The Lansdown Arms, Lewes

The first pub you see as you start up the hill from the station, set in a prominent corner position. Quite a gloomy multi-part interior, with walls mostly covered in dark blue paint, and various slight level changes to catch out the unwary... Also has some small tables out on the pavement. With all five handpumps in use, I found the obligatory Harvey's, a reasonably local Project Babylon from Gun Brewery (£5.40), Landlord, Jaipur and Old Rosie cider offered.

This is the closest ‘real’ pub to the railway station, making for a natural starting point for our crawl. As mentioned, the interior is quirky with an arboreal leitmotif running through it; it’s also big on live music. My first – though by no means last – drink of the day was from Harvey’s, a half of Sussex Best, £2.50 and nice. This is a good place to start a day of drinking stuff from the local brewery and better than your typical railway station pub.

Close to the station on a busy street corner,the interior is quirky .There is a tree trunk and branches next to the servery,a wooden hindu relief above the bar and some old exposed timbers above a stepped left side.To the right is a seperate section with traditional furniture.Music plays a large part in the life of this pub with regular DJ's and live performances and the overall feel is of a decent ale house.As mentioned below there were 4 ale options and my Gun Extra Pale was decent (NBSS 3.5). A very good start or finish to any crawl around town.

I was unable to get a good impression of this pub as it was crowded with about a dozen Pubs Galore members and their friends - and family in my case - in what was agreed as the first pub of a visit to Lewes. Service was friendly and beer very good. My half of Harvey's Sussex Best was in good if not outstanding condition, the other beers on the bar being Jaipur, Landlord and local Gun Extra Pale. Definitely worth a visit, as either first or last pub in Lewes.