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Due to staff logistics our restaurant is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays until further notice, BUT our wood-fired pizza oven and BBQ are both open from 12.00- 18.00 on Mondays & Tuesdays and from 12.00-19.00  hrs on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays so you can still enjoy our Dorset Arms hospitality – so come come along…

Our ‘Country Garden Lodges’- the perfect places for private dining

We are delighted to announce that we have launched our stunning ‘Country Garden Lodges’. We have 3 lodges available to book from today for all of your private dining events with prices starting from £25 midweek and £50 at the weekend (per lodge) We have two beautifully bespoke designs to choose from with the two…

With a heritage stretching back to the 1590s, expect old school charm at The Dorset Arms in the Sussex Weald. There are nine rooms – three above the pub and six in The Old School Cottage, which can also be booked in its entirety.. read more

Festive opening hours

We are looking forward to seeing you all this week (safely of course) to celebrate the run up to Christmas. • Our opening hours are as follows over the festive period & if you are coming to see us please book in advance if at all possible. • Christmas Eve Food will be served from:…

The Dorset Arms featured in The Times ‘Cosiest Pubs in the UK’

We were delighted to be featured in The Times’ Weekend section as one of the ‘cosiest pubs in the UK’ with a special mention for our ‘open fireplace, comfy armchairs & Sussex ales’. Our much loved favourites of fish and chips and our excellent Steak and Kidney pie were selected as menu highlights. See the…

“Extend your weekend”

We are delighted to be introducing our “Extend your Weekend” offer. Whether you have explored the walks in Ashdown Forest, shopped ’til you dropped in Tunbridge Wells, visited some of our local National Trust properties or just want to tuck yourselves away in our beautiful corner of Sussex .. why not ‘extend your weekend’ with…

The Dorset Arms gets “Muddy” …

Thank you to Muddy Sussex for visiting us here in Wityham and for our  new fantastic feature. “This lovely gastropub with rooms, private dining space, and revamped garden (hello woodfired pizza oven!) is a dead cert for a family get together or weekend away. Read our new Muddy Review

Our pizza oven is now open on Thursdays & Fridays ( weather dependent)

We are delighted to have now opened our fantastic new cutom built, woodfired pizza oven – based on a traditional Roman bread oven design it can cook a pizza in just 90 seconds! We have been mixing, kneading, chopping, sprinkling & stoking our pizza oven to get everything ready for this exciting new addition to…

The Dorset Arms featured in ‘Best UK Pubs to visit’ by Tatler.com

There’s nothing quite like an English country pub. Now that hospitality has fully reopened, there’s surely nowhere better for a long-awaited catch up with friends and family than The Dorset Arms: the De La Warr family’s stunning pub in the pretty east Sussex village of Withyham. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3yk6W0e

Our marquee and garden are now open!

We are delighted that our garden and marquee tables are now available for bookings and we can now welcome people from 2 households or groups of up to 6 people from mixed households (including children), to enjoy some alfresco eating and drinking with us. As our number of tables is limited we would be very…