Maynards Fruits

Maynards Fruits Maynards is a family fruit farm which was started by David and Mary back in 1952. Kris does much of the tractor driving and heavy work around the farm.
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When they came there were no buildings and no fruit, but the site had the right elevation for avoiding spring frosts, and was also a beautiful place! As well as building up the first pick your own business in the country they had four children (Judi, Tom, Chris and Bill) who helped (and sometimes hindered!) the farm as they grew up, and Tom decided to come and join the business after his studies a

nd working abroad for a while. He and his wife Alison also built a house on the farm and brought up their three sons (Andrew, Sam and Fred) so a good part of the workforce was family labour, and least until they decided to move to London! And as the wider family is spread about the world and often comes back to Ticehurst in the summer, customers may be served by Maynard cousins of all ages. Cathy, who looks after customers coming to the farm through the summer also picks, prunes and plants through the year, so can answer most of your questions about what is going on. And each year we have a number of temporary students on the farm, especially during the plum season when we are picking for the supermarkets. As well as pick your own and supplying local shops and businesses, we grow plums for the supermarkets and blackcurrants for Ribena. The business is continually evolving to meet the needs of our customers, our family and our community. We hope you share our love of this family farm.

This weekend will be the penultimate of the season; we have apples pears cobnuts and plums still to pick! We will be clo...
03/09/2026

This weekend will be the penultimate of the season; we have apples pears cobnuts and plums still to pick! We will be closing for the season on the 13th September so if you want to stock up on fruit for the autumn come on down!

As we head towards the end of the season, we still have plenty of plums and apples, and now damsons and cobnuts too! Per...
25/08/2026

As we head towards the end of the season, we still have plenty of plums and apples, and now damsons and cobnuts too! Perfect for a bank holdiay sojourn...

We are expecting to be open for a couple more weeks and should have plenty of ruit until the close

Our Victoria plums continue to be plentiful, joined in the fruit plethora by damsons and cobnuts. We still have blackber...
16/08/2026

Our Victoria plums continue to be plentiful, joined in the fruit plethora by damsons and cobnuts.

We still have blackberrries and estival apples too as we move very much into the autumn fruits ( even though the weather is still very much summery!)

Our Victorias and Green Gages are now ready and we have fully swung into plum season! We should have plenty this week, a...
10/08/2026

Our Victorias and Green Gages are now ready and we have fully swung into plum season! We should have plenty this week, along with continued autumn raspberries and blackberries to satisfy the soft fruit cravings....

In addition we have had an unexpectedly bumper Estival apple crop- they are crunchy and sweet!

Tuesday- Sunday 10am -5pm

We now have plums!Our Lancelot variety are ripening nicely now, great size and flavour. The sunshine has made them all t...
22/07/2026

We now have plums!

Our Lancelot variety are ripening nicely now, great size and flavour. The sunshine has made them all the sweeter!
Summercrisp apples are also ready for picking, a summer apple which retains its
crispness and flavour.
We have plenty of redcurrants and blackcurrant trays should continue into next week.
All cherries and strawberries have gone now. There are more raspberries day by day, but still low quantities.

Open Tuesday- Sunday, 10-5

We are now selling blackcurrant trays!We have now started picking blackcurrants and have trays available this weekend; £...
09/07/2026

We are now selling blackcurrant trays!

We have now started picking blackcurrants and have trays available this weekend; £8 for a 3kg tray, £16 for a 8kg.

We have a continuing supply of strawberries over the weekend- they are small but lovely and sweet

Our sweet cherries are close to ended now, but we have plenty of morello cherries as well as blackberries and redcurrants!

Open 10am-5pm Tuesday- Sunday

Our farm has a new view... the wild flowers this year have exceeded expectations and make it worth the trip on its own!
06/07/2026

Our farm has a new view... the wild flowers this year have exceeded expectations and make it worth the trip on its own!

We have just added redcurrants to the mix for picking this season! They are looking stunning on the bush but even better...
05/07/2026

We have just added redcurrants to the mix for picking this season! They are looking stunning on the bush but even better in the punnet... we will still have strawberries cherries and some raspberries for the next week, and blackcurrant trays hopefully in a week's time.

As a new week begins, hopefully a bit cooler, we will continue to have cherries both Sweet and Morello! There will be qu...
28/06/2026

As a new week begins, hopefully a bit cooler, we will continue to have cherries both Sweet and Morello! There will be quite low volumes of strawberries and raspberries but there will still be a few..

We will also have trays of machine picked blackcurrants from Tuesday- £8 for a 3kg tray, or £16 for an 8kg.

We are open for what is looking like a warm weekend! As well as Strawberries, Cherries and Raspberries we will have Tayb...
19/06/2026

We are open for what is looking like a warm weekend!

As well as Strawberries, Cherries and Raspberries we will have Tayberries as well (£10/kg). We are likely to be busy so come early for the pick of the fruit! Open 10-5.

Address

Windmill Hill
Wadhurst
TN57HQ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441580200394

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