Toad Home Rules Venues Competitive Events Back to Ben       History of Toad League European Master Events     Shop     VENUES The Lewes Arms, Lewes (Games Room) Fascinating low table with a warped lead top that makes for high scores. Holds annual singles competition.   The Brewers Arms, Lewes (Back Bar) An interesting older table with no back board.   The Star, Waldron Nice place to eat too.   The Swan, Lewes Has one of the more modern tables that don't use a big thick sheet of lead. This means the top hasn't warped.   The Black Horse, Lewes (Front Bar) (left) Older table, with no back. Has a sheet of tin in the drawer to protect the wood. Very warped top, with a lip at the front that makes it easy to score singles. The table on the right has come from hotel in seaford as a temporary replacement. The Meridien, Lewes (formerly the Pewter Pot) Another older table with no back. This seems to be table that used to be in the Windmill pub, that closed down a decade or so ago. The lead top has warped to create a valley at the front of what is a very large hole. Probably the highest scoring table I've played on, once you get used to it, sevens and eights are pretty easy to come by.   The Gardener's Arms, Cliffe, Lewes   The Yew Tree, