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The Olde Forge Hotel

East Sussex · United Kingdom

Magham DownView location

9.2/10Excellent81 Reviews
Cleanliness9.6/109.6
Service9.8/109.8
Comfort9.4/109.4
Condition9.0/109.0
Neighborhood9.0/109.0
Amenities8.0/108.0
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About The Olde Forge Hotel

Located in Hailsham, The Olde Forge Hotel is in a rural location, within a 5-minute drive of High Weald and Blackstock Farm. This hotel is 9. 9 mi (16 km) from Drusillas Park and 11. 6 mi (18. 7 km) from Eastbourne Beach.

Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite. At The Olde Forge Hotel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant.

Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. For your convenience, a complimentary breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM. Stay in one of 8 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment.

Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and complimentary bottled water, and housekeeping is provided daily.

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Located in Hailsham, The Olde Forge Hotel is in a rural location, within a 5-minute drive of High Weald and Hellingly Dog Park. This hotel is 6.4 mi (10.4 km) from South Downs National Park and 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from Hailsham Pavilion.

Stay in one of 8 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily. Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services and luggage storage. Free self parking is available onsite.

Popular amenities

Free WiFi
Parking available
Dining services
Concierge
Laundry
Entertainment
Non-smoking

Check-in and check-out

Check-in from 4:00 PM
Check-in until 9:30 PM
Check-out until 10:30 AM
Minimum check-in age 18

Hotel policies

No elevators Professional property host/manager Property does not offer onsite COVID-19 testing Property does not require health documentation at check-in Pets allowed Service animals are allowed Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions

Cleaning and safety

Sanitization
Cashless transactions are available

Important information

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    • Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
  • Special Instructions
    The front desk is open daily from 7 AM - 9:30 PM. This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools.
  • Instructions
    • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
    • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
    • Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
    • This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
    • Cashless transactions are available
    • Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a first aid kit, and outdoor lighting
    • This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room
    • Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
  • Minimal age
    18
  • Optional fees
    • A pet fee will be charged
    • Service animals are exempt from fees

    The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

  • Spoken Language

    English

Nearby attractions

Hellingly Dog Park 3.1 km / 2 mi
High Weald 3.3 km / 2 mi
Hailsham Pavilion 3.6 km / 2.2 mi
Blackstock Farm 3.7 km / 2.3 mi
Wellshurst Golf Club 5.5 km / 3.4 mi
Arlington Stadium 6.2 km / 3.9 mi
Knockhatch Adventure Park 6.3 km / 3.9 mi
Herstmonceux Castle 7.5 km / 4.6 mi
Observatory Science Centre 7.7 km / 4.8 mi
Michelham Priory 7.8 km / 4.8 mi
Horam Park Golf Club 8.5 km / 5.3 mi
Arlington Bluebell Walk 9 km / 5.6 mi
Charleston Farmhouse 10.1 km / 6.3 mi
South Downs National Park 10.4 km / 6.4 mi
Hidden Spring Vineyard 10.5 km / 6.5 mi

Hotel facilities & services

Services and fees can vary. Check the selected room details and hotel policies before booking.

  • Total number of rooms: 8
  • hotel
  • Car park
  • Wi-fi
  • Laundry service
  • Bellboy service
  • Garden
  • Luggage room
  • Clothes dryer
  • Bar
  • Restaurant
  • Breakfast
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  • Non-smoking establishment
Upon availability

Room types

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    Room code: SGL.ST

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    • Wi-fi

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    Room code: DBL.BL

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    Room code: DBT.DB-SU

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    Room code: DBT.SU

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  • DOUBLE STANDARDDOUBLE • STANDARD • 1 BedroomDBL.ST

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    Room overview

    Non-smoking room
    Occupancy
    Guests: 1–4 • Adults: max. 4 • Children: max. 3
    Bedrooms
    1
    Room type
    DOUBLE
    View / characteristic
    STANDARD

    Adult and child limits apply within the room's total guest limit.

    Room code: DBL.ST

    Facilities with extra charge

    • Wi-fi

    Available rooms, prices and included facilities are confirmed after you choose your dates and rate.

