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.

*** Hop Fest returns ***Join us on Saturday 20th September as we celebrate our family’s 335th annual hop harvest.
27/07/2025

*** Hop Fest returns ***

Join us on Saturday 20th September as we celebrate our family’s 335th annual hop harvest.

Not masses but a nice pick of strawberries today. 🍓🍓🍓Also raspberries, blackberries, Opal Plums and Redcurrants.AND our ...
20/07/2025

Not masses but a nice pick of strawberries today. 🍓🍓🍓

Also raspberries, blackberries, Opal Plums and Redcurrants.

AND our made on demand fruit ice cream horsebox will be open!

Friday evening’s menu if it takes your fancy. Still a few tables available 👍Book via our email tibbsbookings@gmail.com o...
16/07/2025

Friday evening’s menu if it takes your fancy. Still a few tables available 👍

Book via our email [email protected] or give us a call during cafe hours 9am-4pm on 07469 056088.

🍒🍒Fruit Update 🍓🍓What a difference a week makes. All of a sudden helped on by the flush of rain followed by hot sun the ...
13/07/2025

🍒🍒Fruit Update 🍓🍓

What a difference a week makes. All of a sudden helped on by the flush of rain followed by hot sun the fruit scene has changed significantly in the last week.

Plenty of blackberries, plums and Redcurrants still.

🍓More strawberries to come but currently very thin on the ground
More Raspberries to ripen but not very easy picking at the moment
The other cane fruits are coming to an abrupt end with the last boysenberries, tayberries and loganberries to pick.

🍓 The Malwina Strawberry 🍓 They’re ripe and plentiful! The king of strawberries. This is the strawberry we get more ques...
03/07/2025

🍓 The Malwina Strawberry 🍓

They’re ripe and plentiful! The king of strawberries. This is the strawberry we get more questions about than any other 🍓🍓

Well they’re ready now and in abundance. As ever, our fruit is grown for flavour not shelf life - the malwina certainly wasn’t bred to sit on any supermarket shelf! And especially in this warm weather they won’t last long so come and see for yourself just how good strawberries can taste! 👌

Masses of malwina strawberries have ripened. One of the best tasting strawberries you’ll come across! 🍓🍓🍓We’re open all ...
28/06/2025

Masses of malwina strawberries have ripened. One of the best tasting strawberries you’ll come across! 🍓🍓🍓

We’re open all weekend 9-4!

Also - loganberries, blackberries, boysenberries, tayberries, Redcurrants and the sweetest eating gooseberries 🤤

New fruit picking opening hours - Thursday and Friday until 5pm 🍓🍒🍓🍒With, strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, loganb...
25/06/2025

New fruit picking opening hours - Thursday and Friday until 5pm 🍓🍒🍓🍒

With, strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, loganberries, blackberries, boysenberries, sweet gooseberries, redcurrants and tummelberries all now fruiting this is the point in the season, the brief momentary blip, when the summer bounty peaks. We grow fruits for flavour and for the joy of variety in a market otherwise focused on shelf life. You won’t find half these fruits in a supermarket or necessarily in any shop but that makes them all the more worth savouring. Blink, and they’re gone for another year!

As such from tomorrow, we’re pleased to say we’ll be opening until 5pm on Thursday and Fridays for fruit picking (not cafe, still 4pm)! Another hour to reap the summer bounty 😊

It’s that time of the fruit season where lots of fruits are just coming in to ripen. Strawberries are plentiful, loganbe...
25/06/2025

It’s that time of the fruit season where lots of fruits are just coming in to ripen.
Strawberries are plentiful, loganberries and tayberries galore, Redcurrants in absolute abundance, blackberries coming out of our ears, raspberries just starting and still a few cooking gooseberries together with the dessert gooseberries coming through!

Next 2/3 weeks will be a time of gluts galore!

Allure Strawberries are ripe for picking 🍓🍓🍓Another week and another strawberry. This is our Allure strawberry and they’...
24/06/2025

Allure Strawberries are ripe for picking 🍓🍓🍓

Another week and another strawberry. This is our Allure strawberry and they’re looking fantastic. Big fruits and plentiful. They’re deceptively pale in colour which lulls you into thinking they won’t be sweet but their trickery makes them all the sweeter! These strawberries are so deliciously sweet and juicy you can’t help but feel surprised.

A strawberry isn’t just a strawberry. We still have 5 varieties picking right now!!

21/06/2025

Our card machine is having troubles today on the fruit, please bring cash with you!

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to visit us over the weekend – it honestly felt like half of Sussex descended ...
16/06/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to visit us over the weekend – it honestly felt like half of Sussex descended on little Tibbs!
We hope you all had a lovely time, even as busy as it was.
To anyone who missed out on something and left feeling a little disappointed – we’re really sorry. We had almost our entire team and entire family on the ground doing their best to keep everything running smoothly.

Your support means the world to us – it’s what keeps us going and growing. 🍓🍓🍓🍓

🎉 Father’s Day at Tibbs – Sunday, June 15th! 🎉🍓Our pop-up BBQ cabin returns this Sunday! Featuring our own homegrown la...
11/06/2025

🎉 Father’s Day at Tibbs – Sunday, June 15th! 🎉
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Our pop-up BBQ cabin returns this Sunday! Featuring our own homegrown lamb and pork and a fully stocked bar to sit, sip and enjoy the views over the Tillingham Valley🔥

🍳 Big Hearty Breakfasts – we’re extending breakfast for the big day - 9am–12pm!
🍓 Pick Your Own Strawberries – 4 different varieties to pick from�🍈 Easy to Pick Invicta Gooseberries – perfect for crumbles, jams, fools, or freezing!
🍦 Fresh Fruit Ice Cream Made to Order + a wide range of tubs
🐷 Come meet (and feed!) our piglets�🐑 Feed the lambs�🐐 Say hello to Finn & Felix the Pygmy goats

📍 No booking needed – just turn up and enjoy!

🐕 Well behaved dogs on leads welcome but they can’t enter the ground strawberry patches and please please pick up and dispose of their waste properly!

Address

Rye

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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Tibbs Farm has been serving the local community with fresh fruit for over 40 years. Our fruit is grown in a traditional manner outside in the sun and rain. We have a variety of fruits including strawberries, raspberries, currants, gooseberries and also local cherries.