Courses and Events at the Downs Barn


  

   You can come to the Downs Barn to learn about the farming and
   history of the downland, its wonderful flora and fauna.      

   Directions to the Downs Barn

    Learning in the barn can be combined with
    guided walks and field study.

 

2012 courses and events:

Date Time Course Provider Tutor/Leader Open
to 		 
 Course
status		 More
information
 18-25.02.12 RJK              
 22.03.12
 9.00 - 17.00 Farming and Wildlife Staff Training Day
  RSPB Bruce Fowkes RSPB  RSPB staff
    confirmed     
 27.03.12
 9.00 - 17.00  Farming and Wildlife  SWT  Peter Thompson, Game & Conservation Wildlife Trust  Members of SWT/ GWCT / Anyone
    confirmed 
 01273 497561
26.05.12 10.30- 13.00 Visit and talk on what is happening on Sompting Estate and the National Park
 North Lancing Community Association (Mike Tristram)/ David Stevenson Members of NLCA   confirmed 
 
09.06.12 10.30- 16.30 Folklore, Superstitions & Traditions of the South Downs &Weald South Downs Society Chris Hare/ Jane Major
Members of SDS/All
  provisional
 
21.06.12 14.00 - 17.00 Members Talk and Walk recep'n. SWT Jane English
SWT Members   confirmed 
01273 497527
 30.06.12 9.00 - 17.00 Conservation, Ecology and Identification of Bumblebees SWT Mike Edwards Anyone   confirmed 
01273 497561
07.07.12
10.30- 16.30
 Smugglers, Highwaymen & Poachers of the South Downs &Weald
 South Downs Society Chris Hare/ Jane Major Members of SDS/All   provisional  
 21.07.12    

9.30-
16.30

Snail Trail:  Wildlife & Archaeology

 SWT
 Mike Allen
 Members of SWT/ Anyone   confirmed 
01273 497561
 07.08.12  19.00-
21.30		  TBC

Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders


  
Mike Tristram
LSP Members     provisional 
 
 06.10.12 10.30- 16.30 TBC Discovering Geology & Landscape on a downland estate

South Downs Society


  David Bone/ Jane Major   Members of SDS/All     provisional 
 
Other course
topics under development for 2012/13 

If you would like to put on a course at the Downs Barn,

please see the Hiring page.



 
 
 

Sompting Downs Archaeology


 Sompting Downs  Farming and Landscape History

Sussex Downland Writings

    







   
     

 


          
     
         
                 
2011 Courses                
29.03.11 
 9.30 - 16.30
 Farming and Wildlife SWT
Peter Thompson, Game & Conservation Wildlife Trust Members of SWT/ GWCT
   completed
 01273 497561
02.06.11
9.30 - 16.30
Members Talk and Walk recep'n. SWT
Jane English /    Neil Fletcher SWT Members   completed
 01273 497527
 25.06.11

9.30-
16.30

Conservation, Ecology and Identification of Bumblebees

 SWT
 Mike Edwards
 All
   completed
 01273 497561
02.08.11
19.00 - 21.00

Lancing & Sompting Pastfinders
 Mike Tristram LSP Members   completed
  
15.09.11
9.30 - 16.30
The Life and Times of the Brown Hare
 SWT
Peter Thompson, Game & Conservation Wildlife Trust
 people involved in land management
  completed
 01273 497561