The Fountain, Lewes

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The Fountain Inn has minimal parking across the front where there’s patio seating encased in a Perspex topped fence to shield from the cars driving along the very adjacent road. A path up the left leads to the toilets that are found in an outhouse at the rear. Inside the pub, the small L-shaped wooden floored interior has a blue painted stool lined central serving counter that faces seating in the front windows. To the left are some red armchairs around a fireplace in an inglenook and there’s a somewhat hidden dartboard with a very narrow oche across the rear wall. Seating runs up the right-hand wall either side of a burner and there are lots of old clocks on the walls by the rear door that opens to a small beer garden where signs tell customers to watch out for falling acorns from the large oak tree overhead. There was some background music playing and the television was off. Harveys Best was available from the operational hand pump, three were unused, and a premium and mainstream craft keg range was available from the polite lady behind the bar. The ratio of lager badges to pump clips across the top of the bar suggests that there’s not an everchanging range of cask, but the Best was in good condition. Food is available, but this is a proper boozer the likes of which have become a dying breed in these parts.

On 29^th May 2026 - rating: 6
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