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Photo of The Eight Bells, a pub near Jevington in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.

© Chris Thomas-Atkin / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Eight Bells

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In the downland village of Jevington, the Eight Bells is a small free house popular with South Downs walkers, voted Best Sussex Pub in 2024. It serves locally sourced food and keeps a warm village-pub feel. Polegate station is about 4km to the north-east.

More places to visit near The Eight Bells

Photo of the South Downs, a National Park in south east England.Iconic

South Downs

You’re inside itNational Park near Fittleworth

A chalk ridge rolling from Winchester to the sea cliffs at Beachy Head.

Photo of Long Man of Wilmington, a hill figure in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Long Man of Wilmington

Hill figure near Wilmington

A 70-metre outline figure holding a staff in each hand, cut into Windover Hill; one of only two human chalk figures in Britain.

2.6 km NW

Photo of the Sussex Heritage Coast, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Sussex Heritage Coast

Heritage Coast near East Dean

Chalk cliffs and dry valleys sheared off by the sea, linked by the switchback path between Seven Sisters and Beachy Head

3.7 km S

Photo of Seaford to Beachy Head, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near East Dean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Seaford to Beachy Head

SSSI near East Dean

Beachy Head's chalk face, the highest in Britain, with a lighthouse at its foot and downland walking either side

4 km SW

Photo of Seven Sisters Country Park, a country park near Westdean in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Seven Sisters Country Park

Country park near Westdean

Where the Cuckmere winds down to a shingle beach, with the Seven Sisters cliffs rising beyond

4 km SW

Photo of Alfriston Clergy House, a house & garden in the South Downs, East Sussex, south east England.Highlight

Alfriston Clergy House

House & garden near Alfriston

A medieval hall house in Alfriston that was the very first building the National Trust ever bought

4.3 km W