Athletics club Horsham Blue Star Harriers has been celebrating its centenary year with a series of special events. Members of all ages came together for a Track and Field Day at Broadbridge Heath on 28 June 2025. Highlights of the event included a 100-lap charity...
The Horsham Motorcycle Group organised a special ride-out on Saturday 22 October 2022, to celebrate its 1,000th member. AAH met riders at the Sussex Barn in North Heath Lane, Horsham, to find out how the group has become an important social hub for local...
For DJ Wolfman, it’s a big night. Ian Moorey often turns to music to help with his mental health, but tonight, he’s performing as his alter ego at the Blue Oasis Club Night at The Drill Hall, Horsham. Blue Oasis only comes around four times each year and DJ Wolfman...
The Glynde Place Dance Studio in Horsham celebrated its 40th anniversary with a show at the Hawth Theatre, Crawley in July. AAH was there to meet founder Heather Owens and long-serving teacher Lisa Livett to find out more about the studio... RISKY BUSINESS Heather...
“I often say that I can’t understand why everyone isn’t a Quaker,” says Tony Cocks, a familiar face at the Meeting House in Worthing Road, Horsham. “It seems to me that the Quakers lead the way in terms of reflecting society. We are concerned about the environment and...
There’s a small sign on a gate that leads to the ABC Animal Sanctuary which reads ‘Beware Dobermanns, Donkeys and Ducks’. The sign doubles as a title for the memoirs of the sanctuary’s owner, suggesting that – despite a host of major television and film appearances -...
Making apple wine at St Hugh's Carthusian Monastery, Parkminster (©AAH Magazine/Toby Phillips Photography) This is St Hugh’s Charterhouse, where 27 brothers live in almost total isolation from the rest of the world. The brothers, who come from 19 different countries...
For the past 20 years, Knepp has embarked on a pioneering rewilding project. The 3,500-acre estate, stretching from Dial Post to West Grinstead, is now home to longhorn cattle, Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs. Knepp also plays an important role in reviving the...
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened the newly-restored Bagging Shed and Loading Bay at Amberley Museum on Thursday 5 December 2024. Having met volunteers at Shoreham’s National Coastwatch Initiative and toured the Rolls-Royce plant at Goodwood in...
Swan Walk has had its ups and downs over the years. Brands that were once commonplace on High Streets across the country have gone, with the loss of Topshop and BHS keenly felt in Horsham. The town’s Wilko store was among the last in the UK to close in 2023 and its...
On the rural fringes of St Leonard’s Forest in Colgate sits Rangers Lodge, a unique wildlife hospital. It is owned and run by Jane and Ross Burrows, who dedicate not only their time but also a large percentage of their home to caring for sick and injured...
Riverside Farm Camping in Rudgwick is one of the best kept secrets in the Horsham District thanks to its tranquil location on the River Arun. Now, the family-run campsite has collaborated with a vehicle restoration specialist to offer unique glamping units for...
Textile Design students at The College of Richard Collyer need to be at their most creative as they embark on their final A Level projects. Their brief is to demonstrate ways in which the industry can move away from destructive methods of ‘fast fashion’ and become...
West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (WSFRS) has opened its new training centre and fire station in Horsham. The site, commissioned by West Sussex County Council, has dual purposes. As well as being the new home of Horsham Fire Station, which had been based at Hurst...
The Refill Hub at Sussex Green Hub, Horsham (©AAH Magazine/Alan Wright Photography) It’s Saturday morning and a queue is forming outside the United Reformed Church in Horsham. People are waiting patiently to receive bread and fresh groceries to feed them and their...
There’s a gap in the wooden split rail fence that runs along part of Water Lane as it winds through the tiny hamlet of Buncton, in the Parish of Wiston. From this gap, a public footpath slopes down into a wooded hollow, crossing a stream before the pathway, largely...
Years ago, when I was taller than my children, we occasionally enjoyed family walks by the Wey & Arun Canal. We would park near the Canal Centre in Loxwood and follow the tow path, crossing the scenic Barnshill Bridge before trekking through bluebell woods and...
The Knepp estate is home to one of the most successful re-wilding projects in the country. Having been intensely farmed for generations, longhorn cattle, Tamworth pigs, Exmoor ponies and red and fallow deer now freely roam the 3-500-acre estate. Knepp Castle is home...
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