A ten minute walk from Frant railway station, the Brecknock is a traditional country pub on a crossroads in the village centre. It is family run and a warm welcome and good service are assured. Usually at least three Harvey’s cask ales and traditional pub meals, including their renowned Sunday roasts, are available. In the garden there is a large out-building used for special events and the September beer festival, while a converted building in the car park serves as a TV and games room.

This attractive 14th century Harvey's pub is set in multi-award winning gardens. Inside there are a public bar, a second bar with a number of secluded booths, and a separate restaurant. At least three, often four, Harvey's ales including a seasonal are offered all year round. Home-prepared food is also available every day. Games include darts, shove-halfpenny and the local toad-in-the-hole. There are regular games nights, occasional live music and an annual beer festival.

A welcoming country inn, over 300 years old, the large bar area has an inglenook fireplace. Breakfast is served 8 and 10, Mondays to Saturdays. Special events, such as weddings can be hosted. The pub changed hands in April 2019.

Built in the 1480s, this attractive, quiet village local, with an exposed well by the main entrance, offers a good range of four Harvey's beers. The single bar has low beams and an inglenook fireplace. The separate restaurant offers a good choice of English and continental dishes made with locally-sourced produce. Situated in a lane off the High Street, it is an oasis of calm away from the crowds. The present tenant took over the pub in April 2016.

The Wheel reopened under new management in March 2019. This is a village pub with a light, airy and spacious feel inside and a large garden outside. The main bar features an inglenook fireplace and there is a separate restaurant. The smoking area is covered. The main part of the pub dates from about 1760.

The large U shaped bar is divided into lounge and restaurant. Food is home made, freshly prepared and cooked, with meat and cheese in particular locally sourced fresh food. Opens at 7.30am (8am Saturday) to serve Breakfast. A wide choice of wines including from local producers. The pub occasionally hosts meet the brewers evenings.

A Victorian village local, biker friendly, with one large bar subdivided into distinct areas, including one set for diners. Quiz night is the second Sunday of the month. There is a large garden with panoramic views of the South Downs 15 miles distant. The two guest ales change regularly. Bar billiards can be played. Live music features on special occasions and there are special food events, see website. A marquee is available for summer functions.

Licensed since 1730, this was a coaching inn on the London to Eastbourne route, which was sympathetically extended in 1995. It is decorated with old advertisements, photographs and other memorabilia. The top bar has an inglenook fireplace and there is a public bar, family room with an unusual brick floor and plenty of outside seating. Home made food is locally sourced wherever possible. Live music is provided by the pub's Folk and Blues Club, starting at 8:30 on alternate Tuesdays. The website http://www.6bellsfolk.co.uk/ gives details.

Based on three 15th century cottages, this has been an inn for over 200 years. The attractive low-beamed building is ideally situated for visiting Ashdown Forest and has two gardens for summer drinking and dining. A daily menu uses locally produced food and regular beers are local. An annual beer festival is held in May. The picturesque pub has featured in TV programmes. Pooh Bridge and a llama farm are nearby.

The original beamed part of the building dates from the nineteenth century, it has been extended to give four different areas around a single bar.

The pub has two bars and a separate restaurant. All food is locally sourcedwhere possible, it is freshly prepared, game and boar are specialities, the pub has its own smokery for fish and meat.

Built in the late 1800s, this traditional welcoming community local has one large L shaped bar and a smaller snug. It is home to football, ladies darts and two pool teams. A beer festival with 10+ beers is held at Halloween time.

Large single bar pub subdivided into various areas, primarily an eating establishment. A refurbishment in April 2017 retained beams and fireplaces in the original part of the pub.

A Grade II listed, late 18th century, former coaching inn. It reopened January 2015 after a £1.7 million refurbishment by new owners Wetherspoons. This included a new extension to the rear. The pub is on three levels with a series of drinking booths behind the long bar. The guest ales are often from local breweries such as Only with Love and Three Acre. This landmark building was listed in 1953. Around that time it was renamed The Crowborough Cross, as a result of legislation. It had long been the Red Cross, but the use of the emblem of the red cross was protected by the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It is thought to have got its name from the stopping places marked on maps by a red cross to help coachmen who were unable to read or write.

