Lewes pub tips gratefully received (for Monday)

[Tooting Gull]

Slightly different matchday for me on Monday, supposed to be meeting some West Ham mates in Lewes about 6pm and they want to know about welcoming pubs where we can have a drink, no hassle, no over-zealous doormen etc, and near the station (I haven't got a scooby about Lewes pubs).

Is there such a thing? Don't think they'll have colours on. When I looked it up online I saw that the Lansdown pub is close to the station, but have no idea what it's like. We'd go a bit further afield if that's fan-unfriendly. Many thanks.

 

[The Large One]

Slightly different matchday for me on Monday, supposed to be meeting some West Ham mates in Lewes about 6pm and they want to know about welcoming pubs where we can have a drink, no hassle, no over-zealous doormen etc, and near the station (I haven't got a scooby about Lewes pubs).

Is there such a thing? Don't think they'll have colours on. When I looked it up online I saw that the Lansdown pub is close to the station, but have no idea what it's like. We'd go a bit further afield if that's fan-unfriendly. Many thanks.

There's no 'unfriendly' pubs in the vicinity.

The Lansdown is the closest - about 100 yards from the station entrance. The King's Head is about the same distance in the other direction - but the beer's shite in there.

You can wander past the Lansdown, up the hill to the Royal Oak, or continue further still to the Lewes Arms. Both reasonable.

All within 5 minutes' walk of the station, and all perfectly OK.

 

[Tooting Gull]

Just the job, ta very much.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

There's no 'unfriendly' pubs in the vicinity.

The Lansdown is the closest - about 100 yards from the station entrance. The King's Head is about the same distance in the other direction - but the beer's shite in there.

You can wander past the Lansdown, up the hill to the Royal Oak, or continue further still to the Lewes Arms. Both reasonable.

All within 5 minutes' walk of the station, and all perfectly OK.

ah the Lewes arms get down the Tally ho or even the lamb

 

[Bakero]

ah the Lewes arms get down the Tally ho or even the lamb

What does that even mean?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

What does that even mean?

a lot if you know Lewes

 

[Bakero]

a lot if you know Lewes

I know Lewes very well- I'm still confused by your smilies though

 

[Matrix10]

Bit of a walk, but the Snowdrop was good, have not been there for a while though.
It sounds a nice name for a pub, but the history is not so nice. The name derives from the fact that more people were killed here by an avalanche in the eighteen hundreds than anywhere else in the UK, before of since. An overhang of snow on the cliff above came down at night and destroyed all the cottages along that part of the road.
Just a piece of useless information!

 

[ferring seagull]

Bit of a walk, but the Snowdrop was good, have not been there for a while though.
It sounds a nice name for a pub, but the history is not so nice. The name derives from the fact that more people were killed here by an avalanche in the eighteen hundreds than anywhere else in the UK, before of since. An overhang of snow on the cliff above came down at night and destroyed all the cottages along that part of the road.
Just a piece of useless information!

I had always been led to believe it was fall of chalk from the cliff above so thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[The Large One]

I had always been led to believe it was fall of chalk from the cliff above so thanks for clearing that up for me.

Lewes avalanche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Goring Gull]

ah the Lewes arms get down the Tally ho or even the lamb

The Tally Ho, used to be my local , when i lived on Blois Road bit rough around the edges but always seemed ok to me. Bit of a walk from teh station though. Used to like the Elephant and Castle as well.

 

[jevs]

Elephant and castle is very west ham friendly....Huw the joint landlord is a fellow hammer. Tallo ho is my local now and ive just got back from there.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Bit of a walk, but the Snowdrop was good, have not been there for a while though.
It sounds a nice name for a pub, but the history is not so nice. The name derives from the fact that more people were killed here by an avalanche in the eighteen hundreds than anywhere else in the UK, before of since. An overhang of snow on the cliff above came down at night and destroyed all the cottages along that part of the road.
Just a piece of useless information!

The Snowdrop is a very nice pub indeed.

 

[Martinf]

Elephant and castle is very west ham friendly....Huw the joint landlord is a fellow hammer. Tallo ho is my local now and ive just got back from there.

It used to be mine about 20 years ago but I escaped. Is cannibalism still rife in the local area?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

It sounds a nice name for a pub, but the history is not so nice. The name derives from the fact that more people were killed here by an avalanche in the eighteen hundreds than anywhere else in the UK, before or since.

This may be the case for a snow avalanche, but there have been more fatalities in other forms of landslip. Aberfan is obviously the best known - but I have a particular interest in another one, the Bogs Cottages disaster of 1910, at West Wylam, Northumberland, which, without warning, took out an entire community of miners' cottages, including my grandmother's uncle's house. His wife was crushed to death in the kitchen. It's a very shocking way to go.

 

[Southern Scouse]

My ex-uncle used to own the Lamb, a guy called Cliff, no idea if he is still there.

 

[smudge]

My ex-uncle used to own the Lamb, a guy called Cliff, no idea if he is still there.

How can you have an ex-uncle? The Lamb was a nailed on punch up back in the day, as was the Tally Ho, hence Mr Reich's smilies.
p.s. So was the Volunteer on a Friday night.

 

[Southern Scouse]

How can you have an ex-uncle? The Lamb was a nailed on punch up back in the day, as was the Tally Ho, hence Mr Reich's smilies.
p.s. So was the Volunteer on a Friday night.

Ooops...He was married to my Auntie when I was a teenager. Very, very long time ago.

 

[Danny-Boy]

The Cardeners in Cliffe is good for Real ale..bit gentrified though.

 

[Surf's Up]

I quite like the Brewers Arms - the Harveys is excellent as is the food and there's always an interesting assortment of punters in there, usually including a sprinkling of "in the know" away fans. Would recommend a couple of pints there first, drop down to the Royal Oak for another and finish off at the Lansdown by the station prior to embarkation to Falmer where you finish off with a final pint on the concourse - Perfect!!