Swallowtail Hill

Directions

From The North (M25)

• Exit M25 at junction 5 – get in lane for Sevenoaks/Tonbridge A21 • Join the A21 and head for Hastings • You 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 toy museum on the left called The Mill • Take the next left after the pub – the A268 to Rye • You are now in Whitebread Lane – it’s a very twisty, windy 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. • Just beyond the small layby/carport on the left-hand side is the farm entrance – please open the gate and come and park in our barnyard.

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 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. • Just beyond the small layby/carport on the left-hand side is the farm entrance – please open the gate and come and park in our barnyard.

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 the mini roundabout turn left onto the A268 • Almost immediately 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 • Just beyond the small layby/carport on the left-hand side is the farm entrance – please open the gate and come and park in our barnyard

By Public Transport

• Trains from central London run from St Pancras to Ashford International • From Ashford International there is one train an hour to Rye • From Rye we are six miles away – you can either get a taxi from the rank outside the station (journey will cost around £15 one way) or let us know well in advance which train you will be on and we’ll collect you (£10 one way). Alternatively you can get a bus from Rye in the direction of Northiam and alight at Beckley Four Oaks. Swallowtail Hill is then a half-mile walk along Hobbs Lane and you’ll find us on the left-hand side.