Situated on the edge of Chapel Green and reopened in October 2015 after a 10 month closure. Now owned by Stonegate Pub Company who spent £500k on renovations. The interior is divided into several separate areas and has been beautifully refurbished. Harvey's Sussex Best and Doombar feature as regular real ales with one additional changing beer. Freshly prepared food is available every day.

Dating from 1398, this is a friendly, family run, traditional English country pub with low ceiling beams and wooden floors. It has excellent views to the sea. Food is locally sourced where possible, freshly prepared and cooked.

A welcoming country pub that has been the centre of the village community since it was established 250 years ago. Core and seasonal beers are from its adjacent 1648 brewery, established in 2003 in the old stables, with Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter the regular guest alternative. Local real cider is always available. There is a walled garden to the rear and additional outside seating to the front.

Built in 1866 alongside the then isolated Eridge station, this is a traditional pub with one large bar space. Food is home produced and where possible locally sourced. Handy for the Spa Valley Railway. Beers from the local Gun and Larkins Breweries often available as well as those from Longman.

A private house which became a pub in 1898, it is a village local with low ceilings and beams which welcomes visitors, particularly walkers enjoying Ashdown Forest. One bar serves separate areas, the main bar area, the restaurant and a family room with sofas. APRIL 2024 - change of ownership. No longer Hall & Woodhouse Now owned by Wingrove House Ltd and free of tie.

The locals insisted this village pub reverted to its former name when Harveys acquired it in 2008. A new landlord has been in place since October 2023 bringing a new menu including a Sunday carvery. The Pig and Butcher has plenty of space and two separate bars – well worth a visit if you’re around the Uckfield area. There's a good beer range, including seasonal ales, from Harvey's Brewery however note that there is no food available on Mondays and Tuesdays.

A four hundred year old village inn with two small bars, one with an inglenook fireplace. The pub is raised and separated from the road by a terrace with seating and a parking area. The guest beers tend to be selected from local breweries.

The Griffin Inn is a 16th century inn situated in the beautiful and historic, unspoiled village of Fletching with a bar, restaurant and 13 hotel bedrooms. Now owned by Young's pubco, two cask beers are usually available Good views from the garden over surrounding countryside.

In a prominent position on the A21, the pub attracts passing trade as well as its local following. There is one large bar, food is home made with a comprehensive menu available. There is a children's play area in the rear garden. The opening hours shown are for summer, the pub may close earlier in winter or when quiet.

Warm, family friendly village pub dating from 1428, the bar features a snug sofa area with low beams, eclectic knick knacks and large inglenook fireplace. Food is served lunchtime and evenings Tuesday to Saturday, with a roast on Sundays. Parking is extensive, children can enjoy the garden play area and there are regular gigs and open mic nights. Local beer is from Three Acre Brewery, local real cider is sourced from Big Nose & Beardy. Voted Local Branch Pub of the Year 2020 to 2022.

A fifteenth century coaching inn with a single bar which serves two large beamed dining rooms, one of which has a drinkers' area with comfortable sofas and an open fire. There is also a smaller dining room that can be used for functions. Outside is a patio- type garden for use in suitable weather.

A welcoming pub with a separate restaurant area, very handy for Groombridge Station and the Spa Valley Railway. . The building was erected on the site of a long room, which housed the navvies building the railway. Currently only one regular beer, Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter, is on offer. The food menu includes a selection of burgers and pizzas as well as other traditional pub favourites. Roast dinners are served on Sundays.

An old beamed seventeenth century building, at one time the local courthouse, once having an inglenook which is now part of the seating area, it was extended in 2013, adding a room with panoramic country views. The pub concentrates on food, having an extensive menu which changes daily. A small bar at the main entrance has several rooms leading from it which are laid for dining.

This quirky but welcoming village pub has been identified by CAMRA as having a regionally important historic pub interior on account of the back bar fittings, ceramic spirit casks and panelled counter. These date from 1885 when the pub was rebuilt following a fire. The no-frills environment is more than compensated for by the conviviality and excellently kept beer. No food is available other than bar snacks.

Card payments are now accepted.

