The Bale House Visitor Centre

28/08/2026

Bank holiday menu. This will be available Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st August while stocks last. We will also have a good range of cakes and pastries and delicious coffee. Rain or shine we are open. ☔️🌦️☀️

27/08/2026

'Into the Woods' is walk from the Bale House Visitor Centre through Warren and Fairlight Glen on Saturday 19th September as part of the High Weald Walking Festival and our High Weald Weekend event.

If you are interested in coming along and also seeing which other walks are going on in the High Weald, please click the link below to book your place.

https://www.highwealdwalks.org/guided-walks

Programme goes live in August! Join us from 12-20 September for FREE guided walks across Kent and Sussex for the High Weald Walking Festival.

26/08/2026

With thanks to the Friends of Hastings Country Park for funding our moth night at the Bale House Visitor Centre last night.

We had a great turn out of both moths and people, and Andy Phillips impressed us all with his knowledge about moths and all the other species that turned up.

26/08/2026

We have just been told by a customer that this chutney is incredible! Made by Roebuck Enterprises in Hastings, which gives people on the autistic spectrum the skills they need to live their lives as independently as possible.

Now for sale in the Bale House Visitor Centre's shop.

22/08/2026

Join us this week for a Moth Night at the Bale House Visitor Centre. Click the link below for more information and to book your tickets.

This event is funded by The Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve.

This event is funded by the Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve

https://bit.ly/Mothnight

Join us outside the Bale House with our moth traps and learn all about moths with our local specialist Andy Phillips.

21/08/2026

We have some delicious specials on this weekend. crispy peri peri chicken wrap, fish and chips, ploughman's lunch and a very naughty ice-cream sundae. We will also have our regular menu of toasties, salads and breakfast baps. There will be plenty to choose from. Kitchen open 9-3pm.

19/08/2026

Join Hastings Country Park's Conservation Volunteers this Friday and Saturday for some bracken bashing in the reserve.

Bracken is highly invasive, covering large areas and outcompeting other plants for light and space. Last Friday, we were bracken bashing at North's Seat and uncovered some lovely heather.

If you would like to come along, the group meets every Friday 10:30am-1pm and once a month on a Saturday. Please contact [email protected]/ 07849 095 129 for more information. This groups is for over 18yrs only.

18/08/2026

The next 'Sticks in the Sticks' walk will take place on 25.08.26. at 10:30am. This walk will be from Fairlight Road Picnic Area to the Dripping Well in Fairlight Glen.

The walk will be a gentle pace with plenty of rest breaks for those less able, followed by tea/ coffee/ biscuits when we return to the picnic area.
Everyone is welcome, so if you fancy coming along then please contact [email protected] / 07849 095 129 for more details.

Funded by the Friends of Hastings Country Park through Sport England's Movement Fund.

17/08/2026

Join us for a bat walk this Saturday night at the Bale House Visitor Centre. Click the link below to book your free tickets. If they have sold out, don't worry there will be more bat walks coming up in Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve.

This event is funded by the Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve & is being led by Groundwork South.

Join us at the Bale House Visitor Centre for a Bat Walk and learn all about our British Bats.

17/08/2026

Please Note:
The Bale House Visitor Centre will be closing today at 14:30. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. If you are embarking on a walk today, please make sure you take plenty of water.