Lambing season at Coombes Farm in LancingLambing season at Coombes Farm in Lancing
Lambing season at Coombes Farm in Lancing

Coronavirus: Lancing farm closes doors to visitors for lambing season

A farm in Lancing has decided to close its doors to the public due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Church Farm in Coombes had started welcoming visitors on Saturday for the lambing season. However last night, in a post on Facebook, a spokesman said: “We are sorry to say we have decided to close the farm. Thank you for your support.

“This was our 41st year of opening so we hope to see you here next year and we wish you all the best.” Lots of visitors had flocked to see the new-born lambs take their first steps on Saturday. The sun was shining and farmer Jenny Passmore said: “We had a really good day. We had lovely people coming up. We had quite a few lambs being born. We had ten in a night on Friday night/Saturday morning. They were slowly lambing through the weekend.” The farm remained open over the following few days. Mrs Passmore said: “We’re literally taking it day by day, if not hour by hour. We are just seeing what’s happening. It’s all we can do.” However it decided to close its doors yesterday. The farm is expecting between 1,200 and 1,400 lambs from its 800 ewes this year. The lambing season will last until April 19.