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PETWORTH: Old Railway
Station ££
Character Road Map C2
Station Rd, West Sussex, GU28 0JF
Tel 01798 342346
∑ old-station.co.uk
Stay in a Pullman carriage parked
in the sidings or in the clapboard
station itself at this romantic hotel.
Continue the theme with your
breakfast in the waiting room.
RAMSGATE: Albion House ££
Character Road Map F1
Albion Pl, Kent, CT11 8HQ
Retro decor and fantastic views at Belle Tout Lighthouse on Beachy Head, Eastbourne Tel 01843 606630
∑ albionhouseramsgate.co.uk
decorated by artists and furnished HASTINGS: Swan House ££ This stunning hotel in a Georgian
with vintage finds. There’s a café, B&B Road Map E2 building has sophisticated rooms
restaurant and a cocktail shack. Hill St, East Sussex, TN34 3HU and breathtaking views.
Tel 01424 430014
CANTERBURY: Canterbury ∑ swanhousehastings.co.uk RYE: Jeake’s House £
Cathedral Lodge £ A half-timbered 1490s guesthouse B&B Road Map E2
Boutique Road Map F1 with tastefully furnished rooms. Mermaid St, East Sussex, TN31 7ET
The Precincts, Kent, CT1 2EH The gourmet breakfasts are Tel 01797 222828
Tel 01227 865350 sourced from local suppliers, ∑ jeakeshouse.com
∑ canterburycathedrallodge.org and the owners are very helpful. An ivy-covered traditional
A modern hotel with smart, airy 16th-century house with an
rooms in the peaceful grounds HEVER: Hever Castle B&B ££ honesty bar and a galleried
of Canterbury Cathedral. Character Road Map D1 breakfast room. Some rooms
The Astor Wing, Hever Castle, have four-poster beds.
CHICHESTER: Crab and Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 7NG
Lobster ££ Tel 01732 861800 ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA: Zanzibar
Rooms with a view Road Map C2 ∑ hevercastle.co.uk International ££
Mill Lane, Sidlesham, West Sussex, The childhood home of Queen Boutique Road Map E2
PO20 7NB Anne Boleyn has now been 9 Eversfield Pl, East Sussex, TN37 6BY
Tel 01243 641233 converted into a luxury B&B, Tel 01424 460109
∑ crab-lobster.co.uk with access to the wonderful ∑ zanzibarhotel.co.uk
This 350-year-old pub has a good castle and its fabulous grounds, A fun seafront hotel with
selection of stylishly simple rooms, as well as a golf course. eight lovely bedrooms, each
each with stunning views over salt attractively themed around a
marshes and woods to the sea. LEWES: Berkeley House £ different country or continent.
B&B Road Map D2
CLIMPING: Bailiffscourt £££ 2 Albion St, East Sussex, BN7 2ND SISSINGHURST: The Milk
Character Road Map C2 Tel 01273 476057 House ££
Climping St, West Sussex, BN17 5RW ∑ berkeleyhouselewes.com Pub with rooms Road Map E2
Tel 01903 723511 This pristine Grade II-listed The Street, Kent, TN17 2JG
∑ hshotels.co.uk/bailiffscourt Regency townhouse, close to Tel 01580 720200
Although built in the 1920s, this Glyndebourne, is a real home ∑ themilkhouse.co.uk
place has medieval and traditional away from home. This trendy all-day dining pub
furnishings, such as tapestries, has elegant rooms and a dairy
oak chests and four-poster beds. MARGATE: Sands Hotel ££ theme. It is right on the doorstep
Boutique Road Map F1 of the castle and its garden.
DK Choice 16 Marine Dr, Kent, CT9 1DH WEST HOATHLY: Gravetye
Tel 01843 228228
EASTBOURNE: Belle Tout ∑ sandshotelmargate.co.uk Manor £££
Lighthouse ££ A stunningly restored beachside Country House Road Map D2
Character Road Map D2 hotel in tune with the revived Vowels Lane, West Sussex, RH19 4LJ
Beachy Head, East Sussex, town. The pretty interiors feature Tel 01342 810567
BN20 0AE fresh, subtle decoration inspired ∑ gravetyemanor.co.uk
Tel 01323 423185 by sun, sand and sea. Beautifully restored Elizabethan
∑ belletout.co.uk manor with William Robinson
Have you ever longed to stay in MIDHURST: Park House ££ gardens, charming staff and
a lighthouse? Belle Tout is the Country House Road Map C2 Michelin-starred food.
real McCoy. It was built in 1832, Bepton, West Sussex, GU29 0JB
decommis sioned in 1902, and Tel 01730 819020 WHITSTABLE: Sleeperzzz £
opened in 2010 as an unusual ∑ parkhousehotel.com B&B Road Map F1
B&B with a retro seaside feel Relaxed and comfortable, this 30 Railway Ave, Kent, CT5 1LH
and 360° views. Nostalgics can place is more a family home Tel 01227 636975
sleep in the original lighthouse- than a hotel. Guests can swim, ∑ sleeperzzz.net
keeper’s bunk room. There is a play croquet or grass-court Close to the town centre, this
minimum stay of two nights. tennis, take a walk on the downs simple and pleasant B&B serves
or relax in the excellent spa. hearty English breakfasts.
For more information on types of hotels see pages 172–3
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