Swallowtail Hill

Road Directions

From The North (M25)

Exit M25 at junction 5 – get in lane for Sevenoaks/Tonbridge A21; Join the A21 and head for Hastings; uou will pass exits for Sevenoaks and Tonbridge, Pembury and Tunbridge Wells; Keep going straight!; You will automatically join a stretch of bypass (which avoids Lamberhurst) heading for Hastings; Keep going until you get to the Flimwell crossroads/traffic lights; Turn left – marked for Rye/Camber/Hawkhurst (A268); Keep on this road for around 10 miles; You will pass straight through the villages of Hawkhurst, Sandhurst and Newenden; When you get to Newenden you’ll pass a village cricket green to your left and then go over a hump backed bridge across the river; A little after that you’ll drive over a level crossing; You’ll then see a big restaurant on the right - Sahebs; Take the next left after the restaurant – the A268 to Rye; You are now in Whitebread Lane – it’s a very twisty, turny road; Follow this for approx 3 miles; There’s a sign on the left saying Beckley. Slow down. Take the next (sharp) left onto Hobbs Lane. (This turning is immediately before the mini roundabout -if you reach the mini roundabout you’ve gone too far!); Continue down Hobbs Lane for EXACTLY (and we mean EXACTLY!) half a mile; Swallowtail Hill Farm is on the left hand side, at the top of the hill, slightly hidden by a hedge. There is a sign just by the gate. Please pull into the little layby on the left and come and knock on the farmhouse door. We’ll show you where to park and get you checked-in.

From The South (Rye)

Get on the A268 leaving Rye and follow the road straight back to Beckley; You will pass through the villages of Rye Foreign and Peasmarsh; When you get to the mini roundabout, which indicates that you should turn left for Beckley village, ignore this and instead take the second exit (right); Almost immediately then take the first right which is Hobbs Lane.

Continue down Hobbs Lane for EXACTLY (and we mean EXACTLY!) half a mile; Swallowtail Hill Farm is on the left hand side, at the top of the hill, slightly hidden by a hedge. There is a sign just by the gate; Please pull into the little layby on the left and come and knock on the farmhouse door. We’ll show you where to park and get you checked-in.

From The West (Brighton)

Take the A23 out of Brighton following signs for the A270 Lewes; Continue on to the A270; At Vogue Gyratory bear left; Continue forward and merge onto the A27.

At Ashcombe Roundabout take the second exit onto the A27 signposted Eastbourne, Hastings, Newhaven, Tunbridge Wells; Follow the A27 all the way through to the Pevensey Roundabout; At the Pevensey Roundabout take the second exit onto the A259 signposted Bexhill, Hastings; Follow A259 through to St Leonards and then turn left onto Harley Shute Road – B2092; At roundabout take the second exit onto Ironlath Avenue – signposted Hollington; Continue forward onto Blackman Avenue, and then Ashbrook Road and then Harrow Road; At mini-roundabout turn left onto A21 signposted London, Sevenoaks; Turn right onto A28 signposted Ashford; At crossroads continue forward signposted Northiam.

At Broad Oak crossroads continue forward onto the A28 signposted Tenterden; Branch right onto the B2165 signposted Beckley; At T junction turn right onto the B2088 signposted Rye; At mini roundabout turn left onto the A268; Almost immediately then take the first right which is Hobbs Lane; Continue down Hobbs Lane for EXACTLY (and we mean EXACTLY!) half a mile; Swallowtail Hill Farm is on the left hand side, at the top of the hill, slightly hidden by a hedge. There is a sign just by the gate; Please pull into the little layby on the left and come and knock on the farmhouse door. We’ll show you where to park and get you checked-in.