawley clarity-clinic.co.uk Glow reflexology, mobile preconception, pregnancy & postnatal treatments glowreflexology.co.uk Loving Touch, pregnancy massage & reflexology, Horsham hazydaisies.co.uk NCT course bookings, Crawley & Horsham, nct.org.uk/courses-workshops 0300 330 0700

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Toddler Timetable • Baby Groups • Pre-School Activities Whilst every effort has been made to check that the details of the Baby, Toddler & Pre-school groups listed here are correct, please double check timings with the individual organisations.

Bewbush Children & Family Centre, Crawley 01403 229900 Broadfield Children & Family Centre with toy library & sensory room 01403 229900 The Needles Children & Family Centre, Three Acres, Horsham 01403 229900

Childminders & Babysitting BabyHands Babysitting, local, friendly & reliable babyhands-babysitting.co.uk Hannah Rosalie Childminding, Barn Cottage, Pulborough hannahrosalie.co.uk

Baby & Toddlers Monday am Mini Notes, St Barnabus Church, Crawley mininotes.co.uk Rainbow Toddlers, Billingshurst Family Church FB Rainbow Toddlers Billingshurst Toddler Morning, Mini Mayhem, Crawley County Mall minimayhemcrawley.co.uk Twinkle Tots Music Group, Haven Centre, Crawley Down cdhavencentre.co.uk/ toddlertot-groups

Baby & Toddlers Monday pm Mini Notes, St Barnabus Church, Crawley mininotes.co.uk

Baby & Toddlers Tuesday am Amberley Little Forest School, Rackham Woods 07875 660119 Crawley New Parents Connect, 0-18mths, 10.30-12, term time, Holy Trinity Church, Tilgate homestartchams.org.uk Jungle Tots, The Charis Centre, Town Barn Road crawleycommunitychurch. org/jungletots Toddler Morning, Mini Mayhem, Crawley County Mall minimayhemcrawley.co.uk

Baby & Toddlers Tuesday pm St Barnabas parent & toddler group, 1-3pm term time, Pound Hill facebook.com/ToddlersStBarnabas

Baby & Toddlers Wednesday am Crawley New Parents Connect, 0-18mths, 10.30-12, term time, Holy Trinity Church, Tilgate homestartchams.org.uk Horsham New Parents Group, 0-18mths, 10-11.30, term time, Salvation Army Hall, Depot Road homestartchams.org.uk Jungle Tots, The Charis Centre, Town Barn Road crawleycommunitychurch. org/jungletots Toddler Morning, Mini Mayhem, Crawley County Mall minimayhemcrawley.co.uk Warnham Bambies, warnhamchurch. co.uk/groups/children-and-youth/ bambies-mother-and-toddler-group

Baby & Toddlers Thursday am Cheeky Cherubs Baby & Toddler Fun! 9.45-11.15 term time, Church Room, Southwater 07784 533249 Jungle Tots, The Charis Centre, Town Barn Road crawleycommunitychurch. org/jungletots Kinderoos baby & toddler group, St John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath stjohnsbbh.org.uk/events/kinderoo-4 St Barnabas parent & toddler group, 9-11am term time, Pound Hill facebook.com/ToddlersStBarnabas Twinkle Tots Music Group, Haven Centre, Crawley Down cdhavencentre.co.uk/ toddlertot-groups

Baby & Toddlers Friday am Jungle Tots, The Charis Centre, Town Barn Road crawleycommunitychurch. org/jungletots Noah’s Ark at All Saints Roffey, term time facebook.com/AllSaintsNoahsark

Library Groups www.westsussex.gov.uk/find-mynearest/library Billingshurst Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Broadfield Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Crawley Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Horsham Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Pulborough Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Southwater Library Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Steyning Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime Storrington Library, Baby Rhyme Time, Story Magic & Storytime

Baby Massage Baby massage, Busylizzy, Horsham busylizzy.co.uk/horsham Loving Touch, Horsham hazydaisies.co.uk Musical Hands, Maidenbower musicalhands.co.uk Tuesday’s Child Baby Massage & Yoga, Crawley tuesdayschildbabymassage andyoga.co.uk

Baby Music & Dance Baby music & baby boogie, Busylizzy, Horsham busylizzy.co.uk/horsham

Baby Sensory Baby Sensory, multisensory sessions, Crawley babysensory.com Baby Sensory, multisensory sessions, Horsham babysensory.com

Baby Signing Baby signing, Busylizzy, Horsham busylizzy.co.uk/horsham Musical Hands, Maidenbower musicalhands.co.uk Sing & Sign, Horsham & Crawley singandsign.co.uk

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glidebalancebikeclasses.com Baby & Pre-School Yoga Bodywise Boutique Studios, mummy & baby yoga, Warnham Contact@bodywisegym.co.hi

Fi Steps Performing Arts, 3yrs+, Crawley & Horsham fisteps.com

Funshine Yoga, Crawley Down funshineyoga.co.uk

Glynde Place Dance Studio, 2½yrs+, dance & musical theatre, Horsham glyndeplacedancestudio.co.uk

Loving Touch, baby yoga, Horsham hazydaisies.co.uk

Gracie Grooves, 3yrs+, Crawley Down graciegrooves.com

Lushtums mother & baby yoga lushtums.co.uk/horsham

Horsham School of Dance, ballet, contemporary, tap, modern & musical theatre horshamschoolofdance.co.uk

Mummy & me yoga, Busylizzy, Horsham busylizzy.co.uk/horsham Musical Hands, baby yoga, Maidenbower musicalhands.co.uk Tuesday’s Child Baby Massage & Yoga, Crawley tuesdayschildbabymassage andyoga.co.uk

Other Baby & Toddler Groups Acorns & Embers: The Mother’s Fire, nature-based mother & child group, Billingshurst bookwhen.com/acornsandembers Crawley & Horsham Twiglets multiple birth group, relaxed & safe group for parents & children 0-3yrs, term time homestartchams.org.uk

Pre-School Art & Messy Play Baby Picassos, Busylizzy, Horsham busylizzy.co.uk/horsham

Pre-School Dance & Drama Air Dance Company, 2yrs+, any level of experience, disability or ability, Horsham, facebook.com/airdancehorsham babyballet Crawley East, boys & girls 18mths-6yrs babyballet.co.uk Cheneler School of Dance, 18mths+, Crawley & Horsham chenelerdance.com Desire2Dance, Parent & Toddler Dance, Bewbush desire2dance.org.uk Elsden School of Dance, 3yrs+, ballet, tap & modern, Southwater facebook.com/elsdendance

Inspire Academy of Dance, 2yrs+, Copthorne & Horsham inspireacademyofdance.co.uk JBA Dance, 3yrs+, ballet, tap & modern, Horsham jba-dance.co.uk KDF Academy of Dance & Fitness, 3yrs+, Broadbridge Heath kdfacademyofdanceandfitness.co.uk Kicks Dance, 18mths+, Crawley & Horsham kicksdance.co.uk/horsham Musical Hands Performing Arts, ballet, tap & musical theatre musicalhands.co.uk N-Vision Dance Schools, 2½yrs+, freestyle, street, show, Crawley facebook.com/nvisiondanceschools Phoenix Creative Arts, 3-18yrs, Horsham phoenixcreativearts.co.uk Rhythm & Sole Street Dance, 3yrs+, Horsham rhythmandsoledance.co.uk Roshe School Crawley, 2yrs+, ballet, modern & tap rosheschoolcrawley.felbridge.org.uk Sandra Powell School of Dancing, 18mths+, Horsham sandrapowellballet.co.uk Silver Ribbons Dance School, 2½yrs+, ballet & tap, Horsham silverribbons.co.uk Stages Performing Arts, Crawley stagesperformingarts.org The Vincent Martin Company of Dance & Musical Theatre, 3yrs+, Crawley danceandmusicaltheatre.com Vicky Michelle Academy of Dance,1½yrs+, Rudgwick & Billingshurst vmadance.co.uk

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Daycare Nurseries • Pre-Schools • Competition!

