Best hotels for walking in Sussex

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Park House, Hotel & Spa - Sunday Spa Break Special Offer

Midhurst

‘All aspects of the hotel hit the standard: staff service, decor, food quality, ambience.’ New endorsements for this Edwardian country house hotel under the South Downs.

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Jeake’s House - Weekly Discount Special Offer

Rye

A cinematic street of cobblestone and gently listing cross-beamed houses hosts this ‘beautiful, comfortable and relaxing' B&B, once a haunt of Malcolm Lowry and Radclyffe Hall.

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The Cat Inn - Two Nights for the Price of One Special Offer

West Hoathly

‘From the warm greeting on arrival to the friendly farewell, we had a thoroughly enjoyable stay.’

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Gravetye Manor, East Grinstead

‘Whenever a special date crops up, we make a beeline for Gravetye and have never been disappointed.’

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Crossways Hotel, Wilmington

David Stott and Clive James ‘nurture an atmosphere of repose and tranquillity, along with informality and laughter and the friendliest of warm welcomes’ at their restaurant-with-rooms beneath the South Downs.

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The Old Store, Chichester

There are treats in store for guests behind the chequerboard facade of this B&B, in a ‘pretty’ South Downs village close to Chichester.

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The Old Railway Station, Petworth

Some grown men play with train sets. Gudmund Olafsson went further in 2005, when he bought one of Britain’s most beautiful railway stations, renovating the property and the four Edwardian Pullman carriages on its disused line.

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The Halfway Bridge, Petworth

‘Well placed for visiting the historic market towns' of Midhurst and Petworth, Sam and Janet Bakose’s 18th-century inn proved more than halfway decent on a Guide inspection.

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The Town House, Arundel

Visitors to Lee and Katie Williams’s town-centre restaurant-with-rooms this year raved about ‘everything: the food, the accommodation, the location – all was perfect'.

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The Crab & Lobster, Sidlesham

‘We enjoyed the waterside location,’ write trusted readers this year, drawn back for a third stay at Sam and Janet Bakose’s 350-year-old inn overlooking Pagham Harbour with its reserve of mudflats and salt marsh.

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Old Whyly, East Hoathly

‘You are essentially staying in someone’s beautiful farmhouse, with an exquisite garden and delicious breakfast.’ A reader reaffirms her support this year for Sarah Burgoyne’s ‘wonderful’ B&B.

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Belle Tout Lighthouse, Eastbourne

To the lighthouse! And if you have a mind to visit this unique B&B, make it quite soon. In 1999 it had to be moved from the crumbling chalk cliff edge; in around a decade it will be in peril again.

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Deans Place, Alfriston

‘A hidden treasure.’ On the banks of the Cuckmere river, this handsome, extensively enlarged old farmhouse is run ‘with the highest standards of hospitality'.

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The George in Rye, Rye

In a ‘little, old, cobble-stoned, grass-grown, red-roofed town, on the summit of its mildly pyramidal hill’ (as described by former Rye resident Henry James), the George presents the street front of a Georgian coaching inn.

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Wartling Place, Hailsham

‘Very convenient for Glyndebourne and the coast,’ ‘every need is catered for’ at Rowena and Barry Gittoes’ Grade II listed former Georgian rectory.

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Paskins, Brighton

An Art Deco theme runs through this characterful B&B within the East Cliff conservation area. Run by the Marlowe family, it has long been a bastion of sustainable practices and high-quality, locally sourced organic food.

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Zanzibar International Hotel, St Leonards-on-Sea

Brimming with an ‘interesting collection’ of curios from far-flung lands, Max O’Rourke’s characterful seafront hotel is both ‘splendidly quirky’ and ‘utterly relaxed’.

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The Hope Anchor, Rye

The shipbuilders, boozy sailors and notorious Tenterden smuggling gang that once formed the clientele of this 18th-century watering hole have been replaced by peace-seeking travellers bent on finding a decent meal.

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The Horse Guards Inn, Tillington

Walk across Petworth Park to this 350-year-old, quintessentially English village inn, once a regular stop-over for the Household Cavalry, who would rest their horses en route to Portsmouth. .

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The White Horse, Chilgrove

Chic and rustic, this ‘simply lovely’ spot, in the foothills of the South Downs, is a countryside inn through and through.

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The Blacksmiths, Donnington

Steeped with Scandinavian cool, Mariella and William Fleming’s renovated village pub-with-rooms is a stylishly relaxed spot near the Chichester canal towpath.

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White Lodge B&B

Lewes

In secluded gardens and woodland, a low-built contemporary house with sun terraces and spacious accommodation overlooking acres of greenery. There’s an open-plan lounge for relaxing, and communal Aga-cooked breakfasts with a choice of home-made breads are served in a light-filled dining area. Five miles N of Lewes.

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Best hotels for walking in Sussex

Featured hotels with Special Offers

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Park House, Hotel & Spa - Sunday Spa Break Special Offer

Midhurst

Jeake’s House - Weekly Discount Special Offer

Rye

The Cat Inn - Two Nights for the Price of One Special Offer

West Hoathly

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