Guest reviews

What other guests saying about The Olde Forge Hotel

9.2
Excellent
81 Reviews
Cleanliness
9.6 /10
Service
9.8 /10
Comfort
9.4 /10
Condition
9.0 /10
Neighborhood
9.0 /10
Amenities
8.0 /10
50 reviews shown
10/10
Exceptional
14 Jul 2026
David
Superb breakfast. Plenty of parking. Fab hosts. No complaints here
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
23 Jun 2026
Mark
Great stay and breakfast with lovely owners
10/10
Exceptional
21 Jun 2026
Keith
😀
Partner
4/10
Poor
20 May 2026
georgena
Stayed there for 2 nights,solo female traveller and 11 yo son, he's autistic, however ,I didn't tell the staff about his diagnosis as we always have hotel stays without any problems,on second night he was noisy around shower time started to meltdown which can happen when he is exhausted,was 9:30 pm, I had terrible knocking on the floor,few minutes later,the manager lady came to my door and practically was shouting at me to stop the noise, I was trying my best anyway to calm him down aiming to get him out of shower straight to bed, I don't mind getting notices for this, but the very unfriendly gesture of her made me feel terrible which never happened in many hotels we stayed before, he finally went to bed minutes after she left and was calm . Myself I will never go there again and advise any Sen child parents to think before they book there.
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
10 May 2026
Janet
Wonderful stay
Well situated for exploring the area
All expected amenities provided
Excellent food
Self
10/10
Exceptional
25 Mar 2026
Lee
Easy parking , very clean . Older property but loads of character. Best pieces for me was the warm welcome and the couple could not have helped me more and the food is absolutely fantastic. Family run very personable , would definitely stay again
Self
10/10
Exceptional
19 Feb 2026
Andrew
The welcome was the best. Great stay
10/10
Exceptional
25 Jan 2026
geoff
very clean room and Hotel, Staff excellent
10/10
Exceptional
13 Nov 2025
Sarah
Fabulous food. Easy to find.
Self
8/10
Excellent
26 Oct 2025
Alex
Comfortable room and bed. Excellent breakfast! Recommend you must have room at the back as front on quite a busy road.
Leisure Friends
10/10
Exceptional
16 Aug 2025
Jill
This property is unique, it is a very old property with all mod cons and some contemporary styling. Loved the facilities and I am a lover of lots of milk in my strong tea, I always have to ask for extra milk … not here, extras for all your tea and coffee making was on the landing.

The room itself and the beds were comfortable, we travelled as a family of three with me and my husband in a double and our little one on a put me up. We had a tv and lots of storage space for clothes etc.

A little balcony off of our room to make the most of the light evening, The place is situated on a main busy road and the balcony did over look this but after 10pm the traffic died down considerably.

The owners/hosts were very lovely and attentive, Breakfast was a 10/10 and some. The hosts specifically catered for a 5 year old on top of the extensive breakfast options they offered.

We had no issues during our stay apart from the room got very warm (even with the blind down durning the day as suggested) and a fan provided in the room.

Would stay here again.
Leisure Family_with_children
8/10
Excellent
10 Aug 2025
Amy
Very friendly owners, comfortable and clean. Breakfast was really tasty.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
02 Aug 2025
Michael

Review

Evening meal and breakfast excellent.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
28 Jul 2025
Lesley
Excellent breakfasts!
6/10
Pleasant
27 May 2025
Chris

Not again

Not very personal for a small individual hotel. Will not revisit.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
17 Apr 2025
Kathleen
Breakfast was lovely and our hostess very friendly
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
16 Apr 2025
Tracey
The owners were friendly and accommodating.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
07 Apr 2025
Mark
The staff/owners were very polite and helpful. The facilities are excellent and well throughtout. The hotel was clean, parking was easy. Breakfast was good. Would stay here again.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
12 Feb 2025
Dave
Very friendly people, I was early and was invited to check in early, breakfast was very nice, would recommend to everyone
Business
8/10
Excellent
10 Jan 2025
Jack

clean and comfortable

Nice place, and service was very friendly. Bed was comfortable and had a nice warm shower and tasty breakfast
Business
10/10
Exceptional
20 Oct 2024
PETER
Dog friendly, bed, treats and blanket provided which was nice. Very nice breakfast with good choice of home made fare. Friendly owners.
10/10
Exceptional
17 Oct 2024
Jill