Adjacent to the Halland A22 roundabout, The Blacksmith's Arms has a traditional village inn ambience; horse brasses, real fires and oak beams go to create that warm homely and friendly atmosphere. A guest beer is usually available. Good quality food, much of it homemade, is offered. There is a meeting room available and additional outside seating to the front. There are two car parks, front and rear. Under new management from September 2018. Real Cider is only available in the summer.

Now the last pub in the village. Dating from the 14th Century, it has two bars and a separate restaurant available for functions. The bars are heated by wood burning stoves in winter. Locals enjoy the all day opening where friendly bar staff add to the relaxed atmosphere. The pub is situated close to Ashdown Forest and is not far from Pooh Bridge. Under new management from July 2024.

In the nineteenth century the Plymouth Brethren dominated Heathfield, meaning the Heathfield Tavern is still the only pub in the town, only permitted as it was built next door to a police house. The building dates from the early nineteenth century, it has a main bar area with two separate areas given over to dining. The pub has been completely refurbished and it was reopened by the family owned Ridley Inns in February 2019.

Dating from the 1870s, this village pub has an imaginative food offering, locally sourced where possible, which has made it a destination for diners. There is a single bar in a U shaped room with tables set for food and sofas gathered round one of the open fires. Outside is a large terrace and garden. Often features beers from the local Engineer Brewery.

A lakeside Bistro which sells Harvey's on a regular basis. Closed Monday and Tuesday in winter.

The Royal George reopened as a pub in August 2019.

Refurbished and reopened under new management in Jan 2021, the Roebuck is an attractive 17th century former coaching inn in the centre of the quiet village. It is largely open plan and was once owned by Tamplins Brewery. The main bar has an attractive fireplace with a tiled surround, there is a small snug at the rear ideal for a quiet drink and a large refurbished function room, which hosts parties, wakes & weddings. Homemade food is locally sourced and always includes a vegetarian option. It is a perfect location to stop after a walk around the surrounding woodland area.

A 15th century coaching inn (c.1452) in the centre of Maresfield. There are four separate beamed rooms around a central servery. The smallest is currently used as a pool room. There is an attractive inglenook fireplace in the left hand front bar and a large restaurant to the rear of the building.

A large village pub (formerly The Mark Cross Inn) is open plan and divided into several areas. There are stunning views from the rear and garden. Elite Pubs took over operation of the venue in 2021. Very much a food orientated pub with a comprehensive menu, although it does have an area not laid up for diners where drinkers are welcome.

The building dates from 1575, it has been a pub since 1927 and has a cosy old world feel. It has a large bar area, a restaurant and an overflow room. Food is freshly prepared, home cooked and there is a deli attached to the pub. Currently closed on Mondays and Tuesdays all day.

A warm welcome awaits in this cosy and popular village pub which has been serving  guests and locals for over a hundred years.  It is particularly popular with families with a large play area and garden, along with a small campsite.  It has two log fires and a separate restaurant area that doubles up as a function room.  Food is homemade to a high standard, booking at weekends is advisable.  No food is served on Mondays.

This building dates from 1348 when it was built as a hostel for workers constructing the neighbouring church; it has been serving ale since 1388. Inside there are low beamed ceilings and an inglenook fireplace. The walls are decorated with tankards and miscellaneous country artefacts. There is an extensive garden. Food is locally sourced, home prepared and freshly cooked.

Traditional country inn with many historic features offering homemade, freshly prepared food from locally sources ingredients.

Built in 1741 and refurbished and reopened in April 2019, this is a community village local with a quiet bar for conversation and a separate games and TV room. Bought by a family owned independent pub company in 2019 from Ei Group (formerly Enterprise) when the range of beers was increased. Food is no longer available however customers are invited to order in take away food when plates, cutlery, etc will be provided.

Dating back to 1650, the pub has been known as the Horse & Groom since 1777. Inside are a beamed bar and restaurant with a good reputation for locally sourced, home prepared and freshly cooked food. A walled garden offers views over the nearby lakes. Under new ownership from April 2018.

An excellent and good value Chinese restaurant with a bar area. The bar area looks like a traditional pub with its inglenook fireplace. Three course lunches are available, otherwise a fixed price buffet is served. Karaoke is available in the function room.

