This pub is closed closed on Sunday and Monday evenings in the winter. Friendly 17th century village local with dining area and outside seating, situated on the 1066 Walk.

Situated in the heart of Battle's shopping area, this pub was converted from an off licence with the acquisition of the next door premises. Despite the name, adopted in autumn 2024, this is a tap room; the brewery is located elsewhere. Three cask ales from Battle Brewery are served, there is some seating in the bar area which has the feel of a micropub, a gap in the wall leads to another room, also fronting onto the High Street, with a more spacious set up with chairs around low tables. Off sales are available, cask ales from Battle Brewery are sold for tastings and filling containers, as well as Cask Beer in a Box, 5 litre and 10 litre sizes being available.

Parts of this historic pub date back to 1421. A central bar serves two drinking areas wth a large inglenook fireplace providing a cosy corner. Please note, the pub no longer serves food.

A most welcoming and friendly RAFA club, it consistently wins CAMRA local and regional awards, being the local CAMRA branch club of the year for over ten consecutive years. This culminated in 2016 in winning the National Club of the Year competition and being a finalist in 2017 and 2018. It always serves at least one local ale, often from such as Three Legs, Gun or Rother Valley. This is complemented by nationally sourced ales. There is always at least one dark beer; altogether there are five handpumps. The comprehensive range of upcoming beers is listed on a blackboard behind the bar. The club holds regular beer festivals in June and September in its large function room and many social events such as jazz nights, quizzes, folk evenings and meat raffles, notably on Fridays. It is very popular among its members and CAMRA members are always welcome to be signed in with a minimum £1 donation to RAF charities. The club boasts an interesting collection of RAF memorabilia. The pictures of presentations show members with then Club Head Steward Karen outside with the national trophy for 2016, an outstanding achievement even though now a few years ago, and a more recent local award as CAMRA Branch Club of the Year 2023 to Chairman Dorothy and Head Steward Emma.

Opened in July 2017, it is decorated in an Art Deco and cinematic style. Wetherspoon's spent three million pounds on the project converting two adjoining buildings, both having been cinemas at different times in the past. Two original projectors left on site are on display. Real ale is front and centre and the changing beers are varied and interesting, served from the twelve handpumps. As well as stocking the three usual JDW national ales, there are at least three varying guests sourced nationally from the JDW list and two or more are locally sourced. In recognition of this the pub was voted LocAle Pub of the Year in 2024 by the local CAMRA branch, a photo above shows manager Sonia receiving the award, as the pub entered the Good Beer Guide for the first time. One of the largest Wetherspoon's in the county, it has a variety of seating areas at different levels and at the top a large roof garden complete with tables, ash trays and overhead netting to ensure it is a herring gull free zone. There is a weekly quiz on Mondays, beer festivals and ‘meet the brewer’ events occur from time to time.

Busy, traditional and basic one bar high street boozer in the town centre with friendly staff. Paved beer garden at the back with tables and chairs. Occasional live music and/or DJ.

This pleasant traditional rural free house dating from the 1850s is making a return to the Guide for the first time since 1977. Following a period of closure it has now re-opened with a local family as licencees. The pub has been re-furbished and re-decorated throughout, including an upgraded cellar, with the main bar/drinking area is to your left as you enter. In the heart of rural East Sussex this is a popular location for walkers and cyclists. Good pub food is available. Quiz nights are held and occasional live music. Dog friendly throughout.

This 18th century pub was the first ever Harvey's tied house. Welcoming with its comfortable wooden furniture, floors and panelled walls, the beer range always includes Harveys Sussex Best Bitter at all times and two seasonal Harvey's ales, with one or two more affered in the summr months. A wide selection of home cooked meals at lunch and dinner sessions are offered, Sunday roasts are particularly popular as are its wide selection of pies. It has its own campsite complete with shower and toilet, with the availability of a shepherd's hut. To the rear are garden seating and a large car park. The pub hosts many local events. The pub is popular with walkers as the pub is close to the 1066 Country walk and is dog friendly throughout.

