Monthly Events in West and East Sussex

East Sussex - West Sussex

- MARCH 2010 -

EAST SUSSEX

Date Venue

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Thurs 11th March
10:30am - 12:00am

Lewes Castle - Magical Materials
Activity morning for children aged 5 years and under.Art, craft and play activities, followed by an expedition in the museum and a story.Cost: £4 per child. Please book in advance. Tel: 01273 405734.
Lewes Castle, 169 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YE. Tel: 01273 486290.

Friday 12th March to
- Sunday 21st March
Blue Reef Aquarium - Science Week
National Science Week is an annual event to celebrate science and highlight its importance to our everyday lives. All week Blue Reef is offering you the chance to become a marine biologist and take part in some observational and hands-on experiments around the aquarium. Blue Reef Aquarium, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3DW. Tel: 01424 718776

Saturday
13th March
6:30pm - 11pm

The Observatory Science Centre - Family Open Evening
The night sky is a fascinating place with some amazing features that can only be revealed through a telescope. Visit The Centre on our open evenings and seize an opportunity to look through some of the country’s largest instruments! At least three historic telescopes are available through which you can discover the planets,Moon, stars, and much more.
1 child admitted FREE of charge with every paying adult.
The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, BN27 1RN. Tel: 01323 832731.

Sunday
14th March
10:30am - 5pm

Alfriston Clergy House - Mother's Day
Bring mum to enjoy the delights of our garden and orchard at springtime. FREE ENTRY for mums on their special day. Alfriston Clergy House, The Tye, Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex BN26 5TL. Telephone: 01323 870001.

Sunday
14th March
Blue Reef Aquarium - Mother's Day
Celebrate Mother's Day and come along to Blue Reef and find out all about fishy mums! Blue Reef Aquarium, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3DW. Tel: 01424 718776

Sunday
14th March

Knockhatch Adventure Park - Celebrate Mother's Day
Mums can enjoy FREE entry to the Park when accompanied by a Child.
Knockhatch Adventure Park, Hailsham, E.Sussex, BN27 3PR. Tel: 01323 442051

Sunday
14th March
11am - 4pm
Wilderness Wood - Heavy Horses
The gentle giants of The Working Horse Trust return to show off their skills. The horses will be hauling coppiced poles from a newly cut area of the woodland. Meet the horses, find out about their work from friendly, knowledgeable members of the Trust. Adult £4.85 Child £3.10. Wilderness Wood, Hadlow Down, East Sussex, TN22 4HJ. Tel: 01825 830509

Sunday
14th March
10:30am
All Saints Centre - Lewes- 'Whistle Down the Wind'
Junior Film Club Tel: 01273 471588.

Sunday
21st March

Drusillas Park - Phobias Day
Experts will be displaying some of their most commonly feared animals in the Discovery Centre. The aim of the day is to try and overcome visitors’ phobias, as well as being fun and informative. Drusillas Park and Zoo, Alfriston, East Sussex Tel: 01323 874100

Thursday
25th March
10:30am - 12:00am.
Anne of Cleves - Spring Shoots
Activity morning for children aged 5 years and under. Art, craft and play activities, followed by an expedition in the museum and a story. Cost: £4 per child. Please book in advance. Tel: 01273 405734.
Lewes Castle, 169 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1YE. Tel: 01273 486290.

WEST SUSSEX

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Saturday
6th March

Petworth House & Park - Alice in Wonderland Day
Children can enjoy an Alice in Wonderland quiz trail around the Pleasure Grounds seeking the various characters from the book. Mad Hatter Tea Parties will be held in the Servants' Hall offering themed afternoon teas for families.
Booking Booking Essential 01798 342207
Additional Info Quiz Trails FREE. Booking taken up till 4pm. 3pm - 4pm Adult £10 Mad Hatter Teas. Child £7 Mad Hatter Teas
Petworth House, Petworth, West Sussex, GU28 OAE. Tel:01798 342207 Email.

Saturday 13th March &
Sunday 14th March
Amberley Museum - Experiment Weekend
Scientific discovery for families through simple experiments for National Science and Engineering Week. Amberley Working Museum, Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Tel:01798 831370.

Saturday 13th &
Sunday 14th March
10:30am - 3:30pm

Nymans Garden - Springwatch Family Activity Weekend
Spring back into action and make a mobile to hang at home, inspired by the fabulous spring flowers and wildlife. And join the Woods team for a fun drop-in workshop making a bird box to take home for Spring. Normal admission charges. Telephone: 01444 405250. Email
Nymans Garden, Handcross, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6EB

Sunday
14th March
11:00 - 13:00

Arundel Wetland Centre - Wild about Art.
Join this art workshop, inspired by nature, and get those creative juices flowing using natural materials. £4.50 per child with 1 free adult to workshop per child. Tel: 01903 883355. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Mill Street, Arundel,West Sussex BN18 9PB.

Sunday
14th March
10.30am - 4.00pm

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Open House Mother's Day
A special spring day to welcome visitors old and new at the start of the season! £2 entry for everyone, plus our traditional bunch of daffodils for mothers and grandmothers!
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0EU . Tel: 01243 811348

Sunday
14th March
15:00 - 16:00

Worthing - Oranges & Lemons Flingathon
The 14-year-old Durrington High School pupil was left paralysed from the waist down after falling from a tree last summer.
The flingathon, organised by the Worthing Sentinel, a sister paper of The Argus, will take place on Sunday, March 14. It will be staged on the shingle and sands opposite the Beach Hotel, Marine Parade, at 3pm.
The event commemorates the sinking, in 1901, of the SS Indiana, which spewed its cargo of fruit into the sea. Tens of thousands of oranges and lemons washed up, sparking a mad free-for-all as beachcombers descended in droves to claim the zesty spoils.
The first orange and lemon will be whacked into the sea with a cricket bat to mark the January 2008 Ice Prince wood wreck when thousands of tons of timber came in on the tide.
The flingathon is open to all ages and each throw costs £1.Prizes will be awarded for the orange and lemon thrown the furthest.
Organiser Paul Holden, editor of The Sentinel, said: “I am always delighted to see so many families turn up year after year.“It's a smashing community event, and much more fun than sitting at home watching TV.“The flingathon will definitely go ahead no matter what the weather, which has in the past been atrocious.
“Let's raise as much money as we can for Lauren, who could represent Great Britain in tennis at the 2012 Paralympics.”
The flingathon, now in its fifth year, has raised hundreds of pounds for St Barnabas House hospice, Worthing, the Queen Alexandra Hospital-Home for disabled ex-servicemen, Worthing, and the RNLI. BLOB: Holden would be grateful if people could turn up at least 30 minutes before the 3pm start to register.
The Beach opposite The Beach Hotel, Marine Parade, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3QJ. Tel: 01903 245674

Sunday
14th March
10.30am - 4.00pm

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Open House Mother's Day
A special spring day to welcome visitors old and new at the start of the season! £2 entry for everyone, plus our traditional bunch of daffodils for mothers and grandmothers!
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0EU . Tel: 01243 811348

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