These Hills FAQs

What are the festival session times?
Saturday 8th August Day Session - 11:00am - 4:00pm 
Saturday 8th August Evening Session - 5:30pm-10:30pm
Sunday 9th August Day Session - 12pm-6pm

The event is limited to three sessions.

WHERE

Glynde Place, Glynde, Lewes BN8 6SX

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YOUR TICKET WILL INCLUDE:

- Access to rare, limited edition beer, wine and cider from 40+ of the world’s best producers plus music, DJs and street-food
- These Hills glassware
- A 10% Beak taproom discount over the weekend of the fest
- FREE first pour


TRAVEL

Getting Here
If you're arriving on foot, the easiest option is to take a train to Glynde Station, which is just a 10-minute walk from the festival site. Alternatively, you can take a taxi from Lewes Station or walk over the South Downs via Mount Caburn:

https://friendsofthesouthdowns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/linear-walk-from-glynde-to-lewes-railway-station.pdf

By Car
There is ample parking available. If you're driving, please enter Glynde from the Ringmer direction and avoid driving through the village itself (see map attached).

Train Travel
We strongly recommend checking train times in advance. 

Local Taxi Numbers

  • GM Taxis – 01273 477567
  • Lewes Taxis – 01273 483232
  • A-Z Lewes Taxis – 01273 474141
  • Lewes County Cars – 01273 474444
  • Lewes Yellow Taxis – 01273 803132

Please note: Uber does not operate in the Lewes/Glynde area.

Please have your ticket QR codes ready once you arrive at the festival. You are welcome to print your tickets out, or have it on your smartphone available.

WHAT
These Hills is an intimate, carefully curated two day beer festival taking place at Glynde Place in the South Downs National Park on the 8 and 9 August.
During the event, you'll have access to limited edition world class beer from a dreamy line-up of our favourite international and UK breweries. Alongside incredible beer, we’re serving-up delicious street-food and live music as well as low intervention wine, mead and cider from some of the UK’s finest producers. 

ACCOMMODATION
Lewes is popular with tourists, so hotels and B&Bs tend to get booked-up quickly – so, if you’re looking to stay for the weekend, please book something asap.

https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/east-sussex/lewes/lewes-town-centre.html

If sleeping under the stars is more your thing, the town is surrounded by some lovely campsites that are only a short taxi-ride away, including the following:

woodfire.co.uk

southfarmrodmell.co.uk 
alfristoncamping.com
housedean.co.uk
leweswillowscamping.com
oaksidefarmcampsite.co.uk

TOKENS
The festival will operate a token system for attendees to use to purchase beer. You can buy tokens at the festival in the Token Tent near the entrance of the festival or at the merch stand inside the festival. Tokens can be purchased by card or contactless payments only–we cannot take cash payments on site.

Beers will be sold in ½ pints and 1/3 pint measures. We have glass rinsing facilities available onsite.

Please note tokens can only be used to exchange for beers. All food, coffee, merchandise and takeaway cans must be paid for by card.

Tokens are no-refundable.

If you have a ticket for someone who cannot use it on the day you cannot exchange the ticket for tokens.

Can I bring drinks into the festival?

You can only bring bottled water into the festival. Anything else will be taken off you by security at the gate and you can collect it when you leave.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

CHILDREN AND DOGS

Due to licensing restrictions and venue rules, under 18s can only attend the Saturday and Sunday daytime sessions. For the Saturday evening session you must be over 18 to attend.

No dogs are allowed at These Hills except for assistance dogs.

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Our ticket scanners, security and bar staff  will be adhering to a challenge 25 policy; therefore, we recommend that all visitors bring a form of ID. Failure to do so may result in you not being allowed entry to the venue.

Please note that no under 18s are allowed at the Saturday evening session. All under 18s must leave the site once the Saturday day session finishes.

CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS

If you change your mind or cannot make the event we cannot issue refunds for tickets. In the unlikely event that These Hills 25 has to be cancelled ticket holders will receive a refund, excluding the booking fee.

REFUSAL

We reserve the right to refuse ticket holders entry if they are unable to produce proof of ID, or if they are behaving in a manner that is deemed threatening, abusive or insulting.

Intoxicated People We want all of our guests to enjoy the festival. However, if we deem someone to be heavily under the influence of alcohol, you may be asked to leave without refund.

Unacceptable Behaviour Anyone being verbally or physically abusive to any of our team, brewers or festival attendees we be asked to leave without refund.  In the most extreme circumstances, you will be reported to the Police.

Drugs and illicit substances We operate a ZERO tolerance policy. Anyone found in possession, selling or taking drugs will be removed instantly. You will not receive a refund and will be reported to the Police.