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Lewes is the county town of East Sussex.

[edit] Get in

By Train from London Victoria (70 min), Brighton (20 min) or Eastbourne, Hastings, ...

By Bus from Brighton (30 min), Eastbourne or Tunbridge Wells via Uckfield

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• Just walk. There is a town bus, but the place isn't really big enough to bother.
• Lewes has probably the most parking attendants per a head in the UK, maybe even Europe, and therefore you WILL be caught if you incorrectly park your car, fines are also quite steep, if you plan to visit by car use one of the towns (surprisingly few) car parks, or have £40 or more spare. Lewes District Council have more information

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This is the best place to celebrate Guy Fawkes night (5 Nov) (it is where the event started), with torchlit parades through town followed by fireworks displays by six local bonfire societies. The town is closed to traffic on Guy Fawkes night, and additional trains are laid on from Brighton.

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• Lewes Castle
• Anne-of-Cleves' House
• Glyndebourne[1] is an internationally renowned opera house, just a few miles from Lewes. Enjoy great opera in a purpose built opera house situated in the grounds of an English stately home. The 80 minute intervals allow you to enjoy a picnic on the lawns.
• Walking on the South Downs.
• Southover Grange Gardens Southover Grange is a house built in 1572. It is not open to visitors, but has lovely gardens which are. Beautiful flowers and trees (including, at 350, one of the oldest mulberry trees in the country), and a knot garden with a fountain. The park is open from dawn to dusk all year round, and has a tea and ice-cream kiosk in the summer.

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Lewes is rightly proud of being one of the least "modernised" towns in England. You'll find lots of small independent businesses here, and Lewes shops are particularly good for old women's clothing, art, second hand books and antiques. Almost opposite the castle entrance is Catlins [2] an old fashioned sweet shop with a large range of loose sweet, fine chocolates, tobaccos and pipes. Not only has Lewes retained its historic atmosphere through its old shops and buildings but it also produces its own type of currency. The Lewes Pound. Historically the town produced its own notes and as a tradition it has continued to do so. The Lewes Pound is only valid in Lewes, nowhere else in the UK.

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The Snowdrop pub in South Street does good veggie food and organic meats - check out the painting of the Snowdrop for which this pub is named. Its not as innocent as it sounds. You'll also find Indian, try newly opened Chaulas [3]), Chinese, Thai, Italian, and English restaurants. Most of the pubs do food including The Snowdrop Inn [4] John Harvey Tavern [5]

Bills deli on Cliffe High St. always has a delicious menu, if expensive, for eating in and a range of produce to take home afterwards..

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The night life is basically pubs and restaurants, but Brighton is 20 minutes away with all the night life that you probably came to avoid.

• Harvey's bitter[6]. One of the oldest independent breweries is right in the middle of town. Sample their wares at the John Harvey Tavern [7], or get take-aways from the Brewery shop on Cliffe high street. Fine wines, too.
• The Lewes Arms is very much a local pub for local people. Depending on the evening, it could contain four old men playing Scrabble, or five and twenty folk singers drunk off their badgers flinging peas up the road.

Among other pubs worth a visit is the The Elephant and Castle [8]

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• White Hart Hotel, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XE, +44 (0)1273 476694, The 16th Century White Hart Inn is charming, central and the service is moderate. Better value can be found at the Crown Hotel[9] opposite or The Dorset [10] down the hill at the end of Cliffe High Street.

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