Our childrens daycare nursery provides the highest standard of childcare and teaching to ensure that all children have an enjoyable, productive and secure time whilst in our care. The children are provided with a stimulating structured day to include a balance of busy and quiet activities both indoor and when possible outdoors.

Brookfield Day Nursery is a full-time daycare nursery for babies and young children aged 3 months to 5 years

Bright Horizons, Crawley brighthorizons.co.uk

Brookfield Day Nursery Ltd is a Registered Childrens Day Nursery under the provisions of the Childrens Act 1989 and is regulated by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education.

Set in 1½ acres, Brookfield Day Nursery at Brookfield House is located on the A23 north of Crawley, Sussex Open from 7.30 - 6.30. Mon - Fri 51 weeks a year Holiday Club for 5 -12 years open every school holiday

Please contact Nicola or Jenny on

01293 535300 www.BDNL.co.uk

Broadfield Nursery, Crawley broadfieldnursery.co.uk Brookfield Day Nursery, Lowfield Heath BDNL.co.uk (see advert) Burgess Hill Nursery, boys & girls, Keymer Road burgesshillgirls.com/nursery (see advert p3) Busy Bees, Crawley busybeeschildcare.co.uk Busy Bees, Horsham busybeeschildcare.co.uk Catkins Nursery, Three Acres, Horsham catkinsnursery.com Charlwood House, Lowfield Heath charlwood-house.co.uk Clover Court Nursery, Maidenbower cranbrooknursery.co.uk/clover-court

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Pre-School Music & Movement Hartbeeps, from birth, The Charis Centre, Crawley hartbeeps.com/east-surrey-west-sussex Little Notes, Horsham littlenotes.co.uk/horsham-and-dorking Mini Notes, musical fun for 0-5yrs, siblings welcome. Taster sessions available mininotes.co.uk Moo Music, music & multi-sensory classes for 0-5yrs, 1st class free, Copthorne & Crawley Down moo-music.co.uk/ceg Music Bus, babies & toddlers, Horsham musicbus.com/horsham Musical Friends, 0-4yrs, Horsham & Crawley musical-friends.co.uk

Pre-School Other Nature Tots, 3-5yrs, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Crawley sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/ what-we-do/environmental-education/ nature-tots

Pre-School Sport & Gym Active Kids, 18mths-5yrs, K2 Crawley 07725 721749

Infinity Gymnastics, 1-2yrs, Southwater infinity-gymnastics.co.uk Little Kickers Football, 18mths-7yrs, Crawley & Horsham littlekickers.co.uk Mini Athletics, 2-7yrs, Crawley Down & Broadbridge Heath cdhavencentre. co.uk/toddlertot-groups

Copthorne Kinders Day Nursery, 3mths7yrs, Copthorne copthornekinders.co.uk Country Mice Nursery, Cowfold countrymicenursery.com Daisy Chain Day Nursery, Crawley daisychaincrawley.co.uk

Out of Bounds, pre-school Clip ‘n Climb & softplay, Rustington out-of-bounds. co.uk (see competition p5)

Elan Nursery, Steyning elannursery.com

Purely Sport, 18mths+, multisport, Billingshurst purelysport-coaching.com

Fittleworth Playgroup & Baby Room fittleworthplaygroup.co.uk

Rugby Tots, Forge Wood Primary, Crawley rugbytots.co.uk

Garden Cottage Nursery, Highden gardencottagenursery.com

Rugbytots, 2-7yrs, Billingshurst & Horsham rugbytots.co.uk

Giggles Day Nursery, Springfield Road, Horsham facebook.com/Giggleshorsham

South Coast Sports, Active Tots, multiskills, 2-5yrs, Horsham southcoastsports.org.uk Sport4Kids, football, rugby, tennis, golf & cricket, 18mths+, Horsham sport4kids.biz Springfit gymnastics & trampoline club, 2yrs+, Crawley & Copthorne springfit.org Water Babies, 0-2yrs, Copthorne, Turners Hill & Crawley waterbabies.co.uk Water Babies, Horsham waterbabies.co.uk

Glide Balance Bike Classes, activity led bike classes to teach the skills to ride a pedal bicycle, 2-6yrs glidebalancebikeclasses.com (see advert p7)

Daycare Nurseries

Hawth Gymnastics Club, 6mths-4yrs, Crawley hawthgymnastics.co.uk Horsham Gymnastics Centre, walking3yrs parent & toddler & 3-5yrs hgc.org.uk

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Coach House Nursery, Copthorne Prep School copthorneprep.co.uk (see advert p10)

First Steps Brinsbury, North Heath firststepschildcare.co.uk/nurseries

HeadStart Day Nursery, Horsham headstartdaynursery.org.uk Honey Pots Childcare, 1-8yrs, Crawley honeypotschildcareltd.co.uk Horsham Nursery School horshamnursery.w-sussex.sch.uk Jack & Gill Childcare & Forest School, Rudgwick jackandgillchildcare andforestschool.co.uk K2 Pre-School Academy, Crawley k2preschoolacademy.co.uk Keeley’s, Horsham keeleysnursery.com

Little Barn Owls Nursery & Forest School, Southwater littlebarnowls.co.uk/southwater-nursery Little Monkeys Day Nursery, Horsham littlemonkeysnurseries.co.uk Lower Beeding Day Nursery & PreSchool thenurseryfamily.co.uk/nursery/ lower-beeding-day-nursery-pre-school Natural Nurture Nursery, Billingshurst naturalnurture.org Nuffy Bear Day Nursery, Nuffield Health, Crawley nuffieldhealth.com/nuffy-bearday-nursery Pembroke Park Nursery, Commonwealth Drive, Crawley pembrokechildcare.co.uk Rabbit Patch Day Nursery, Horsham rabbitpatchnursery.co.uk Rainbow Nursery, Crawley Hospital 01293 600300 ext 3790 Solid Rock Pre-school & Day Nursery, Warnham solidrockhorsham.co.uk Treetops Pre-school & Day Nursery, Nuthurst treetops-horsham.co.uk West Chiltington Montessori Pre-School Nursery little-explorerswestsussex.com Zebedees, providing nurseries with hot lunches, afternoon teas & baby meals for 0-5yrs zebedees.co.uk (see advert)

Sessional Pre-Schools & Nurseries Amber Pre-School, The Scout Hut, Amberley Road, Horsham amberpreschool.com Barns Green Playgroup, Horsham barnsgreen.com/Documents/Playgroup/ playgroup.html Beeding & Bramber Pre-School Playgroup beedingandbramberpre-school.org Bluecoat Nursery, Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham bluecoatsports.co.uk/bluecoat-nursery Bobtails Montessori Nursery & Primary School, 2-11yrs, Billingshurst bobtailsmontessori.co.uk Browns Lane Pre-School, Storrington brownslanepre-school.co.uk Caterpillar Nursery, Leechpool Primary School, Horsham leechpoolprimaryschool.co.uk Caterpillars Pre-School, Ifield, Crawley caterpillarspreschool.net

Kids Capers Day Nursery & Pre-School, Crawley kidscapers.co.uk

Chuckleberries Pre-School, Coldwaltham, Pulborough chuckleberriespres.wixsite.com/mysite

Bewbush Community Nursery, Crawley bewbushcommunitynursery.co.uk

Lingfield College Nursery, 2yrs+, Lingfield lingfieldcollege.co.uk (see advert p12)

Coach House Nursery, Copthorne Prep School copthorneprep.co.uk (see advert p10)

Bluebells Day Nursery, Partridge Green, Horsham bluebells-day-nursery.co.uk

Little Barn Owls at Farlington, Horsham littlebarnowls.co.uk/farlington

Cootham Pre-School, Pulborough coothampre-school.co.uk

Ashington Day Nursery thenurseryfamily.co.uk/nursery/ ashington-day-nursery-pre-school

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Pre-Schools • Puzzles!