Formerly named the ‘Rainbow Trout’, this village pub remained empty for three years until the current owners reopened it following a complete refurbishment in early 2020. The name reverted to ‘The Broad Oak’, (its original title), and now offers three or four real ales (usually locally sourced), together with an extensive food menu (including a take away fish & chip service on Friday evenings). The garden has scenic views and a children’s play area. The pub can be reached by several bus routes with different stops as the pub is near a crossroads, (none are more than 200 metres away), and also has ample parking.

A friendly rural village local freehouse wiith splendid views over the Sussex Weald. It dates from c.1805, has two real fires and gves a warm welcome to walkers. There is always a LocAle on in good condition and a a regularly changing menu of excellent locally sourced food. The pub hosts the local golf and cricket clubs and has a regular beer festival on the second weekend in August.

With a history streching back to the fifteenth century, this idyllic country pub sits on the edge of East Dean village green. Ducking into the main entrance brings you into the cosy central bar area, full of charm and character with wooden beamed ceiling, stone floor and log fire. There are dining rooms to the left and right, with the latter being wheelchair accessible from the side entrance and from which the toilets are also accessible. The pub is traditionally decorated and has stone floors and beamed ceilings adding to the atmosphere. Good quality, locally sourced food is available. Outside seating is found to the front and side. On Monday mornings it is open from 8 to 10:30 for non alcoholic drinks, as the mearby café is not open then.

Located in the Little Chelsea area, close to the town centre, this is a comfortable modern pub in a Victorian building which has been converted into one large room with an opening into a separate restaurant. An upstairs function room seats up to 110 for a seated meal or 150 for a buffet style event. It places an emphasis on sourcing food, real ale and other drinks like coffee locally. There is a comprehensive menu; food is served all day in the bar as well as in the restaurant. Displayed pump clips show a wide variety of guest beers which have been served over time.

This is a friendly traditional local pub with separate public and saloon bars, both with log fires. There is occasional live music. Beer festivals are held three times a year, often consulting the local CAMRA branch regarding beer choice. A large enclosed rear garden has children’s play equipment, regular summer BBQs and is the site for occasional music concerts in summer. Bus services are available nearby in both Church Street and Willingdon Road. Following other branch awards, the pub reached ten consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide in 2024, the presentation picture above shows proprietors Andy and Jo having received the Good Beer Guide award, which was made at their fortieth pub beer festival.

This classic Victorian pub, unusual in the area for not doing food, is in the heart of Ocklynge about a mile from the town centre and close to the Old Town. Two bars, one a classic public with pool table, darts and juke box, the other a comfortable quieter lounge. Three beers from Harveys are usually on plus two of their seasonals, which were particularly well reviewed by CAMRA members attending the 2022 National Members’ Weekend in Eastbourne. Outside are an undercover heated smoking area at the rear and a front garden with seating. It is situated on local bus routes, but has limited car parking. On bank holiday weekends Monday opening is extended to noon to 11pm. The pub was runner up in the local CAMRA Branch's Pub of the Year competition in 2019; picture shows the pub's proprietors accepting the award from the branch chair during Covid restrictions. It was Branch LocAle Pub of the Year in 2020 and Pub of the Year 2022 runner up.

A Wetherspoon's Lloyds No 1 Bar in the town centre close to the railway station and bus stops; it occupies the building of the former London & County Bank, later part of NatWest. The large ground floor bar has dining areas and muted news screens, there is a smaller upstairs bar and there is outside pavement seating. Seven handpumps feature regular, guest and local ales. The pub runs 'Suggest a Guest', customers may recommend or request real ale to be ordered. It also always participates in Wetherspoon's twice a year beer festivals, making the most of the more varied beer choice available at those times. 'Meet the Brewer' sessions as part of Tap Takeovers are held, the picture shows a Hurst Brewery event at the pub in March 2022. Good value food is served all day, table service is available via the Wetherspoon's App and the pub is also on the Real Ale Finder App. Music is played each evening with a DJ at weekends when a smart casual dress code applies. In 2023 the London & County reached ten consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide all under the same manager; the picture is of the presentation which marked this achievement.

