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Just a 20 minute railway journey from Brighton (there are trains roughly every fifteen minutes), no more than 30 minutes by car and almost the same by bus, Lewes is the county town of East Sussex and a bit of an historical gem.
The town is a delight. A curious mix of conservative tweedy respectibility (for Lewes was the county town of East Sussex before administrative governmental meddling started juggling with our delightfully ancient traditions) and green eco-warriordom (WWOOF, Willing Workers On Organic Farms is based here together with the worlds' supply of dried lentils...well, more than the odd bagful anyway.) Such is the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the place that you get wonderfully earnest ventures selling organic nuclear-free hemp* sitting decorously alongside shops that purvey elegantly coiled lengths of rope for you to display upon your mantlepiece next to your Philippe Stark lemon squeezer.
Add a real life mediaeval castle, Anne of Cleves' Tudor hideaway, twee cottages, art galleries and a splendid smattering of characterful shops and you can't go wrong. Brighton may be bright and breezy but you'll love Lewes. And I haven't even mentioned the UK's most extraordinary Bonfire Night celebrations... Leave a Comment
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 Historic Ship in Portsmouth by HORSCHECK
The trip takes less than 1,5 hours from Brighton. The harbour town of Portsmouth is one of Britain's maritime bases. It has an exhibition of historic ships and a few ship museums.
The residental suburb of Southsea offers a long pebble beach and many seaside amusements. Leave a Comment
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The Hand in Hand at 33 Upper St. James Street is a marvelous little place, and I mean little. Very cosy home to the Kemptown Brewery. Very interesting interior and all their own beers, which were quite good. You gotta love a beer called SID (staggering in the dark)! Hard boiled eggs and nuts to keep you going. Leave a Comment
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If the weather is nice and you have transport, it is well worth attempting to burn off some of a large British Sunday roast with a walk in the woods.
This autumn just gone, found myself, 'Aunty & Uncle Wife', 'The Little Rock Chick & my 2nd daughter', 'Princess Fairy' and 'Rocky dog', doing just that after a huge lunch at the aformentioned Cock Pub.
The nearby town of Lewis is a county town, on a hill next to the River Ouse, with a 1000 years of history in its streets and buildings , there is a network of pathways through the woods. I think it is called 'Monks walk', ask a local and they are bound to know. This is a nice easy, gentle walk and suitable for people who have eaten too many roast potatoes, very small people and teenage 'grumpies' ; ) You can go round in a circle, so there is not a great distance to get back to the car, (easy to park here too). - ideal for little legs and tired older legs too!
There are much longer walks and organised trips, click the website link below for further details. Lewes has a castle and various hisotrical buildngs and little quaint shops to explore too; not forgetting they have a branch of the fantastic Bills Produce store and cafe in the town center. You can also easily catch a train or bus there from Brighton. Leave a Comment
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 'Aunty Wife' outside the The
Cock at Uckfield by amapola66
Priding themselves "on keeping a range of cask conditioned real ales and you will always find Harvey's Best Bitter, Old and Mild (in season), together with regular guest beers.....If wine is your tipple, you will find a range of reasonably priced wines guaranteed to suit every palate".
See their website for menus.
In warmer weather, this traditional English pub has very pleasant gardens, with views of the South Downs where you can watch the sun go down.
The restaurant (non-smoking) seats up to 72 diners and can cater for groups of up to 30 people. Children welcome. Sunday roasts are served all day up until 9.30 pm, so you don't need to rush on your day of rest ; )
*Dogs Welcome*
Refreshments available including
water bowl and chew on the house.
The Cock is situated on the A26 between Uckfield and Lewes just outside Ringmer and is just 15 minutes from Brighton, 5 minutes from the historic town of Lewes and just over 5 minutes from Uckfield. Leave a Comment
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 Roedean School - bleak house by Elodie_Caroline
We decided to go for a night out this night (12/7/03) to Brighton, but where it had been a scorching weekend so far, Brighton was absolutely full!
So, instead of looking for an elusive parking space along the sea front, we just continued driving eastwards along the Promenade. The new moon hanging over the sea looked beautiful and bright amongst the pale blue and pink evening sky. We then stopped in a place called 'Roedean Road' and I took a couple of photos of the scenery, and then I noticed this great big sandstone building to my left. It had a few lights spread around on it, but it looked like something from out of an old Bronte or Charles Dickens novel, it made me think straightaway of Bleak House. It looked foreboding and unhappy, just looking at it made me shiver. It could have been a Hotel, yes, it definitely looks like it could have been the haunted hotel in the film 'The shining.' But it was actually 'Roedean School.' The private school for girls, where Sarah Ferguson, ex-wife of prince Andrew, went.... Scary!
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 West Piere trashed from winds by Elodie_Caroline
The West Pier was a beautiful old Pier, built back in 1863. Unfortunately it was burnt down back in the early 1980's after a boat crashed into it one dark night. It has supposedly been going to be done back up for years? but nothing has changed unfortunately.
The Lottery should be paying out for this to put it back to it's former glory.
It was a sad day on 29/12/02, we had massive winds down the South of England and it made some more of the West Pier collapse onto the Sea.
People had been collecting driftwood and debris from it for old times sake, that's quite understandable, it's old history, but in the end the Police made them keep away.
This was still down to be rebuilt then.
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 Brighton's West Pier alight by Elodie_Caroline
On the 28th March 2003, it was a very sad day for people like me that were hoping to see West Pier rise out of the ashes like the Pheonix.
At 10.45 am that morning, a blaze destroyed whatever remnants that were left for the building of West Pier, hundreds of people stood by on the Beach and watched the old Pier burn as 60ft waves engulfed the Pier. Firemen couldn't tackel the blaze because the grade 1 listed building is structurally unsafe.
Arson is suspected as a speedboat was seen near the vicinity and something was seen being thrown onto the Pier minutes before it went up in flames.
The ok to rebuild it was only given a few weeks before this happened too......... This definitely sounds like an insurance job or something very shifty to me.
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 by monica78
I went on a Body Shop Tour, a visit to the fabric where they make all the products of Body Shop.
It was a interesting tour, and I learnt a lot about The Body Shop.
This is a picture is of the shop they had right beside the fabric... Leave a Comment
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 Kipling Gardens by chrismj
Rottingdean is a village west along the coast from Brighton. You can take a bus from old Steine or the seafront just west of Palace (aka Brighton) Pier.
It used to be a haven for smugglers but it's a sleepy place these days. You get a nice feel of old England if you want a break from cosmopolitan Brighton.
Rudyard Kipling (who wrote the Jungle Book and 'If') lived there and by his cottage there are some nice gardens you can visit. Treat yourself to tea and scones before heading back! Leave a Comment
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