Cootham Pre-School, Storrington coothampre-school.co.uk

Little Beans Childcare, Horsham littlebeanschildcare.co.uk

Dauxwood Pre-School, Billingshurst dauxwood.co.uk

Little Bears Pre-School, Sullington littlebearspre-schools.co.uk

Desmond Anderson Academy Nursery, Tilgate desmondandersonprimary academy.org.uk

Little Explorers, St Mary’s Primary, Pulborough little-explorerswestsussex.com

Friary Pre-School, Southgate, Crawley friarypreschool.co.uk

Little Oaks Preschool, Turners Hill School turnershillschool.org.uk/turners-hill-tots

Giggle and Grow Preschool, Dorsten Square, Bewbush giggleandgrowpreschool.co.uk

Maidenbower Playgroup, Harvest Road maidenbowerplaygroup.org.uk

Giggle and Grow Preschool, Gossops Green giggleandgrowpreschool.co.uk Greenway Nursery School, Horsham greenwaynurseryandrainbowclub.com Happy Steps Nursery, Upper Beeding happystepschildcare.com Holbrook Community Pre-School, North Heath Hall, Horsham holbrookcommunitypreschool.co.uk Honey Pot & Beehive, Pennthorpe School, Rudgwick pennthorpe.com/pre-prep Horsham Montessori montessori-uk.co.uk Horsham Nursery School horshamnursery.w-sussex.sch.uk Jack & Jill Preschool, Copthorne jackandjillpreschoolcopthorne.co.uk K2 Pre-School Academy, Crawley k2preschoolacademy.co.uk Kookaburra Playgroup, Hills Farm Lane, Horsham kookaburraplaygroup.co.uk Little Barn Owls Nursery & Farm School, Horsham littlebarnowls.co.uk/horsham-nursery

Muddy Puddles Pre-School, Ifield Community Centre muddypuddlespreschool.com New View Nursery, St Mark’s Lane, Horsham newviewnursery.co.uk Peter Pan Playgroup, Copthorne Village Hall peterpanplaygroup.co.uk Piglits Pre-School, Furnace Green, Crawley piglits.co.uk Pulborough Village Pre-School, Pulborough Village Hall 07761 125224 Rainbow Preschool, Barrington Road, Southgate rainbow-pre-school.co.uk Ready Steady Grow Community Preschool, Langley Green, Crawley readysteadygrowpreschool.com Rusper Playgroup rusperplaygroup.co.uk Skylarks Pre-School, Village Centre, Broadbridge Heath skylarkscommunitypre-school.com Slinfold Pre-School at Slinfold Primary School, Horsham slinfold.w-sussex.sch.uk/pre-school Southdown Nursery, Steyning southdownnursery.co.uk

WHIMSICOTT

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Don’t be fooled by the ones that look similar!

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Pre-Schools • Schoolwear • Independent Schools

Sessional Pre-Schools & Nurseries (continued) Southwater Village Hall Pre-School, Church Lane southwatervillagepreschool.org St John’s Sunshine Preschool, Copthorne stjohnssunshinepreschool.co.uk St Margaret’s Nursery School, Ifield st-margaretsifield.w-sussex.sch.uk St. Andrew’s Pre-School, Steyning standrews-steyning.co.uk Stepping Stones Playschool, Gossops Green steppingstonesplayschool.info

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Thakeham Pre-School thakehampreschool.uk.com The Barn Preschool, Bewbush, Crawley facebook.com/The-Barn-Pre-School Tots Pre-School, Bewbush, Crawley totspreschool.co.uk Wakoos Centre4Children, Station Road, Billingshurst wakoosc4c.co.uk Water Lilies PreSchool, Ifield West water-lilies.org Willow Tree Preschool, Cherry Lane, Langley Green willowtreepreschoolcrawley.com

Schoolwear

Independent Schools Burgess Hill Girls, 2½-18yrs Keymer Road, Burgess Hill burgesshillgirls.com (see advert p3) Christ’s Hospital, 11-18yrs, co-ed, boarding & day school, Horsham christs-hospital.org.uk Copthorne Prep School, mixed, day & boarding, 2-13yrs copthorneprep.co.uk (see advert) Cottesmore School, co-ed, 4-13yrs, Pease Pottage cottesmoreschool.com Dorset House School, 4 -13yrs, co-ed, Pulborough dorsethouseschool.com Farlington School, 4-18yrs, Strood Park, Horsham farlingtonschool.com Handcross Park Nursery & School, 2-13yrs handcrossparkschool.co.uk (see advert) Hurst College, pre-prep & prep, 4-13yrs, senior & sixth form, 13-18yrs, Hurstpierpoint hppc.co.uk (see advert) Lingfield College, prep school, co-ed 2-11yrs, senior school, co-ed 11-18yrs, Lingfield lingfieldcollege.co.uk (see advert p12) Little Windlesham Pre-prep, 4-7yrs windlesham.com/pre-prep Pennthorpe School, co-ed, 2-13yrs, Rudgwick pennthorpe.com

Broadbridges, 3 Piries Place, Horsham broadbridges.co.uk

Windlesham House School, day & boarding, co-ed, 4-13yrs, Washington windlesham.com

Taylor Made Uniforms taylormadeuniforms.co.uk

Worth School, 11-18yrs, co-ed, Turners Hill worthschool.org.uk

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Tuition • Languages • Out of School Clubs • Competition!