Wonderful hosts

Wonderful hosts. Lovely room with desk so I could work in the evening. Good night’s sleep in very comfortable bed. Variety of drink options in the room. Good selection for breakfast. Definitely stay here again!
Business
10/10
Exceptional
30 Jun 2024
Michael

Excellent stay

Our stay was really excellent, the room had everything we needed and more! Our dinner was amazing and the breakfast had so much choice of lovely fruit, cereal, juice and great cooked food. We would definitely stay here again
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
16 Apr 2024
Verified traveler

Great one night stay.

Comfortable bright airy room. Polite staff. Tasty breakfast thrown in.
Self
8/10
Excellent
22 Nov 2023
Teresa
Room was very clean and comfortable. We had a lovely breakfast.
Leisure Family
10/10
Exceptional
13 Nov 2023
N

Quite simply brilliant!

What an amazing experience it was staying at The Olde Forge Hotel this past weekend. The hotel offered a superb base for our weekend plans, but it was the staff that really stood out as friendly, welcoming and professional throughout.
First impressions were strong as upon opening the front door to go and check in, we were greeted by a bowl of chocolate limes at reception, confirming (at least to my mind) the quality of the establishment that we were staying in.

The rooms were excellent; spacious, clean and had all of the amenities that you would expect. The private bathroom and shower were brilliant and the heating was delightful throughout our stay.

The purpose of our stay was to facilitate a trip to the Observatory Science Centre (https://www.the-observatory.org/) in nearby Herstmonceux and being only 10 minutes away meant that we got to enjoy a wonderful evening there star gazing knowing that we could stay as late as we wanted thanks to us being given a key to get back into the hotel.

Breakfast the next day was outstanding and after fulfilling the initial obligation of some fruit and yoghurt, a Full English was on the cards and once again exceeded all expectations. Go for the poached egg option; you won't be disappointed!

We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would not hesitate to recommend to others nor to return ourselves.
Thank you for having us!
Friends_and_family Family
10/10
Exceptional
15 Jul 2023
Carolyn
Very helpful and welcoming hosts. Lovely bright room and an excellent breakfast.
10/10
Exceptional
26 Jun 2023
John

A lovely Place to Stay

Made to feel very welcome on arrival. We had a lovely room, very comfortable with plenty of tea, coffee and hot chocolate making facilities. Breakfast and our evening meals were excellent 10/10. Our hosts were very friendly, really nice people.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
29 May 2023
Halina
The owners very friendly, great breakfast ,
10/10
Exceptional
17 Jul 2022
J

Gorgeous cosy hotel stay

Lovely cosy hotel with the friendliest hosts, Phillip and Nicky, who couldn’t have been more helpful for all our needs during our stay. We ate at the hotel one night of our stay and it was delicious. We were at a wedding the second night, otherwise we’d have happily eaten there again!
Friends_and_family Friends
4/10
Poor
19 Jun 2022
John
Poor location right on a busy road. Garden only a concrete area right by the traffic.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
12 May 2022
Rob

Great period coach house( forge?!)

Great period old coach house on the Hastings side of Hailsham on the main route through.
A bit of road noise but nothing to really worry about. Great hosts and even though they mentioned that they were on limited menu - you wouldn't have known.All meals cooked fresh to order.
Brilliant poached eggs for breakfast - always a good test to see if the chef knows what they are doing !

Will be back at some point.