Located by Downs and seafront, this Victorian building has been knocked through into one large bar with a partitioned restaurant area. There is a varied menu supplemented by specials, food is locally sourced where possible and home cooked.

Located close to the seafront and Redoubt Fortress, this friendly family-run local has a large front bar, with TVs for major sport and a classic curved Victorian London style bar. Victorian portraits and other Victoriana also feature. The rear bar has Toad in the Hole, pool table and dartboard. A small rear garden, with seating, is available for functions and barbeques. On offer are all Harvey's seasonal beers, also Old Rosie cider, although this is not real cider according to CAMRA's definition. Food, which had been suspended, is now available once more, at the times shown.

A spacious, beamed free house with an emphasis on good quality food locally sourced whenever possible. Has large restaurant area but still retains the atmosphere of a traditional English rural pub with exposed beams with hops and horse brasses. Corners of the restaurant have painted murals of nearby Bodiam Castle and Great Dixter. Four ales are offered, the house beer is brewed by nearby Rother Valley, guests are usually from local breweries. Outside, overlooking Bodiam Castle and the Brede river valley, there is a wood fired pizza oven with a bar. Weddings and functions are catered for with glamping available to hire. A beer festival is held in September. The pub was votedlocal CAMRA Branch Country Pub of Year in 2022. The station at Bodiam is the terminus of a heritage line.

Reopened in 2022, after 6 years closed, it has had a complete transformation. Whilst externally reminiscent of the style of the Net Huts in Hastings Old Town, internally it has an open modern feel with a large dining area downstairs and a smaller one upstairs. The small bar has a single handpump. Guest bedrooms have now been added, though as the pub is newly reopened they are not yet available. Patrons are advised to contact for up to date information.

A town centre Wetherspoon's, comprising a spacious L-shaped bar with a small raised alcove, with an enclosed beer garden to the rear, and other outside seating areas. Situated opposite the Hailsham Pavilion, a classic Edwardian auditorium, The George has a range of very reasonably priced ales, with at least one LocAle. Occasional 'Tap takeovers' from a single brewery take place. Up to eight ciders/perry are stocked, served from a dedicated cool room for optimum temperature. However, four of those currently offered no longer meet CAMRAs latest definitions of real cider. (i.e. Black Dragon, Moonshine, Whisky Cask and Old Rosie). After several local CAMRA Branch awards for its cider, the pub reached ten consecutive years in the Good Beer Guide in 2024, the presentation picture above shows manager James (right) receiving the award from Roger, vice chair of the local CAMRA branch.

Expect a warm welcome at this traditional community local which has been a tied Harvey’s house since 1841, the building dates from 1700. Inside there are a quiet snug and two separate bars featuring exposed beams and a log fire; outside the large garden has a covered seated smoking area. A variety of traditional pub games and board games are available and live music events take place throughout the year, including the monthly Open Mic Nights. Homemade food is served on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Formerly the Royal Albion and first licensed for drinks in 1730 this spacious former hotel has been tastefully refurbished with many improvements including a stage for live music, beautifully designed bar tops, stylish furniture and with traditional hand-written signage. There is a smaller bar which can be shut off as a small function room and a separate larger bar. It has kept its traditional ambience as a Wiiliam Younger's house complete with clan tartan panels. It has six hand pumps and the food menu is continually changing, it has established a reputation for its award-winning pies and pasties. The food is also available from the Pasty Shack on the seafront side of the pub. Up to four changing real ciders from Sussex and Kent are served from boxes in the 'Marine Parade' bar.

The pub was been tastefully refurbished by local craftsmen in 2014 with subdued paintwork, wooden floor and hand-made tables and chairs creating a relaxed atmosphere. The four real ales are from Kent and Sussex breweries and the produce for the regularly changing menu is locally sourced. A real cider is available served from a box on the bar. It is a relatively small building and its popularity means that space is often at a premium at peak times, the pub can get very busy weekend evenings and during Old Town events. At the front is a small outdoor seating area. On Sundays the premises open at 11am, but alcohol is not served until midday. Although Ore station is nearer (1150m), it is a more difficult hilly walk and has a lesser service.

