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Submitted on Sunday, 11th February 2024
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The Cricketers Arms, Polegate
Berwick
Postal town: Polegate
BN26 6SP
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Reviews of The Cricketers Arms (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Cricketers Arms
Fine old Harvey's pub in a small village at the foot of the downs, with a leafy beer garden at the front (plus a larger, plainer one at the back). Once inside the compact general seating area (with a welcome wood-burner), you find the bar counter in front of you and similarly sized dining rooms to the left and right. Sussex Best and am excellent Old (£5.00) available from two of the three handpumps, with the casks visible from a glazed door into the rear taproom. Harvey's 'Prussian hopped' Pilsner also available from one of the keg taps.
On 11th February 2024
- rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about The Cricketers Arms
For me this is unquestionably Harvey's best pub and would automatically go into any list of top Southern Pubs.
Berwick is a village of two halves, this pub being on the Northern edge of the original village and the other half being a mile or so to the North centred around the railway station. The village is magnificently overlooked by the South Downs escarpment.
It is set far enough from the busy A27 (it took me nearly five minutes to get across it!) to avoid any traffic noise. It's on the right down the lane but you're more likely to spot the pub sign than the building itself as it is partially hidden by the extensive front garden which is traversed via a rough paved path.
You go through a door into the bar area which is basic with a few benches & scrubbed tables and a red tiled floor. On either side are carpeted rooms with tables and chairs primarily for eating. Behind the bar is the "cellar" which I was pleased to see is now temperature controlled. There is also a rear garden which had a marquee in it filled with tables and chairs.
The three beers available were Old, Armada and Best all served straight from the cask. Prices were £3.60 for the Best, £3.70 for the Old and £3.75 for the Armada. As I had nearly an hour and a half before my bus returned from Eastbourne I tried all three. The Old and Armada were both very good but the Best was outstanding.
I got here at opening time on Saturday and not surprisingly was the only one in apart from the barmaid wrapping cutlery in serviettes. Various groups soon started drifting in including what looked like a Morris Dancing team.
There is a sign on the A27 saying that it's open all day from 11:00 but I suspect that applies to Summer (May to September) although I believe it's open the whole day Saturday all year round.
The infrequent 125 bus goes from Lewes Bus Station to Eastbourne and passes the top of the village lane.
I haven't been to many pubs in the South better or as good as this so it gets a 10.
On 1st October 2015
- rating: 10
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Steve C left this review about The Cricketers Arms
The Cricketers Arms is located just off the A27 and is a village pub with a leaning towards food. Granted my visit was on a Sunday afternoon when diners are more likely to be found in a pub, but everyone was eating and it was busy. The pub is split into three areas as the central bar area is flanked either side by seating areas. I was a little disappointed as I approached the bar as I could only see four draught taps that were drawing Amstel, Kronenburg, Guinness and Thatchers Gold. Thankfully after asking the barmaid where the advertised fine cask ales were she closed the door of a room behind the bar revealing the ale list of Harveys Best, Armada, Tom Payne and a pale ale. I opted for the Tom Payne which was well served from the back room. Whilst waiting at the bar I had a gander at the menu and noted that the mains ranged between the £9.50 and £15 mark and the kitchen is open daily from midday until 21:00.
There are no noise distractions as there is no TV or Music and a sign at the door requests that mobile phones are switched off. Children are permitted in the pub, but not in the bar area and standard licensing hours are in operation. There is a large garden at the front of the pub that has plenty of picnic tables and a lawn area at the rear has some more picnic tables. There is parking down the side of the pub and the rear car park separates the back garden from a large empty field that is signed as the Cricketers Arms Underground Sewage Treatment Plant. Being underground I saw no signs of any treatment plant and the beer certainly didn’t come straight from a sewer as it was on good form. There is more parking down the road if the rear car park is full.
This is the sort of pub I would earmark for a family day out on a sunny afternoon, much like all the other village pubs of this stretch of the A27.
On 22nd July 2011
- rating: 8
[User has posted 5231 recommendations about 5199 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 18 December 2013 by Moby Duck
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Car Park : Yes last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Child Friendly : Yes - Not in the bar area - last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Darts : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Function Room : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Jukebox : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Live Music : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Micropub : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Pinball : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Pool Table : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Quiz Night : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : No last updated 27 September 2015 by Aqualung .
