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October 2026. Glynde. East Sussex.

194 residents, four blog posts. Glynde made quite an impression on us last Thursday.

After completing the Sussex GBG entries at Steamworks we headed towards Glyndebourne to discover exactly how out-of-place we’d look if we turned up at “The Marriage of Figaro” in our definition of “smart casual wear“, covered in cow dung.

What a beautiful little village, one rail stop out of Lewes, chalk and clay pits all around.

Genuinely, every house here a gem;

the working blacksmiths and post office standouts.

Even the social club is Grade II listed, and was clearly the social centre point of the village (ignoring the opera house) till very recently.

“Since the Trevor Arms closed there isn’t much else in the village” says the CAMRA website, but with the arrival of Steamworks and the reopening of the Trevor (patience) all is change.

I expect the Little Cottage Tea Room will be adding Verdant to the Harvey’s bottles soon.

As I was saying.

There’s even a brewery, of sorts,

If they’ve any spare capacity from all that kombucha perhaps they could take on the Bass contract.