Dating back to the 1500s, this building has been an inn since 1896. Birthplace of the FILO brewery, which is now located a few hundred metres away this pub has a large single bar dominated by a central open fire and a restaurant to the rear of the building, it is a traditional local with cosy booth seating and the convivial buzz of conversation. Located in the heart of Hastings Old Town it is popular with locals and visitors alike. Often six cask beers, including four from the FILO range are available. Monday night is Tapas night and Thursday is Thali night. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as Sundays once a month, live music features. The council car park located to the rear (on the Bourne) is accessible through a side pedestrian alleyway. In 2023 reached twenty consecutive years appearing in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide and it was awarded a certificate from the local CAMRA Branch marking this run of excellence. Proprietors Sharon and Mike are shown with the award in the presentation picture above.

Located in the heart of Hastings Old Town, ten handpumps with local and countrywide beers and ciders gives this pub one of the comprehensive real ale and cider selections in the area. Up to eight changing real ciders including those served from boxes behind the bar, though there is a 25p premium on half pints. There is loud live music at weekends and “Completely Scuppered” Shanty Men perform every Tuesday. The pub operates a loyalty scheme from October until the end of March. The front bar is long and roomy whilst a smaller back bar is warmer and more intimate with a real fire. There is also an upstairs function room hosting a range of events from blues to slot car racing. There is a terraced garden behind the pub which is delightful in warm weather. The pub has an annual dark beer festival and is a participant in the Hastings Tap Takeover held each October.

This pub has a fascinating history. The building known as the Jolly Fisherman dates back to 1769. It was first licensed in 1834 and served fishermen and locals until it closed its doors in 1959; reopening 57 years later as Hastings first micro pub. It has an attractively decorated frontage and once stood right on the quayside. Historic black and white photographs show the pub's long-standing links to the fishing community. A quirky mix of furniture helps create a friendly environment with a woodburning stove taking centre stage in the winter. Seven craft keg and two cask ales are regularly available as well as seven ciders. The pub participates in Hastings Tap Takeover and the Old Town Cider Festival.

This pub has a fascinating history. The building known as the Jolly Fisherman dates back to 1769. It was first licensed in 1834 and served fishermen and locals until it closed it’s doors in 1959. Reopening 57 years later as Hastings first micropub. Typically two changing cask beers, together with up to six real ciders and perries, and keg beers, are supplemented by a large range of canned and bottled beers of UK and foreign origin. It was CAMRA Branch Cider Pub-of-the-Year in 2020. The rustic furniture is arranged to help create a friendly atmosphere.

This micropub opened in November 2018, consisting of a bar in one room with real ales in a cool room at the rear; the large window enabling the customers to see their beers being poured. There are benches and high stools down each side of the room; in addition to the five cask beers offered there is one keg beer and at least one real cider is always available. The venue has had many past owners, a hundred years ago it was a sweet shop, the owner of which was secretly selling French postcards for which he was imprisoned; hence the pub's name.

Built in 1632 as two dwellings, the Queen’s Head has been a pub since 1831. It has open fires and a beer garden with fantastic views over the Brede Valley. Three changing ales and two ciders supplement three regular beers. Excellent, good-value home-made food is served daily. There are live music on Sunday afternoons and regular quizzes on Wednesdays, (ring for dates). The pictured presentation above was made in May 2024 by the local CAMRA Branch to mark the pub appearing in the Good Beer Guide for forty consecutive years under the current landlord, Ian, an outstanding achievement yet unmatched in the branch area.

Parts of this pub, situated in a valley cutting through the South Downs, date from the 17th Century. It has with a large bar and a small cosy snug and is tied to the Long Man Brewery from the same village. Of its six hand pumps five follow the tie with the sixth having an occasional guest from anotther local source. It is popular with locals and tourists alike, including walkers on the Downs. Good quality food is served daily. Real cider is sometimes available, more often in the warmer months.