Tuition & Home Educating Creative & visual tutoring & touch typing for children with Dyslexia & SpLD juunipatutors.co.uk Eden Tutors, leading primary tuition provider with qualified teachers eden-tutors.co.uk English tutor, KS3, GCSE, A Level, Eng Lang/Lit/Media Studies, Crawley Down facebook.com/ReigateLanguageServices Explore Learning, English & maths for 5-14yrs, Crawley 01293 853446 First Class Learning, English & maths tuition, EY to GCSE, Crawley 01293 226449 Home-School Tutoring, all subjects, all levels, Crawley & Horsham 01424 848586 Kip McGrath Education Centre, English & maths, 6-16yrs, Horsham 01403 257755 Kumon Crawley, English & maths, Pound Hill 01444 811448 Parent, March 21

Kumon Crawley, English & maths, Tilgate 01293 402553 Kumon Horsham, English & maths 01737 248313

Smaller classes

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Elisabeth Reichert-Eckersley, online lessons in German & English foreign language easygermanlearning.co.uk (see advert)

Out of School Clubs art-K teaches children aged 6-16 art in a permanent studio in central Horsham art-k.co.uk/class-horsham Caterpillar Club, Leechpool Primary School, Horsham leechpoolprimaryschool.co.uk Children’s Meditation Sussex, 5-16yrs, techniques to improve sleep, enhance focus & achieve calmness; online sessions facebook.com/ childrensmeditationsussex Greenway Nursery Rainbow Club, 2-11yrs, Greenway, Horsham greenwaynurseryandrainbowclub.com Nature Nurture Forest School & Woodland Playdays, 3yrs+, Turners Hill naturenurturesussex.com Out of Bounds, 4-15yrs, Clip ‘n Climb, Rustington out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition p5) Rocketeers, Horsham rocketeerschildcare.co.uk

German tuition to GCSE level, Billingshurst 07767 046321

Sport4Kids, multisport classes for all ages & abilities sport4kids.biz

Italian tutor, KS4 & KS5, Crawley Down facebook.com/ReigateLanguageServices

The Den, Elan Nursery, Steyning elannursery.com

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Holiday Schemes & Activities

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Holiday Schemes Ardingly Active provides day & residential holiday camps, theme weeks, sport & swimming activities ardingly.com (see advert) Ariel Drama Academies, holiday workshops arielct.co.uk (see advert) Barracudas Activity Day Camps, 4½-14yrs, Millais School, Horsham barracudas.co.uk Brookfield Day Nursery, 5-12yrs, Lowfield Heath BDNL.co.uk (see advert p8) Charlwood House Holiday Club, 4-11yrs, Lowfield Heath charlwood-house.co.uk Copthorne Kinders Holiday Club copthornekinders.co.uk Go Wild, den building, archery, bushcraft & survival skills Horsham gowildworkshops.org Greenway Nursery Rainbow Club, 2-11yrs, Greenway, Horsham greenwaynurseryandrainbowclub.com Happy Steps Nursery, 2-11yrs, Upper Beeding happystepschildcare.com Hawth Gymnastics Club, 6mths-4yrs & 5-13yrs, Crawley hawthgymnastics.co.uk Hillcrest Farm Riding School, Plummers Plain hillcrestfarmstables.co.uk Horsham District Sports Development horsham.gov.uk/sport-and-leisure Infinity Gymnastics, 3yrs+, Southwater infinity-gymnastics.co.uk Inspire Academy of Dance, Copthorne inspireacademyofdance.co.uk J & C Coaching, football & multi-sports holiday camps, boys & girls, 4-11yrs, Crawley jandccoaching.co.uk

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Kids’ All Star Sports, multi-sport camps, 5-13yrs kidsallstarsports.com Matthews Tennis Coaching, 4yrs+ matthewstenniscoaching.com Natural Nurture Nursery, 2-8yrs, Billingshurst naturalnurture.org Perform, 4yrs+, drama, dance, singing, Horsham perform.org.uk Pied Piper Activities, 4-12yrs, multiactivity Easter & summer holiday camps piedpiperactivities.co.uk Purely Sport, 3yrs+, Slinfold & Rudgwick purelysport-coaching.com Rising Stars multisports, Crawley risingstars-online.co.uk Rocketeers, 5-11yrs, Horsham rocketeerschildcare.co.uk South Coast Sports, multisports, Horsham southcoastsports.org.uk Southeast Kids Camps, 4-11yrs southeastkidscamps.co.uk Southwater Watersports, 8yrs+, wide range of watersports available southwatersports.co.uk Sport & Activity day camp for children 6-11yrs bedesholidayclub.org Sport4Kids, multisport holiday camps sport4kids.biz Treetops, 4-12yrs, holiday clubs on school premises treetopsclubs.co.uk Wakoos Centre4Children, Station Road, Billingshurst wakoosc4c.co.uk Whizz Kids Holiday Activity Club, 4-12yrs, Horsham whizzkidsclub.co.uk Woods for Learning, Horsham woodsforlearning.com

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KDF Academy of Dance & Fitness, 3yrs+, Broadbridge Heath kdfacademyofdanceandfitness.co.uk Kicks Dance, 18mths+, Crawley & Horsham kicksdance.co.uk/horsham Musical Hands Performing Arts, ballet, tap, modern, jazz, musical theatre, acro dance & pilates, Maidenbower musicalhands.co.uk N-Vision Dance Schools, 2½yrs+, freestyle, street, show, Crawley facebook.com/nvisiondanceschools

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Perform, 4-12yrs, Horsham perform.org.uk Phoenix Creative Arts, 3-18yrs, Horsham phoenixcreativearts.co.uk Rhythm & Sole Street Dance, 3yrs+, Horsham rhythmandsoledance.co.uk Roshe School Crawley, 2yrs+, ballet, modern & tap rosheschoolcrawley.felbridge.org.uk

Archery Southern Pursuits, 12yrs+, archery, axe throwing, shooting southernpursuits.co.uk

Arts & Crafts Art 4 All, art lessons, 7yrs+, Horsham facebook.com/horshamart4all Ceramic Shack, hand & foot prints & pottery painting, Horsham ceramicshack.co.uk Ceramic Spirit, ceramics lessons, 8yrs+, Horsham ceramicspirit.co.uk Little Gems Pottery Painting, West Grinstead littlegemspotterypainting.co.uk

Climbing Out of Bounds, 4yrs+, Clip ‘n Climb, Adventure Nets, Rustington out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition p5) Top Rock, clip & climb, bouldering & rope climbing, Crawley everyoneactive.com/centre/k2-crawley/ k2-climbing-with-top-rock

Cricket Horsham Sports Club, 5 years+ horshamsportsclub.com

Dance & Drama Ace Academy Of Irish Dance, Crawley facebook.com/aceacademyofirishdance Act Too Arts Academy, Horsham acttooacademy.co.uk Air Dance Company, 2yrs+, any level of experience, disability or ability, Horsham, facebook.com/airdancehorsham

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Ariel Drama Academies, singing & LAMDA lessons, 4yrs+, Crawley & Steyning, 7yrs+, Horsham arielct.co.uk (see advert p13) babyballet Crawley East, boys & girls 18mths-6yrs babyballet.co.uk

Sandra Powell School of Dancing, 18mths+, Horsham sandrapowellballet.co.uk Showdown Theatre Arts, Horsham & Billingshurst showdowntheatrearts.co.uk Silver Ribbons Dance School, ballet, tap, freestyle & drama, Horsham silverribbons.co.uk Sophie’s Studio, 4yrs+, dance & musical theatre, Horsham sophiesstudio.com

Little Kickers Football, 18mths-7yrs, Crawley & Horsham littlekickers.co.uk North Sussex Soccer Academy, Horsham facebook.com/NSSAHorsham Out of Bounds, 4yrs+, footgolf, Rustington out-of-bounds.co.uk (see competition p5) Purely Sport, 3-7yrs, Saturday am, Billingshurst purelysport-coaching.com

Golf Rustington Golf Centre, 4yrs+, golf, footgolf & junior coaching out-ofbounds.co.uk (see competition p5)

