The Prince of Wales by The Hastings Project

You'll find this place wedged into St Leonards, where Western Road still feels properly lived-in rather than polished up. It's the kind of pub that doesn't need to try too hard—wooden bars, regulars who know each other, the sort of spot where you can actually hear conversation. The Hastings Project runs it with genuine care for the area, which means the whole operation has that rare feeling of actually mattering to people around it. Whether you're after a proper pint or somewhere that feels like it belongs to the neighbourhood rather than some chain, this does the job.