The original part of this 16th century coaching inn on the London to Hastings route dates from 1540 and underwent a major extension and restoration in 2011, all carried out by local craftsmen, with plans for more to come. The history of the pub is represented by contemporary posters and general history is illustrated by an eclectic range of artefacts, such as a wooden back carved tollgate notice, a portrait by the Victorian artist Margaret Carpenter, the first ever female RA exhibitor and a bell dating from 1790, cast in the Whitechapel foundry. Kipling wrote poetry here. There are Graham Sutherland prints throughout the pub, which consists of a main bar including a restaurant area, the assembly room snug upstairs and the old stable converted into a function room, (see attached picture). Outside there is seating on the front terrace ,a rear patio area and garden designed by a Chelsea Flower Show gold medalist. The guest bedrooms are inspired by the derivation of the village's name which means "wooden hill where goats graze" and so each has a silver birch trunk featuring in the decoration. The pub has been developed in an idiosyncratic style to which it is difficult to do justice in words; if you are in the area it is well worth visiting for that reason, in addition to enjoying its beer and ambience. Breakfast is served 7.30-9.30 weekdays, 8-10 at weekends.

The pub reopened under new ownership in June 2017. The interior has been renovated but the original layout has been kept intact. The pub has a large garden to one side. A beer from the local Cellar Head Brewery is usually on offer. They have three rooms available for B&B. Details are on the website and please phone to book.

Traditional Harvey’s town pub named after the 1854 Crimean battle, ten minutes’ walk from the High Street, railway and bus stations. Sussex Best Bitter, IPA and at least one seasonal are offered in the two separate bars, while a large function room can be hired for private use. Regular Thursday night quizzes feature along with monthly music nights and occasional special events. Food is currently unavailable although buffets can be provided by arrangement for private functions.

Large pub by roundabout just outside Uckfield. Large garden with children's play area.

Refurbished Greene King pub opposite Uckfield Station. A useful stopping off point when waiting for a train, interesting guest beers from regional breweries often feature. Cask marque accredited.

The Gallipot Inn is a delightful privately owned traditional English pub, on the edge of Ashdown Forest. With 16th century origins, the interior still has many of the original features. The emphasis on great customer service and the quality of the locally sourced and home cooked food, based on modern British cuisine, is supported by a varied real ale offering. The rear garden has great views of Ashdown Forest. A friendly welcome awaits.

In the small village of Vines Cross a friendly welcoming pub.The pub has one bar and three smaller restaurant rooms, one of which has an inglenook fireplace. The current owner took over in March 2013. Following a fire the pub was rebuilt and redecorated with the original layout retained. Food is home produced and sourced locally wherever possible. Open mic nights take place monthly.

The Greyhound reopened on 29/3/24 after being long term closed. Details are uncertain at present - any updates regarding what beers are on offer, etc. would be gratefully received. Following a kitchen upgrade the restaurant is now open. Menu available on website and facebook. Roasts are served on Sundays. Jam nights are held on the third Tuesday of the month. Quiz nights on the final Thursday of the month. Occasional live music. Board games and cards are available to play. Ease of access by Stagecoach 1066 bus - bus top immediately outside the pub. Function room for up to 60 people available for a small charge. Enclosed rear garden with a play area.

The White Hart has a single large bar predominantly arranged for eating, although those drinking only are welcomed. The guest beer is from the Greene King range. Food is homemade, with an emphasis on locally sourced ingredients where possible, with a vegetarian option always available. Accommodation is available in 3 luxury B&B rooms. Wadhurst station is one and a half miles from this part of the village.

A friendly, busy old traditional village pub dating back to the 17th century with its inglenook fireplace, wood and tiled flooring, oak panelling and beams helping to maintain its true character. There are highly polished horse brasses and artefacts adorning the walls with old pictures of the pub and even a list of licensees since 1750. A separate restaurant serves good quality food. Outside is a large beer garden with plenty of seating. Toad in the hole is played here.

A 16th century farmhouse changed to an alehouse in the 18th century. Now a listed building with log fires and a large garden. For many centuries part of Buckhurst Estate owned by Earl De La Warr whose arms constitute the pub sign. A separate public bar is complemented by a restaurant area serving seasonal local produce. The cask ales are from local breweries.