Gymnastics & Trampolining Hawth Gymnastics Club, 5yrs+, Crawley hawthgymnastics.co.uk Horsham Gymnastics Centre, 3yrs+ hgc.org.uk Infinity Gymnastics, Southwater infinity-gymnastics.co.uk Springfit gymnastics & trampoline club, 2yrs+, Crawley & Copthorne springfit.org Stars Gym Club, Storrington & Upper Beeding starsgymclub.co.uk

Hockey Horsham Sports Club horshamsportsclub.com

Horseriding

Cheneler School of Dance, 18mths+, Crawley & Horsham chenelerdance.com

Stagecoach Theatre Arts, 4yrs+, Crawley stagecoach.co.uk/crawley

Dance In Style, dancewear shop, Horsham glyndeplacedancestudio.co.uk

Stages Performing Arts, Crawley stagesperformingarts.org

Lessons & pony experiences, Billingshurst princessponypartie.wixsite.com/website

Sussex Youth Theatre, 6-18yrs, Pulborough sussexyouththeatre.co.uk

Sweetland’s Farm, Billingshurst sweetlandsfarm.co.uk

The Hawth Youth Theatre, 6-18yrs parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/The-Hawth/ Youth-Sign-Up

Karting & Quad Bikes

Desire2Dance, Bewbush desire2dance.org.uk Elsden School of Dance, 3yrs+, ballet, tap & modern, Southwater facebook.com/elsdendance Fi Steps Performing Arts, 3yrs+, Crawley & Horsham fisteps.com Glynde Place Dance Studio, 2½yrs+, dance & musical theatre, Horsham glyndeplacedancestudio.co.uk Gracie Grooves, 3yrs+, Crawley Down graciegrooves.com Happy Feet Song and Dance Company, 3-18yrs, Copthorne happyfeetcopthorne.co.uk Horsham School of Dance, ballet, contemporary, tap, modern & musical theatre horshamschoolofdance.co.uk Inspire Academy of Dance, Copthorne, Crawley & Horsham inspireacademyofdance.co.uk JBA Dance, 3yrs+, ballet, tap & modern, Horsham jba-dance.co.uk

Stagecoach Theatre Arts, 4yrs+, Horsham stagecoach.co.uk/horsham

The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts, Crawley pqacademy.com The Vincent Martin Company of Dance & Musical Theatre (DMT), 3yrs+, Crawley danceandmusicaltheatre.com Vicky Michelle Academy of Dance,1½yrs+, Rudgwick & Billingshurst vmadance.co.uk

Football ACB Football Coaching, 1-2-1 & group sessions, Horsham acbfc.co.uk Horsham Football Club, 10yrs+ horshamfc.co.uk

Hillcrest Farm Riding School, Plummers Plain hillcrestfarmstables.co.uk

TeamSport, 8yrs+, go karting, Crawley team-sport.co.uk/crawley

Leisure Centres Bewbush Leisure Centre everyoneactive. com/centre/the-bewbush-centre Billingshurst Leisure Centre, pool, gym & classes placesleisure.org/centres/ billingshurst-leisure-centre Bluecoat Sports, Christ’s Hospital, Horsham bluecoatsports.co.uk K2 Crawley everyoneactive.com/centre/ k2-crawley Pavilions in the Park, pool, gym & classes placesleisure.org/centres/the-pavilionsin-the-park

Late Birthday Project, football coaching for players born January-August latebirthdayproject.co.uk/lbp-crawleyTuesday

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Rollerskating Luv2Sk8 Roller Disco, Steyning Leisure Centre facebook.com/luv2sk8.rollerdisco Roller Disco Crawley, 2 sessions every Friday, Bewbush Centre facebook.com/ RollerDiscoCrawley

PARENT & CHILD PARENT & TODDLER CLASSES AVAILABLE

Rugby & Mini Rugby Pulborough RFC, under 5s & upwards facebook.com/PulboroughRFC

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Rugby Tots, Forge Wood Primary, Crawley rugbytots.co.uk Rugbytots, 2-7yrs, Billingshurst & Horsham rugbytots.co.uk

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Swimming & Pool Sports Aquafins lessons, Cottesmore School, Pease Pottage aquafins.co.uk/classes

Steyning Leisure Centre, pool, gym & classes placesleisure.org/centres/ steyning-leisure-centre The Bridge Leisure Centre, Broadbridge Heath placesleisure.org/centres/thebridge-leisure-centre The Holbrook Club, North Heath Lane, Horsham theholbrookclub.co.uk

Martial Arts Arun Taekwon-Do, Pulborough Village Hall tkd.co.uk/clubs Crawley Black Belt Academy, 4yrs+ crawley-karate.com Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association, K2, Crawley fska.co.uk Horsham Mixed Martial Arts Academy horshammartialartsacademy.com Karl James Taekwondo, Crawley, Horsham & Billingshurst karljamestaekwondo.co.uk Kickboxkarate Martial Arts, 4yrs+, Horsham kickboxkarate.com Kung Fu Schools, 4yrs+, Crawley crawleymartialarts.co.uk Kung Fu Schools, 4yrs+, Horsham kungfuschoolshorsham.co.uk Sama Southeast, karate, 4yrs+, kickboxing, 7yrs+, Steyning samasoutheast.co.uk

Music Groups & Tuition Flute, piano & singing lessons, 6yrs+, Southwater 07710 757736 Inchoir, Crawley & Horsham inchoir.co.uk Little Notes Choir, Horsham littlenotes. co.uk/horsham-and-dorking

Bubbles Swim School, 8wks-10yrs, Barns Green bubbles-swimschool.co.uk (see advert) Horsham Swim School, 0-11yrs horshamswimschool.co.uk (see advert) Jellyfish Swimming School, Copthorne jellyfishswimschool.com MXT Swim School, 3mths+, Steyning & Storrington mxtswimschool.com Puddle Ducks, 0-10yrs, Copthorne puddleducks.com Puffins Swim School, from 3mths, Pound Hill puffins-swimschool.co.uk Swim2me, 0-6yrs, Wisborough Green swim2me.co.uk The Sussex Swim School, Lower Beeding & West Grinstead thesussexswimschool.co.uk United Swimming Academy, fun & focused, all ages & abilities, lessons from £10, free trial available unitedswimmingacademy.com WetWetWet Swim School, expert tuition for all abilities, Upper Beeding wetwetwetswimschool.co.uk

Table Tennis Crawley Table Tennis Club crawleycommunityttc.ttleagues.com Ping Pong Parlour, Swan Walk, Horsham pingengland.co.uk/tables/swan-walkping-pong-parlour

Tennis Horsham Sports Club horshamsportsclub.com The Holbrook Club, junior tennis coaching, Horsham theholbrookclub.co.uk

Uniformed Groups

Sing with Singergy, private lessons for all ages singergy.co.uk

1015 Horsham Squadron Air Cadets horshamaircadets.org

Woodshed Music School, qualified teachers with years of experience, Horsham woodshedmusic.org.uk

Crawley Sea Cadet Unit sea-cadets.org/crawley Horsham Sea Cadet Unit sea-cadets.org/horsham Rainbows, Brownies, Guides & Rangers meet on various days & venues throughout Horsham & Crawley. Register via girlguiding.org.uk Sussex Army Cadet Force armycadets.com/county/sussex-acf

Luxury private pool Pool Heated to 33.6° Swim England registered Award winning swim school Classes over seven days a week info@horshamswimschool.co.uk telephone: 07500 808898 www.horshamswimschool.co.uk Watersports

Youth Clubs

Southwater Watersports, 8yrs+, wide range of watersports available southwatersports.co.uk

