Tulleys Farm is a family farm, located in West Sussex. The farm was founded in 1937 by Bernard Beare. Tulleys is known for its seasonal attractions such as its annual Halloween event.
History Bernard Beare was born in Devon and began farming in 1911. In 1937 he started working at Worth Hall Farm. He produced salad greens and had a dairy herd.
In the early 1970s, Tulleys started offering a pick-your-own service, allowing individuals to pick their own produce.
Tulleys opened a farm shop and a tearoom were in 1992 and 1996 respectively. The farm shop closed in 2014. The farm shop re-opened in March 2020.
Tullys started offering a annual Halloween event, the Shocktober Fest, in 1997.
In 2017, Tulleys opened Tulleys Escape Rooms.
In 2021, the farm started accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment for tickets and food.
The farm also appeared in a 2024 episode of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Awards and recognition In 2004, Tulleys Farm was awarded Farm Retailer of the Year by the National Farmers Union.
Events Shocktober Fest
First launched in 1997, the halloween event Shocktober Fest hosted approximately 80,000 guests in 2017.
The festival originally began in 1995 as a Pumpkin Festival with carving contests and added more Halloween attractions by 2003.
Tulleys Tulip Festival First Launched in spring 2024, Tulleys Tulip Festival showcases between 500,000 and 1.5 million tulips spanning.
Tulleys Tulip Fields in St Albans, Hertfordshire, launched as a sister site for the 2025 spring season.
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