Premium hay and haylage, grown on the South Downs.
A family farm at Chalk Lane, Sidlesham — supplying yards, farms and smallholders across West Sussex and the South East with sweet, dust-free forage.
Real hay, grown well — not a middleman.
Martin and Christine Brassfield have been growing hay at Chalk Lane, Sidlesham since 2003. Every bale leaves the farm — we don’t buy in, we don’t blend, and we don’t cut corners on the harvest window.
From competition yards to back-paddock smallholders.
Equestrian yards
Consistent, low-dust forage for liveries, competition yards and studs — bale-to-bale predictability your horses can settle into.
Hay for horses
Livestock farms
Bulk meadow hay and wrapped haylage for cattle, sheep and goats. Honest tonnages, on-farm collection or trailer delivery.
Bulk forage
Smallholders & private owners
Pick up a few bales from the farm gate, or arrange small drops locally. No minimum order — we’d rather you have what you need.
How to orderThree products, one harvest.
Everything we sell is grown on our own ground — the difference is how it’s baled and finished after the cut.
Meadow Hay
Sweet, traditional meadow hay — cut, turned and dried in the field, then baled when the moisture is right. The classic horse and livestock forage.
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Haylage
Wilted ryegrass and timothy, baled and wrapped to lock in nutrition. Soft, virtually dust-free — ideal for sensitive lungs.
Read moreSmall Bales
Conventional small square bales — easy to handle, easy to store. Perfect for private yards, smallholdings and back-paddock owners.
Read moreFamily-run since 2003
Same farm, same family — over twenty harvests under our belt.
Grown on the Downs
Cut from our own pastures at the foot of the South Downs — never bought in.
Cut at the right time
We watch the weather and the sward. Hay made well beats hay made fast.
Delivered locally
Trailer loads across West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey — or pick up at the gate.
Founded at Chalk Lane, Sidlesham — in 2003, and still here.
Downs View Nurseries Ltd was set up by Martin and Christine Brassfield in June 2003 on the family ground a stone’s throw from the Chichester harbour and the South Downs National Park. We’ve grown hay here every summer since.
The land suits it. Light loam over chalk, southerly aspect, good drainage — a sward that handles a wet summer better than most. We crop, dry and store everything on site, so what you collect or take delivery of is what came off our own fields.
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Give Martin a ring or send us an email — we’ll get back the same day.