Bewbush Youth Club facebook.com/ BewbushYouthCentreCCYS

Tilgate Park Watersports, Tilgate Park, Crawley tilgateparkwatersports.co.uk

Crawley FindItOut Centre, westsussex. gov.uk/education-children-and-families/ your-space/places-to-go/finditoutcentres Horsham FindItOut Centre, westsussex. gov.uk/education-children-and-families/ your-space/places-to-go/finditoutcentres Langley Green Youth Centre langleygreenyouthcentre.wordpress. com Sussex Clubs for Young People, Y5-Y9, Upper Beeding Sports & Youth Hall jo.bell@sussexcyp.org.uk Sussex Clubs for Young People, Y7 & above, Steyning Cuthman Centre jo.bell@sussexcyp.org.uk

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Places to Visit this Spring & Summer

Walking, Cycling and Open Spaces

Arundel Castle and Gardens West Sussex BN18 9AB. Open 1st April – 1st November, Tuesday – Sunday 10am – 5pm, plus bank holidays and Mondays in August. With restaurant, coffee shop, gift shop and 40 acres of sweeping grounds and gardens, Arundel Castle has been open to visitors seasonally for nearly 200 years. It is one of the great treasure houses of England, and is home to priceless works of art. View paintings, furniture, tapestries, stained glass, china, clocks, sculpture, carving, heraldry and armour in stunning room settings, 01903 882173 Buchan Country Park Horsham Road, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 9HQ. Regularly recognised as one of the best green spaces in the UK. Great access for pushchairs and wheelchairs, numerous picnic sites, plenty of wildlife, fishing via Crawley Angling Society. The Countryside Centre is open Sundays 12.30pm – 4pm and at other times as staffing permits. Free parking.

Chesworth Farm Horsham RH13 0AA. Walks, Sussex Wildlife Trust Nature Tots timetable, bridleways, cycling via a network of footpaths, main paths are wheelchair accessible, open all day, free entry Forest Way footpath, bridleway and cycle path running 10 miles from East Grinstead to Groombridge, with seats and picnic benches along the route.

Indirectly linked to the Worth Way from Three Bridges to East Grinstead.

Horsham Park a haven of green spaces with ducks on the lake, colourful flower-beds, a Sensory Garden and Human Nature Garden. There are tennis courts, a basketball court, football pitches, a large skate park, café, play area and a trim trail. BBQ’s and picnics are permitted.

Knepp Safaris Visit one of the largest rewilding projects in lowland Britain. Encounter herds of wild ponies, cattle, deer and pigs as they roam 3,500 acres of Sussex, driving the forces of habitat regeneration.

Millpond Adventure Playground Bewbush. An extensive, free public playground with a castle theme, offering outdoor facilities including parents’ seating, picnic area, sports opportunities and arts and crafts sessions led by staff rangers. Open term time from February to mid November on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3pm – 7.30pm. During school holidays the playground is open free of charge from 10.30am – 4pm Monday to Friday.

South Downs National Park and South Downs Way, including Ditchling Beacon, which is the second highest point in the South Downs National Park with spectacular views across the Weald. As the name suggests, Ditchling Beacon was one of a chain of fires lit to warn of impending invasions. It was once an Iron Age hill-fort, with its steep northern slope used as a natural defence. It’s now managed by The National Trust and Sussex Wildlife Trust. You can reach Ditchling Beacon via Breeze Buses which are open top in summer – weather permitting.

Tilgate Park Crawley, RH10 5PQ Metrobus 2. Outdoor play area, hedge maze, tea shop, woodland and lakeside walks, Go Ape, Golf Centre, Smith and Western restaurant, fishing and water sports with Tilgate Watersports.

Nature centre open winter 10am – 4pm, summer 10am – 6pm, last admission 1 hour before closing, 01293 521168 Warnham Nature Reserve Horsham Metrobus 51. Walks, wildlife, ponddipping, cafe and visitor centre. 01403 756238 Wolstonbury Hill in the South Downs, Pyecombe, has been an important landmark for thousands of years. Iron Age farmers grazed animals on its summit and the Romans left pottery remains on its slopes.

Worth Way A 7 mile long shared-use route from Three Bridges to East Grinstead used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders and indirectly linked to the Forest Way which continues to Groombridge, 01293 542088 .

Aldingbourne Trust Country Centre Blackmill Lane, Norton, Chichester PO18 0JP. Woodland walks, open farm, mini tractors, soft play, sand and water play areas and crazy golf, with award-winning café, open every day, 01243 542075

Alfriston National Trust Clergy House and Gardens The Tye, Alfriston, Polegate, Sussex BN26 5TL. Rare 14th-century Wealden ‘hall-house’ and cottage garden with children’s activities during the school holidays.

Closed during the winter, reopens in April, 01323 871961 Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre Station Road, Ford, Arundel,

Family Farms Coombes Farm near Lancing BN15 0RS. Open for lambing each March/April. It is anticipated that around 1,200 lambs and 80 calves will be born at Church Farm each year. Book in advance for group tours during the summer, open some Sundays and school holidays for individual bookings, 01273 452028 Ferring Country Centre Rife Way, Ferring, Worthing BN12 5JZ. Meet the farm animals, walk the nature trails and enjoy the café and garden centre. Special Riding Therapy Unit for those with learning and physical disabilities. Open 7 days a week, 01903 245078 Fishers Farm Park Newpound Lane, Wisborough Green, West Sussex RH14 0EG. Lots of animals and adventure playgrounds, summer splash attack and beach, indoor soft play area for toddlers – 10 year olds. Regular seasonal events. Open every day 10am – 5pm or until dusk in winter, 01403 700063 Godstone Farm Surrey RH9 8LX. Indoor and outdoor play areas, soft play, ride-ons, go karts, trampolines, pony and tractor rides, 01883 742546 See advert Holmbush Farm Crawley Road, Faygate, near Horsham RH12 4SE. Indoor play area for ages 0 – 5 and tea room open weekdays all year round except public holidays, outdoor play area for ages 0 – 5 open during fine weather in the summer, 01293 851110 Tulleys Farm Turners Hill, Crawley RH10 4PE Metrobus 84. Small collection of friendly furry animals; goats, rabbits and birds, plus a tea room. One of the country’s best rated Escape Rooms settings. Special events at Halloween, 01342 718472

Animals, Sealife and Nature Arundel Wetland Centre Mill Road, Arundel BN18 9PB. Nature reserve in the South Downs with guided boat safari, where you can hand feed the collection of birds. Discover two adventure playgrounds, children’s weekend and holiday activities and a visitor centre with café. Open every day in summer 9.30am – 5.30pm, 01903 883355 Donkey Walking Experiences East Clayton Farm, Storrington Road, Washington RH20 4AG. All walks are accompanied by a farm host who will guide you and help you manage your donkeys.

Huxley’s Birds of Prey Centre at Hilliers Garden Centre, Brighton Road (A281), Horsham RH13 6QA. Bird of prey flying displays, gardens and Meet an Owl. Open on weekends in winter, 11am – 4pm, and from Easter – October half term from Wednesday – Saturday, plus bank holidays from 11am – 5pm and Sundays 11am – 4.30pm, 01403 273458 Pulborough Brooks (RSPB) RH20 2EL. Located in the Arun Valley nature reserve, includes plenty of nature-themed activities from bug hunting to den building and pond dipping to bird watching. With guided walks, café and shop. Good access for pushchairs and wheelchairs. Visitor centre open every day 9.30am – 5pm, 01798 875851 Tilgate Park Crawley, RH10 5PQ Metrobus 2. Outdoor play area, hedge maze, tea shop, woodland and lakeside walks, Go Ape, Golf Centre, Smith and Western restaurant, fishing and water sports with Tilgate Watersports.

