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Lewes
County town of East Sussex, England

Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England.

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The town is the administrative centre of the wider district of the same name. and lies on the River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the South Downs. Lewes is approximately 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Brighton, 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Eastbourne, and 25 miles (40 km) east of Hastings. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 16,723.

Get in

Getting to Lewes

By train to

  1. 01
    Lewes Station from London Victoria
See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Lewes Castle & Museum

    950-year-old Norman Castle built after the Battle of Hastings.

  2. 02
    Anne of Cleves House & Museum

    Combined tickets available with Lewes Castle.

  3. 03
    Monk's House

    Rodmell, BN7 3HF, monkshouse@nationaltrust.org.uk.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Glyndebourne

    An internationally renowned opera house, a few miles from Lewes.

  2. 02
    Southover Grange Gardens

    Southover Grange is a house built in 1572.

  3. 03
    Plumpton Racecourse

    Plumpton Racecourse Ltd, Plumpton, BN7 3AL, racing@plumptonracecourse.co.uk.

Eat

Where to eat

Lewes boasts a range of international cuisine including Indian, Thai, Chinese, Italian, Polish and good old traditional English pub grub.

  1. 01
    The Snowdrop Inn

    119 South St, Lewes BN7 2BU (in Cliffe, at the bottom of town),.

  2. 02
    Elephant and Castle

    White Hill, BN7 2DJ (just off of the High Street),.

  3. 03
    Pailin

    For an oriental flavour, wonderful Thai restaurant.

How locals move

Getting around Lewes the local way

  • Get inThere are several different services to choose from in and around Lewes: Rome2Rio operates a bus that offers a once-a-day trip between Washington D.C.'s Union Station to Rehobeth Beach.
  • Get inYou can also visit Lewes by boat from Cape May by traveling on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry on a seventy minute ride across the Delaware Bay.
  • Get aroundCape May-Lewes Ferry Trolley- if you are a foot passenger traveling to Lewes, there is the option of the trolley that the ferry provides.
  • Go nextThere are different options available for vacationers looking to take day trips from Lewes: Cape May, New Jersey - A seventy minute ferry ride takes you across the Delaware Bay to the small town of Cape May where you can enjoy beaches, shopping, restaurants, and site seeing of beautiful Victorian architecture.

From Wikivoyage: Lewes (Delaware), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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