The Royal Oak is a quintessential village inn, an attractive Grade II listed building believed to date back to the 18th Century. The freehouse reopened in 2021 under the new management of two local brothers. The pub serves four real ales and excellent food, both often locally sourced. The Oak is popular with locals and visitors alike. Events include quizzes and occasional live music. Warmed by two open fires, the pub has real character with friendly staff and is very welcoming. In addition to the bar area there is a separate dining area. There is an extensive garden area for outdoor eating and drinking. One picture shows landlord Robin with his collection of 150 different pump clips which have graced the pump handles at the Royal Oak during his first year. They are from more than 40 breweries demonstrating Robin and his team's passion for real ale. As well as these continuously changing ales, Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter is served.

Opened late October 2022 as an addition to the Waterworks Brewery, the Taproom, (as is the brewery), is run by the same proprietor and team as the successful Waterworks micropub in Rye's town centre. The brewery's signature beer, UrRYEnal a 3.7% bitter, is always on handpump; in winter there are two local guest beers and up to four in summer. Locally produced sausage rolls are available.

A community based, welcoming local, dating from the 1830s, there are two bars. The name harks back to wartime as Australian soldiers billeted nearby described the pub. It has a loyal core of locals many of whom gather for important sports events shown in one of the two bars. There is plenty of couch seating around tables; patrons often organise card games taking advantage of this layout. It is a Harvey’s tied house serving three ales from that brewery. Apart from typical snacks, pizzas and warm flat bread are on offer throughout opening hours. Cider on sale is Westons Rosie's Pig, not real cider according to CAMRA's definition.

The George is an imposing red tiled fronted building that faces down towards the centre of the village. This is an 18th-century coaching inn where you will always find a warm welcome. There is a good sized comfortable bar with a dining area to the left. The food is home-cooked, seasonal and sourced locally where possible. The bar has a warming inglenook fireplace along with views down across the High Street and of the distinctive War Memorial clock tower, erected in 1926, that commemorates those who lost their lives in the two World Wars of the 20th century. In earlier years Hillaire Belloc was a frequent visitor, and wrote the early chapters of ‘Four Men’ here. The book begins ‘Nine years ago, as I was sitting in the George at Robertsbridge, drinking that port of theirs and staring at the fire ……’ In modern times the pub was the top scorer in the local branch area in the National Beer Scoring Scheme for 2023, a presentation picture above shows two staff members behind the bar accepting the award on behalf of landlady Alison. The other picture shows Alison outside the pub being presented with the notification that the pub is in the Good Beer Guide for the first time under her management in 2024.

A unique open plan bar serving three cask beers and a selection of five real ciders from Dudda's is the centre piece of this creatively designed and furnished, food oriented pub, built about 1834. A selection of gins is also available. Decorated with lobster pots and fishing nets, open fires have contributed to readers of a national newspaper once voting it third cosiest pub in Britain. There is a covered outdoor area. Good quality locally sourced meals are served including wood-fired oven pizzas and weekend breakfasts from 8am.

Reopened in November 2014 by the present owner, the interior has been stripped back to the beautifully carved beams and brickwork of the original building. Dating from the fifteenth century, this well established inn is positioned in a narrow street that meanders from the town centre to the riverside area. It has a front bar partitioned by a rustic wooden screen and a separate back room, the former with quarry tiles, the latter a wooden floor. A rear courtyard is a suntrap in summer months. The menu includes pub standards with some interesting variations, locally sourced where possible.

Important! This is a cashless pub, only card payments and the like are accepted. During the school summer holiday, the pub is additionally open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 12:00 to 22:00.