Nature centre open summer 10am – 6pm, last admission 1 hour before closing, 01293 521168

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Places of Historic Interest and Gardens

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West Sussex BN18 9LT. Home to a collection of listed buildings and monuments, many of which have been rescued from around Sussex. There are also vintage vehicles, rural crafts and woodland walks, plus many events planned throughout the year, 01798 831370 Bignor Roman Villa Bignor, RH20 1PH. One of the largest Roman villas to be open to the public, with fine mosaics, museum tea rooms and gift shop, 01798 869259 Borde Hill Garden Haywards Heath RH16 1XP. With outdoor adventure playground, zip wire, woodland walks and children’s holiday and Halloween activities. Open daily 10am – 6pm (or dusk) between mid February and end of October, 01444 450326 See competition p15 Chichester Cathedral The Royal Chantry, Cathedral Cloisters, Chichester PO19 1PX. Chichester Cathedral has welcomed people through its doors for over nine centuries. This beautiful building, and its services and events, are open to all, 01243 782595 Denmans Garden Fontwell BN18 OSU. Beautiful, artistically planted four-acre garden owned by Michael Neve and John Brooks. With plant centre and café. Open 10am – 4pm Tuesday – Sunday, 01243 542808 Fishbourne Roman Palace Fishbourne Road West, Fishbourne, West Sussex PO19 3QR. Roman palace with the largest mosaics in situ in the UK, recreated formal gardens and family activities. Open daily February – October, 10am – 5pm, 01243 785859 Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens Brighton Road, Lower Beeding, Horsham RH13 6PP. This magnificent Grade I listed garden was nearly lost forever and has been the subject of the largest garden restoration in England and possibly Europe.

Parham House and Gardens Storrington, near Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 4HS (for satnav use RH20 4HR). Well-loved family home; just three families have lived here since its foundation stone was laid in 1577 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. With collections of period furniture, needlework and paintings. Deer park with award winning gardens, 01903 742021 Wakehurst Gardens and Millennium Seed Bank Selsfield Road, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TN Metrobus 272. ‘Kew in the Country’, botanic gardens run by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. With lots of walks, children especially love the rocky Himalayan Garden. Explore the Adventurous Journeys natural play spaces, Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, restaurant, café, plant and gift shop. Open daily at 10am, 01444 894066 Weald and Downland Open Air Museum Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0EU. Fascinating collection of historic buildings dismantled from their original locations and reassembled in 40 acres of Sussex countryside, woodland walks, picnic areas and farm animals. Open January – 23rd December, 10.30am – 6pm during BST and 4pm during winter, 01243 811348 West Dean Gardens West Dean, near Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ. Highlights include a 300-foot-long Edwardian pergola, newly restored Sunken Garden, walled kitchen garden, Victorian glasshouses and a beautiful parkland walk with views over the South Downs. Open May – September on Sundays and bank holidays only, 2.30pm – 5pm, 01243 818210

Railways, Buses and Boats Goffs Park Light Railway Horsham Road, Southgate RH11 8PB. 1,250-foot-long miniature railway run by Crawley Model Engineers.

Open Sundays and bank holiday Mondays 2pm – 5pm, late March – late October, 07517 184543 Shoreham Harbour Lifeboats Kingston Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6RN. Visit the lifeboat station and its state of the art Tamar all weather lifeboat. The boathouse on Kingston Beach consists of a large boat hall, crew training room, proper drying facilities for wet crew kit, changing facilities and a viewing platform for the public. Open 10am – 2pm Monday – Friday and 10am – 4pm Saturday and Sunday, free to visit, donations very welcome, 01273 596376 South Downs Light Railway Pulborough Garden Centre, Stopham Road, Pulborough, RH20 1DS. The trains take you on an exciting trip through

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West Hill Lift West Hill, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex. Victorian funicular.

Wey and Arun Canal Centre located behind the Onslow Arms in Loxwood RH14 0RD. From March runs every Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday Monday until October, except Easter Sunday and Monday. All canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and small craft are welcome on the canal, 01403 753999

Play Centres Active Play and Bounce The Bridge Leisure Centre, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 3YS 01403 211311 Adventure Room Springboard House, 52 Hurst Road, Horsham RH12 2EP. 01403 218888 CJ’s Play Café Three Bridges Road, Crawley RH10 1HL. No admission fee, small charge for use of the soft play area, 07824 161118 Happyscamps Play Café 1st Floor, 12 Swan Walk, Horsham RH12 1HQ. For 0 – 5 year olds, 01403 754597.

High Places Pavilions In The Park, Hurst Road, Horsham RH12 2DF. An array of activities and packages such as wall climbing and high wall jumping with a variety of courses and obstacles. Closed in the winter, 01403 219219 Holmbush Farm tea room with soft play for under 5s, 01293 851110.

Hope Hive, Pilgrim’s House, 51 St Dunstans Road, Worthing BN13 1AA. Children’s role play centre offering fun and stimulating role play for young children to grow their imagination and creativity. Children can visit a variety of role play areas and small world activities and be a builder, a pirate, a vet, a teacher or a dragon! Monday – Saturday, 07861 338324

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Horsham Museum & Art Gallery 9 Causeway, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 1HE. The play room has a range of toys, games, puzzles and dressing up clothes, 01403 254 959 Little Street Rudgwick, RH12 3JJ. The indoor play town features a pizza parlour, theatre, beauty salon, supermarket, construction site and vets, 01403 451677.

Mini Mayhem Unit FC, County Mall Shopping Centre, Crawley RH10 1FP. Family-run soft play centre catering for 0 – 10 year olds. With four fun areas, a separate area for under 5s, and babies under 1 away from the main play frame. Open Monday – Saturday 9.30am – 5.30 pm and Sunday 11am – 5pm, 01293 538377 Out of Bounds Golfers Lane, Angmering BN16 4NB. Family entertainment centre, Clip ‘n’ Climb, bowling, soft play, footgolf, laser tag and adventure golf. Open 7 days a week, 01903 788588 See competition p5 Treasure Chest Faraday Road, Crawley RH10 9PX. For children up to 11 years old, must also be under 148cm (4ft 10ins), 01293 549009

Adventure Parks and Family Fun Black Cat Treasure Hunts fun, affordable walking, cycling or driving treasure hunt routes around Sussex, choose a ready-to-use hunt or a personalised adventure.

