Lewes Pound

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Harveys Brewery developes special edition beer to celebrate the launch of the Lewes Pound.

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Traders and Issuing Points

Lewes Pounds can be exchanged at 11 issuing points around town:

  • Catlins (High Street)
  • Cheese Please (High Street)
  • F.Richard's & Sons Butchers (Western Road)
  • Gossypium (School Hill)
  • Laportes (Landsdown Place)
  • Landport Stores (Lee Road)
  • Lewes Farmer's Market at Cliffe Precinct (1st Saturday of each month)
  • Lewes Town Hall (High Street)
  • May's General Store (Cliffe High Street)
  • Skylark (Needlemakers)

We are not inviting national chains to the scheme at this point, even though we have had enquiries.

The Lewes Pound will be accepted as (part-)payment for goods and services by the following traders:

  • Andrea Jaffay - reg. childminder (Rodmell)
  • Alexis Dove jewellery - Star Brewery
  • Ali Hahlo Yoga
  • art.is.an: Cafe
  • Ashurst Organics
  • Axtell Hairdressers
  • Bags of Books
  • Baltic Trader
  • Bananaoffice
  • Barcombe Nurseries
  • Barefoot Herbs
  • Ben's Butchers
  • Bill's Produce Store
  • Boathouse Organic Farm Shop
  • Bonne Bouche
  • Bow Windows Bookshop
  • Bruditz (Chocolate Shop)
  • Catlins
  • Chaula's
  • Cheese Please 
  • Cliffe Bonfire Society
  • CnW Recovery
  • Commercial Square Bonfire Society
  • County Carpets
  • Dome Hairdressing
  • East Sussex Dance
  • Elephant and Castle
  • Eliza Brown (Shoes, Barcombe)
  • Equilibrium
  • Farm Care UK - The Equine Warehouse
  • Fillers Sandwich Shop
  • Fur, Feathers 'n Fins
  • Furniture Now!
  • Gardener & Cook
  • Glyndebourne Opera House shop
  • Gossypium
  • Greenfield Local Vegetable Box Scheme
  • Greenies Sandwich Shop
  • HQ Gallery
  • Hair in Place, Hairdresser,Glynde
  • Harvey's Brewery
  • Hermione Elliott - Life-health coach
  • Hilary Moore Flowers
  • Invent2b Group – IT Services
  • Jamayda
  • James Wilson decorator
  • Jane Larsen Reflexology & Massage
  • John Harvey Tavern
  • Jonathan Swan
  • JustTrade.org
  • Justin Small jewellery - Star Brewery
  • Kaleidoscope Theatre Company
  • Kangaroo - yarns and knitting
  • Kim Leader
  • Kings Framers
  • Kingstonvillageshop.co.uk
  • Landport Stores
  • LansdownHealth Foods
  • Laportes
  • Lazzati's
  • Leicester Road Stores
  • Lewes Arms
  • Lewes Borough Bonfire Society
  • Lewes Bowen Clinic
  • Lewes Farmers' Market (traders at)
  • Lewes Fruit Stores
  • Lewes Golf Club
  • Lewes Home Computers
  • Lewes Logs
  • Lewes Mobile Communications
  • Lewes New School
  • Lewes Old Grammar School - PTA
  • Lewes Town and Country B&B group
  • Living Values
  • May's General Store
  • Miss Bloomsbury
  • Mo Hamid Ceramics, Star Brewery
  • Mount Harry Stores, Nevill
  • Namayasai
  • Needlemakers Cafe
  • Needlemakers: Jamayda
  • Needlemakers: Padraig
  • Needlemakers: Skylark
  • Needlemakers: The French Shop
  • Needlemakers: The Patchwork Dog
  • Needlemakers: Sage
  • Needlemakers: Use And Take Care
  • Neville Junior Bonfire Society
  • North St Garage
  • Norman and Bath decorating services
  • Oxfam shop
  • Peter Whyte photographer
  • Paul Kench decorator
  • Pelham House
  • Punzi
  • Renwick Clarke
  • F.Richard's & Sons Butchers
  • Riks Disks
  • Riverside: CafeBar
  • Riverside: Poppy's Chocolates
  • Robsons of Lewes
  • Roger Murray - acupuncture
  • S.D.K. Woodcrafts
  • Sarah Worne - homeopath
  • Say Cheese
  • Seasons of Lewes
  • Shoe Gallery
  • Silverado
  • Snack Shop
  • Southdown Sports Club
  • Spectrum Eyecare
  • Stewart Hunt, Chartered Certified Accountant
  • St Anne's Dental Practice
  • St Pancras Stores
  • Sussex Ouse Conservation Society
  • TashTori Arts and Crafts
  • Terry's Fishmongers
  • The Brewers Arms
  • The Dorset
  • The Gift & Card Company
  • The Patisserie
  • The Pine Chest
  • The Shop 12a Malling St
  • The Shop 50a Cliffe High St
  • The Snack Shop
  • The-Stitchery
  • Tilton House (Firle)
  • Tizzi's
  • The Volunteer Pub
  • Waterloo Bonfire Society
  • WF Bruce Clockmaker
  • White Hart Hotel
  • Wickle
  • Woodruffs Nursery
  • Women's Decorating Company
  • Zoe Reason Yoga

This list will be updated as more outlets join the scheme. If you are a trader and would like to accept the Lewes Pound, please email all your details to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it