Many thanks for your hospitality
Business Self
8/10
Excellent
27 Mar 2022
Robert

Lovely place for a short break

Excellent breakfast comfortable if a little compact room. Hosts made us welcome and introduced us to the hotel policies. Exceptionally clean and good use made of available space in a converted traditional and historic building. Nice well maintained garden area. The only niggle was the road noise late into the night and early morning. If we stay there again we would request one of the rooms at the rear of the property. Overall a very pleasant two night break at an interesting property run by lovely hosts.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
02 Feb 2022
Melvìn

Nice stay

All fine ..welcome and attention all good.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
15 Jan 2022
Nicole
Phillip and Nicky were so welcoming to me and went out of their way to make my stay enjoyable. I was trying to manage a family situation and Phillip went above and beyond providing a ride for me since I couldn't find a taxi. They made a beautiful dinner and breakfast for me and offered a helping hand to my situation. The room was very comfortable and clean...and my bed was so comfortable! Thank you!
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
25 Oct 2021
robert

Rob b

Great food and service, very friendly. Home made cake fantastic . Chef brilliant.
Business
10/10
Exceptional
23 Aug 2021
andrew
Like - comfy room, excellent food, friendliness of owners

Minor dislike - a little noisy if you have a road-facing room.
Leisure Self
10/10
Exceptional
02 Aug 2021
W

Impressed by caring host

Personal family emergency curtailed the host ability to provide full welcome . However the mark of good service is how you recover from a problem. Paul overcame the situation a no excelled. Well done
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
07 Dec 2020
Carolyn

A great hotel

I stayed for business, just after the covid lock down ended. Nothing was too much trouble for the owner and I felt that they had taken more than adequate provision for my safety during this covid crisis. I would recommend this hotel to anyone!
Business
10/10
Exceptional
01 Nov 2020
Marilyn
Quaint old building with good sized rooms. Phil and Nicky are very polite and ready to assist if we needed, we didn’t need anything (apart from breakfast!). Food and service very good, a very pleasant weekend break.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
15 Oct 2020
Philip
Hosts, Philip and Nicky, were very welcoming and helpful. They were excellent at complying with covid-19 regulations and insisted on wearing of masks in public areas of the hotel.
Food was excellent . Tasty and beautifully presented. Everywhere in hotel was clean.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
23 Aug 2020
Y

Rest & Relaxation

Trip was booked as R & R after being very poorly the last 3 weeks. Philip and Nicky were wonderful hosts and nothing was too much trouble for them. Although I didn't have dinner there, the menu is very appetising! Quiet room looking out onto fields.
Breakfast was exemplary with plenty of choice from the buffet (I chose fresh fruit of at least 5 different fruits). I then had smoked haddock and poached egg which was cooked very well by Philip. Nicky ensured I was kept topped up with coffee and with music in the background my breakfast was relaxed and was there for over an hour.
I will definitely go back and recommend to anyone.
Self
10/10
Exceptional
18 Aug 2020
Robert

Weekend away.

This was a planned weekend away and will be putting on our to return list.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
07 Aug 2020
Martin
Very kind and considerate hosts.
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
10 Jan 2020
Graham

Lovely place

Such friendly owners, all our needs were taken care of. Breakfast was amazing, highly recomended
Friends_and_family Family
8/10
Excellent
15 Aug 2019
davidC
Building with Old world charm
Bedrooms clean and comfortable
Food standard good
Service good
Location ok
Friends_and_family Pet
6/10
Pleasant
13 Aug 2019
Verified traveler
Dinning room was full of character, but the bedrooms were small & the on-suite really needs updating.
Leisure Partner
10/10
Exceptional
03 Jul 2019
John
Great stay made welcome from the time we arrived. Nothing was too much trouble for them. Breakfast excellent. Will return
Partner
10/10
Exceptional
29 Nov 2018
Rosaine

A charming and unexpected find in E. Sussex

Our hosts Nicky & Philip Earland a delight to meet.
We arrived at the Olde Forge Hotel late afternoon. The drive had been long, miserable with torrential rain throughout and now dark when we reached Magham Down.
The wonderful greeting from Nicky cheered us both making the whole day less stressful. The Olde Forge Hotel exactly what we required - quiet, full of old world charm and a big bonus such a comfortable bed.
A delicious evening meal was prepared by Philip and served by Nicky. I could not fault the meal and particularly enjoyed the salmon. Again breakfast before we left, for the final stage of our journey, was perfect.
We both appreciated the kindness from Nicky and Philip during our short stay.
Partner
8/10
Excellent
13 Nov 2018
greg
.nice family run hotel. would go back. located in quiet area.

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Magham Down, Hailsham, United Kingdom

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