An attractive weather-boarded pub built in 1640 with fantastic views across Romney Marsh, the outside drinking areas include part of the top of the town ramparts. An atmospheric location particularly at night, it is accessible from the steps adjacent to the ramparts of the Ypres Tower. Known locally as 'The Wipers' there is one large bar with an open log fire and an adjoining room plus a large garden with 25 tables. The house beer from Rother Valley Brewery is Ypres Castle Bitter with ABV 3.8%. The keg taps are devoted to keykeg and other craft ales, such as Rothaus Pils from Germany. Quality bar snacks are offered but the pub no longer operates a kitchen. Real cider and perry is from Nightingale Cider Company, a few miles away in Tenterden, over the Kent border. The pub has an annual short closure in January.

A popular, dog friendly pub in the heart of the peacefulhamlet with excellent views over the hop fields of the Rother Valley which can be seen from the beautiful garden, this cosy family run free house is loved by the community. You can usually find a beer from a local microbrewery and a local cider, as well as good locally sourced food. There is a standard menu of pub favourites and specials and from 18:30 and on summer Wednesday evenings pizza is freshly baked in the wood-fired oven in the garden. There is live music every second Sunday of the month. In 2016 it received a certificate from the local CAMRA branch marking ten consecutive years appearing in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide. More recently, in 2023 it was voted Country Pub of the Year, the presentation picture above shows the award being made behind the pub's bar.

Fourteenth century timber framed building, named after a visit by Elizabeth I. There are plenty of beams in this large fine old building and three open fireplaces make it very cosy in winter. The food is good and it has a large garden. There are sometimes one or two guest beers are from local breweries such as Long Man.

The Bo Peep takes its name from this area of St Leonards known historically for the activities of smugglers and excisemen, (the latter known locally as the Bo Peep). Offering up to three beers this pub can be very busy, in particular at meal times. A very good menu is available. This large pub offers TVs in one bar. Note some interesting historic photos on the walls, in particular the huge gun battery emplacement on the Marina promenade during the war.

Situated in the heart of old St Leonards, a short walk from Warrior Square and the seafront, this pleasant back street free house is a quiet, atmospheric and dog friendly pub. The bar is an unusual horseshoe shape, with at the rear, a separate narrow and quieter room. Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter is the regular ale, with three changing beers, nationally sourced. The pub does not serve food, however, an adjoining restaurant opens Tuesday to Saturday evenings and Sunday lunchtimes.

The pub, recently renovated, is situated to the west of London Road, in quiet residential roads. The front entrance leads into the U-shaped bar, centrally located, on which five handpumps are sited, with both national and local ales thereon. Gun and Long Man Breweries feature regularly. Entertainment includes live music evenings once or twice per month on Saturdays and on all Sundays, together with a quiz night on Wednesdays and a meat raffle on Sunday afternoons. Well worth finding this historic back street local, author of “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists”, Robert Tressell used to drink here.

Reopened in July 2019, advertising arts and contemporary culture. It was refurbished prior to this, downstairs is a bar open to the public, entrance to the performance venue upstairs requires a ticket. The bar is a large single room with a central wooden bar and polished wooden floor, matched by mainly wooden furniture throughout. Pizza is available from a nearby pizzeria, ordered at the pub. Three real ales are offered, at times a fourth is available.

Busy estate pub which has increased its real ale offering to include local beers. Sports TV is prominent. The food offedring varies from Thai, also available as take out, to Sunday roasts.

Situated in the Silverhill area, this is a spacious free house with a single large bar. There is off road parking and an enclosed garden to the rear with chickens and rabbits. With welcoming staff and a comfortable interior, the pub lives up to its name. Real ales are all sourced from Sussex breweries and a varied appetising food menu is available every day, with breakfast being available on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am.

This village pub reopened in 2015, following a complete renovation, giving it a modern look and feel. It serves yhree real ales, normally including New Inn House Brew, and Lakedown beers and others from regional and national breweries. The pub has gained a reputation for good home-cooked, locally sourced food at reasonable prices, popular with locals and visitors alike and so booking is most advisable to avoid disappointment. The New Inn is a family run pub, warmed by a log fire on cold days adding to a welcoming, friendly atmosphere.

Large 15th century community local with dining area and large inglenook fireplace. Quiz night is Thursday.