England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Hailsham
Hailsham is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 23,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Hailsham, with about 76 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LGW44 km · London Gatwick Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Hailsham
Hailsham is a town, a civil parish and the administrative centre of the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is mentioned in Domesday Book, where it is called Hamelesham in one part, yet mentioned in another part of the same book as ‘’’Tilux’’’, the land of Ricard de Tunbrige.
The largest of the five towns of the Wealden district of East Sussex, Hailsham is a small but growing town which serves as the local hub for some of the more rural parts of the county. Historically, Hailsham was an agricultural centre, and a rope manufacturing town. It produced the hangman's rope for use in Britain and its colonies.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Hailsham
See
- Herstmonceux Castle
- Windmill Hill Windmill
- Michelham Priory
- Abbot's Wood
Do
- Knockhatch Adventure Park
- Arlington Stadium
- Hailsham Town Football Club
- Cuckoo Trail
- Hailsham Pavillion
- England's Medieval Festival
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Hailsham
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Hellingly Eastbourne hotel | 76 | 3.8/5 125 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Hailsham
24 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Dean's Place Hotel | 9.8 km | |
| Horsted Place | 14.9 km | |
| A Blaber, Butcher Aberdeen House The King's Head Inn | 9.4 km | |
| Blackboys Inn | 12.7 km | |
| Long Man Inn | 6.5 km | |
| The Cock Inn | 15.5 km | |
| The Cricketers Arms Inn | 8.3 km | |
| The George Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The George Inn | 9.5 km | |
| The Golden Cross Inn | 6.0 km | |
| The King's Head Inn | 1.0 km | |
| The Maiden's Head Hotel | 16.5 km | |
| The Old Ship Inn | 15.2 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 4.0 km | |
| The Ram Inn | 12.3 km | |
| The Star Inn | 9.5 km | |
| Ye Olde Smugglers Inn | 9.5 km | |
| Boship Farm Hotel | 2.4 km | |
| Buxted Park Hotel | 16.8 km | |
| Crossways Hotel | 6.3 km | |
| Horsted Place Hotel | 16.0 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| The Old Oak Inn | 3.7 km | |
| Wingrove House | 9.6 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Hailsham
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hailsham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 106 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Hailsham: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; London City Airport (LCY, 73 km) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 84 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The town is regularly served by buses from Eastbourne and the nearest railway station at Polegate.
Getting around
The town centre is compact, with most of the shops within a three-street 'triangle' of the High Street, George Street and North Street. Parking within the town centre is free. For attractions in Herstmonceux, there is an hourly bus service (Stagecoach Service 98). A car may be useful if you wish to travel further afield. Should you wish to travel to one of the housing estates outside of the town centre, Cuckmere Community Buses provide a limited service during daylight hours.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LGW · London Gatwick Airport
LCY · London City Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Hailsham
Eat
Hailsham offers plentiful options for eating, from sit-down to takeaway venues, whilst the town centre boasts several takeaways, coffee shops and bakeries.
Drink
Like many small towns, some of Hailsham's pubs have closed, but there is still a variety of options.
Stay safe
The town is generally very safe, but can be a little rowdy in the centre around pub closing time on Friday and Saturday evenings. This usually amounts to little more than some additional noise.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Hailsham
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Hailsham: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Hailsham?
By published guest score: Travelodge Hellingly Eastbourne (3.8 / 5 · 125 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Hailsham?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Hailsham are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 106 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Hailsham?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; London City Airport (LCY, 73 km) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 84 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Hailsham?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Hailsham
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.