Nestled in the South Downs this historic, friendly, cosy village pub was built in 1358 and still holds its character today with its impressive, dominating inglenook fireplace, oak beams and brick floor in the main bar area. It is Grade II listed, a series of small rooms at various levels lead through to a conservatory, a large sun trap patio and tranquil walled garden with picnic tables. Good quality pub food is offered, often locally sourced, accommodation is also available. Several Sussex traditional themed nights are held throughout the year, Toad in the Hole is played, an old Sussex game. In its day it is said to have had six staircases, twenty one rooms, forty eight doors and numerous corridors and hiding places and was known to have been the meeting place for smuggling gangs. It is unusual in that it bears two names, the Market Cross, which can be seen on the swing sign, as well as Ye Olde Smugglers Inn.

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.

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.

Friendly members club serving real ale with a large open plan bar with tables and bench seating. CAMRA members welcome o payment of £1 entry fee. Occasional beer festivals are held in support of local charities. All beers and cider are at Club prices.

An inclusive welcoming craft beer bar which opened in the centre of town in 2022. Beer and cider are available both to take out or to consume in the stylish premises over two floors. Of the six beer lines at least two serve real ale from Keykegs. Draft beers, bottles and cans are sourced from across the United Kingdom and include local offerings such as Abyss, Beak and Burning Sky. Real cider is served, usually locally made Ascension. There is occasional live music, vinyl DJs, and a monthly quiz. The presentation picture above shows local CAMRA branch Campaigns Officer, Richard (right), with bar owners Jamie (left) and John as the bar makes its first ever appearance in the Good Beer Guide for 2025.

A craft beer store and tap room recognised for local ale run by the proprietors of the Crown in the Old Town. It is located inside Eastbourne Enterprise Centre adjacent to the railway station, convenient for train and bus services. The centre, previously a goods depot for the former L.B.S.C. Railway company now hosts independent shops and fooderies. Evening access when centre is closed is via a rear door. Real ale is dispensed from KeyKegs. There is a monthly jazz and soul club and a resident Saturday DJ. The local CAMRA branch has awarded it 'Top Scorer in the National Beer Scoring Scheme for Bars' in 2022 and 2023. These two awards were presented on the same evening and the presentation picture shows proprietors Jo and Andy either side of Branch Chair Matt.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Reopened in April 2022 after a refurbishment, one or two real ales are served, often from local breweries and craft breweries from futher afield. Real cider is also offered, served from bag-in-a-box on the bar. Being situated close to Hastings station, there is good footfall and the pub has quickly become a popular busy venue.

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.

This traditionally decorated popular pub nestling above the Cuckmere Valley between the picturesque villages of Alfriston and Wilmington has stunning views over the South Downs from its large rear garden and is popular with walkers. The separate bar and spacious restaurant cater for all. Three ales are served, two LocAle plus a local real Cider on handpump, alongside an array of local keg beers and English lager. Grand Finalist for Sussex Food and Drink Awards 2016 and 2017, good quality contemporary styled food is served with many ingredients coming from the pub’s owners’ adjacent organic farm; the menu changes daily.

A traditional country village inn with oak-beamed rooms, a single bar, a large restaurant area and a south-facing garden with plenty of seating at the rear. There is an extensive menu featuring home-cooked pub favourites, including pizza, using local and seasonal produce where possible. The pub reopened under new ownership in April 2023.

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 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.

This large friendly pub, very popular with tourists is situated in the Strand Quay area of Rye and offers a number of B&B rooms. The Ship Inn is part of the Balfour Wines portfolio of pubs. Jake's cider, made at Balfour's Hush Heath Estate, is always available. There is an extensive menu and breakfast is served from 08:00 daily.

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.

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.

Reopened in 2022 as a café bar and has proved popular with the many visitors to the nearby beach. Internally the décor is modern and appropriate to the description. There is a small bar without seating which hosts a single handpump serving Harveys'. It has a large garden to the rear which has many tables for outdoor eating and drinking and has ares in sun and shade. There is an in house butcher and deli.