Flamingo Park East Beach Street, Hastings TN34 3AR. Rides and attractions for all the family, 01424 715133 Hastings Adventure Golf Hastings Old Town Seafront TN34 3AJ. A complex of 3 x 18-hole miniature golf courses, providing facilities suitable for players of all ages. This is the National Centre for Miniature Golf in the UK and the home of the annual World Crazy Golf Championships every October. Open winter 10am – 4pm, summer 8.30am – 10pm weather permitting, 01424 437227 Hollywood Bowl Crawley RH10 8LR. With 28 bowling lanes, a private VIP area, an American themed bar diner, an extensive amusements area and free parking, 0844 826 1457 Out of Bounds Golfers Lane, Angmering BN16 4NB. Family entertainment centre, Clip ‘n’ Climb, bowling, soft play, footgolf, laser tag and adventure golf. Open 7 days a week, 01903 788588 See competition p5 Southwater Country Park Southwater RH13 9UN Metrobus 23 and 98. Located next to the Downs Link off-road trail, stroll around to the Dinosaur Island playground or hire bikes, canoes or kayaks, 01403 734424

Outdoor Pursuits Go Ape Tilgate Park, Crawley RH10 5PQ Metrobus 2. The high ropes course features a tricky Tree Top Challenge and a gentler Tree Top

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Adventure, 01603 895500 High Places The Pavilions In The Park, Hurst Road, Horsham RH12 2DF. An array of activities and packages such as high ropes, wall climbing and high wall jumping with a variety of courses and obstacles. Closed in the winter, 01403 219200 So Sussex outdoor and woodland activities and festivals across Sussex See Elderflower Fields competition p14 Southwater Watersports Southwater Country Park, Cripplegate Lane, Southwater, West Sussex RH13 9UN Metrobus 23 and 98.

Canoeing, kayaking, stand up paddle boarding, raft building, orienteering, sailing, team building and family activities, 01403 734424 Tilgate Park Watersports The Boat House, Tilgate Drive, Crawley RH10 5PQ Metrobus 2. With a wide range of activities in and out of the water and acres of countryside to discover. Rowing boat hire, canoeing, kayaking, raft building, stand up paddle boards, mountain biking, orienteering and open water swimming, 01293 665709 Upside Down House Brighton. An amazing museum of illusions including a variety of designed rooms in a luxurious beach house based on the Brighton Sea Front in between the i360 and Brighton Beach Club.

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Exploring Science Observatory Science Centre Wartling Road, Herstmonceux BN27 1RN. Hands-on science and discovery with 100+ interactive exhibits both indoors and out, telescope tours and regular children’s and family workshops. The centre is open every day, check website for dates and times, 01323 832731 South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre Kingsham Road, Chichester PO19 8RP (southern end of Chichester High School campus, sat nav PO19 8AE). Volunteer-run educational outlet, welcomes group visits from clubs and societies, plus makes eight or nine presentations to the public every month, times and days vary, 01243 774400

Theatres and Cinemas Chichester Festival Theatre Oaklands Park, Chichester PO19 6AP. One of the UK’s flagship theatres, renowned for the high standard of its productions. It welcomes children and families and is proud to be a member of Family Arts Standards. Baby changing facilities are provided along with special refreshments and high chairs in the café and lots of space in the foyers for buggies and lively toddlers. Workshops and holiday activities designed to explore the productions on and beyond the stage are also on offer, 01243 781312 Christ’s Hospital Theatre Horsham RH13 0LJ. In addition to housing Christ’s Hospital’s drama department and student productions, this fullyequipped, modern theatre provides a venue for a wide range of professional entertainment, including top quality theatre and music which are open to the public.

Hawth Theatre Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ. Main theatre and Studio, plus exhibition spaces, 01293 553636 The Capitol Theatre North Street, Horsham RH12 1RG. A multi-purpose arts venue with a 410-seat theatre, 2 cinema screens, studio theatre, meeting room and gallery space, box office 01403 750220 See advert back cover

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What's On this Spring & Summer At the time of publication these are the given dates for the following events.

Some dates have been excluded as they are already sold out.

Most activities need to be prebooked.

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Thursday 3rd March World Book Day dress at your favourite book character Saturday 12th March Hurstpierpoint College Prep Open Morning, register via hppc.co.uk (see advert p10)

Red Nose Day Friday 18th March comicrelief.com

Friday 18th - Sunday 20th March Zog & The Flying Doctors at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, book via thecapitolhorsham.com/ whats-on/ (see back cover) Saturday 19th March Handcross Park School Open Morning, register via handcrossparkschool.co.uk (see advert p11) Saturday 19th March Lingfield College Prep School Open Morning, register via lingfieldcollege. co.uk (see advert p12) Sunday 27th March Mothers Day Lunch three course lunch with fizz at Wakehurst, Ardingly, book via kew.org/wakehurst/whats-on

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Friday 1st - Monday 18th April Easter Holidays at Godstone Farm, book via godstonefarm. co.uk (see advert p17) From Saturday 2nd April Horrible Histories - Terrible Thames book tickets via terriblethames.com (see competition p12) Saturday 2nd - Sunday 24th April The Very Hungry Caterpillar at Wakehurst, Ardingly, Interactive Trail, book via kew. org/wakehurst/whats-on Saturday 9th April Rapunzel at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, book via thecapitolhorsham.com Saturday 9th - Sunday 24th April Hetty's Easter Adventure at Borde Hill Garden book via bordehill.co.uk (see competition p15) Saturday 9th - Sunday 24th April A Hopping Easter Adventure at Fishers Farm Park, book via fishersfarmpark.co.uk Tuesdays 12th & 19th April Kids Comedy at Leonardslee Lower Beeding, book via leonardsleegardens.co.uk Friday 15th - Monday 18th April Easter Weekend spring trails, Bluebell Railway, book via bluebell-railway.com

Good Friday 15th April Easter Sunday 17th April Saturday 23rd - Sunday 24th April Spring Live! South of England Showground, Ardingly, fun family day out, book via seas.org.uk (see competition p8)

Monday 25th - Friday 29th April Burgess Hill Girls Whole School & Nursery Open Week, register via burgesshillgirls. com (see advert p3) Saturday 30th April Monday 2nd May Oi Frog & Friends at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, book via thecapitolhorsham. com/whats-on/ (see back cover)

May Day Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May

May Saturday 7th May Hurstpierpoint College Prep Open Morning, register via hppc.co.uk (see advert p10) Saturday 7th May Copthorne Prep School Open Morning, register via copthorneprep.co.uk (see advert p10) Friday 27th - Monday 30th May Elderflower Fields Festival Pippingford Park, book via elderflowerfields.co.uk (see competition p14) Saturday 28th May - Sunday 5th June Nature Week Family Trail at Borde Hill Garden, book via bordehill.co.uk (see competition p15) Saturday 28th May - Sunday 5th June May Half Term Fun! at Fishers Farm Park, book via fishersfarmpark.co.uk Tuesday 31st May Fireman Sam Live! at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, book via thecapitolhorsham. com/whats-on/ (see back cover) Tuesday 31st May Kids Comedy at Leonardslee Lower Beeding, book via leonardsleegardens.co.uk

Spring Bank Holiday Thursday 2nd June Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday Friday 3rd June

June Saturday 4th - Sunday 5th June The Floral Fringe Fair dressing up encouraged, Leonardslee Deer Park book via leonardsleegardens.co.uk Friday 10th - Sunday 12th June South of England Show Ardingly, fun family day out, book via seas.org.uk (see competition) Tuesday 28th - Thursday 30th June The Tiger Who Came to Tea at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, book via thecapitolhorsham.com/ whats-on/ (see back cover)

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Thursday 28th - Sunday 31st July The Labyrinth Challenge Summer XL South of England Show, Ardingly, giant inflatable obstacle courses & circus, book via thelabyrinthchallenge.com/ events/ Friday 12th - Saturday 13th August Dinosaur World Live at The Capitol Theatre, Horsham, book via thecapitolhorsham. com/whats-on/ (see back cover)

The summer 2022 issue, featuring events July - October, will be available to pick up from early July

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