Tibbs Farm

Tibbs Farm Cafe and working family farm set overlooking the picturesque Tillingham Valley in East Sussex near Rye. Owned and run by the Wheeler family.

Summer PYO fruits, hop growers, Romney sheep, laying hens, christmas trees and seasonal attractions. We are a traditional mixed Sussex farm with cafe, extensive PYO soft fruit (including strawberries and 7 varieties of gooseberries), homegrown Christmas trees, sheep and hop growers since 1695. We want to champion what we do as farmers showcasing the food we grow and how we grow it by offering as f

ar as possible a true farm to fork eating experience. Gorgeous views over hop gardens and through the Tillingham Valley to Rye.

03/06/2026

***Fancy joining our summer team***

We’re looking for help in the cafe both front of house and in the kitchen, fruit picking and general outside farm work. Opportunities to start ASAP.

If you’re interested drop us an email to
[email protected] telling us a bit about yourself and what you’re looking for.

UPDATE: lots of enquiries thank you, we’ve filled the roles.

The PYO season is finally here 🍓 🍓🍓Opening this Saturday 6th June. Strawberries and Gooseberries get the season off the ...
03/06/2026

The PYO season is finally here 🍓 🍓🍓

Opening this Saturday 6th June. Strawberries and Gooseberries get the season off the ground. We’ll be open all weekend for fruit picking 9am - 4pm.

No entry price, just pay on the weight of fruit picked.

Lots more fruits to follow from later June. 🍓🍑🍈🍒

29/05/2026

The first chapter of the hop growing year. Follow us on the journey from field to glass….

🔥🔥 Our friday evenings are back from 5th June 🔥 🔥With an à la carte menu serving good food with home reared meats from t...
26/05/2026

🔥🔥 Our friday evenings are back from 5th June 🔥 🔥

With an à la carte menu serving good food with home reared meats from the farm, beautiful setting and tip top service 👌

Kitchen open from 6pm - 8:30pm. Book highly recommended but walk-ins welcome (if we have space)

Book via
Email - [email protected]
Telephone - during cafe hours 9am-4pm on 07469 056088.
Or pop in to the cafe!

🐓 We’re open this bank holiday Monday and all through the week as normal 🐓Breakfast and lunch served daily in the café, ...
22/05/2026

🐓 We’re open this bank holiday Monday and all through the week as normal 🐓

Breakfast and lunch served daily in the café, hearty roasts with our own homereared meats on Sundays plus there’s plenty of outdoor space for children to run around, and the maze is open (watch out for those nettles) for anyone willing to get slightly lost.

And don’t forget to stock up on eggs! Our hens are in full laying flow, fresh as can be pasture grazing hens 👌

A little insight into what we’ve been up to in the background...Hop stringing is part of the growing process.We run stri...
17/05/2026

A little insight into what we’ve been up to in the background...

Hop stringing is part of the growing process.

We run strings from the ground up to overhead wires so the hop plants have something to climb up. Without it, we’d have a carpet of hops which would quickly catch disease and die.

Each plant is trained clockwise climbing around the coarse coir string as it grows, eventually reaching several metres high before growing lateral shoots all the way down the bine from which the hops will grow.

It’s simple and repetitive, and the first step in our calendar year to grow all our lovely hops bound for the brewing industry.

One of the quieter jobs on the farm, but a vital one.

Keep a look out we’ll have a video to show you very soon 👀

Have you tried our pancakes?Served with a Tibbs fruit berry compote or bacon and maple syrup, the batter is a family rec...
13/05/2026

Have you tried our pancakes?

Served with a Tibbs fruit berry compote or bacon and maple syrup, the batter is a family recipe from our Canadian chef, David.

📍 Served in the cafe Tues-Sun

Burger Saturdays at Tibbs 🍔Have you tried our home-reared, Sussex-bred beef burger yet? If not, Saturday is the day to c...
09/05/2026

Burger Saturdays at Tibbs 🍔

Have you tried our home-reared, Sussex-bred beef burger yet? If not, Saturday is the day to change that.

Every Saturday at Tibbs:
✨ Burger & chips for £12 ✨

We start with freshly ground mince, hand-ball each burger individually, then press them on the griddle to create our juicy 8oz patties. Topped with extra mature cheddar, homemade tomato salsa, and served in a lightly toasted brioche bun.
With homemade triple-cooked crispy potato wedges on the side. 🤌

To drink?
How about pairing it with a crisp lager from Brewing Brothers or a pint of Long Man Best Bitter while overlooking our hop gardens where the hops were grown for the brews. 🍺🌿
📍 Café open Tues–Sun
📅 Burger Saturdays every Saturday at Tibbs

As you may be aware, we’ve been here a while. As a family we’ve been growing hops since 1690 but we actually came to Udi...
07/05/2026

As you may be aware, we’ve been here a while. As a family we’ve been growing hops since 1690 but we actually came to Udimore 70 years ago when our grandfather having fledged the family farm in Kent arrived just over the border in Sussex.

What we do hasn’t changed all that much - we grow food, raise animals, we look after the land, and we try to make it a place people actually want to spend time in.

These days that also means good coffee, tasty food, somewhere for families to run around, and the occasional explanation of what’s growing in the fields (whether you asked or not).

It’s still a working farm at heart, just one that happens to welcome you all in.

Thanks for being part of it 😊

🍓 PYO update 🍓The fields are getting ready, the fruit is doing its thing, and we’re not too far off PYO season. Perhaps ...
29/04/2026

🍓 PYO update 🍓

The fields are getting ready, the fruit is doing its thing, and we’re not too far off PYO season. Perhaps another 5 weeks.

1. Strawberry flowers
2. Gooseberries swelling up
3. Plum blossom
4. A bumblebee visits a honeyberry flower
5. Blackberry flowers

Gooseberries and Strawberries first (obvs), with lots more to follow from later June.

We’ll know dates closer to the time, this is just your gentle warning to start planning your “we’ll just pick a few” trip.

(You won’t just pick a few.)

🍓 Opening soon
📍 Keep an eye on here for more updates

Address

Udimore
Rye
TN316AR

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 4pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+447596741680

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