Food and drinkFarm shops and vineyards near West Marden: where to stock the fridge

Before you arrive

The simplest thing is to book a supermarket delivery for the evening you arrive. All the main supermarkets deliver to the farm. Check-in is from 4pm, so choose a slot after that.

There is no shop in West Marden. The nearest convenience store is the Londis in Rowlands Castle, about 4 miles and under ten minutes by car, for milk, bread and the paper. There is a homemade cake waiting when you arrive, so tea is taken care of.

Each home has a full kitchen with a dishwasher, and a barbecue outside.

Farm shops

Buy the good things locally. Nearest first:

• Compton Village Shop & Tea Room, under a mile away on the B2146. It is run by the same owner as the Victoria Inn. We have not confirmed its current hours, so look in as you pass.
• Stansted Park Farm Shop, about 3.5 miles: daily, 10am to 4pm. Butchery counter with wild game and rare-breed meat, a deli, and a fish counter on Fridays. See Stansted Park.
• Adsdean Farm Shop, Funtington, 4.4 miles and about ten minutes: the farm’s own beef and pork, game and local produce. Ring 01243 575212 for hours.
• Cowdray Farm Shop, Easebourne, about 13 miles: Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm, Sunday 9am to 5pm. One to combine with a trip to Midhurst.

Chichester Farmers’ Market

The market is held on the first and third Friday of every month, 9am to 2pm, in East Street and North Street in the middle of Chichester, about 11 miles and 25 minutes from the farm. By that rule the remaining 2026 dates are 20 November, 4 December and 18 December, though December can vary. The district council has the details.

Friday is our changeover day in summer, so a market Friday works well: shop in the morning, see the cathedral, and arrive at four. More on the city in our Chichester guide.

Vineyards

There are three vineyards within 25 minutes. Book tours ahead, and decide who is driving.

• Ashling Park Estate, West Ashling, 5.5 miles and about 12 minutes. The nearest. Open Thursday to Sunday all year except January for tours, tastings, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
• Hambledon Vineyard, 12.5 miles and about 25 minutes. England’s oldest commercial vineyard, planted in 1952 by Major-General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones. The Estate Tour and Tasting was £35 in 2026 and takes 1.5 to 2 hours, and there is a restaurant. Book on Hambledon’s site.
• Tinwood Estate, Halnaker, about 13 miles and 25 minutes. A family vineyard where Art and Jody Tukker planted the first vines in 2007 on what had been a lettuce farm. Tours, tastings and a restaurant.

From the farm

When you do not want to cook, the Victoria Inn is a very short walk from all three homes, with homemade pies and Sunday roasts. On Saturdays it opens at 8am. Book a table, it’s busy. The rest are in our pub guide.

For a cooking weekend, Keepers has the most space and a wood burner. One guest wrote that the kitchen was better equipped than his own. If twelve of you are coming, take all three homes and eat together: see the whole farm.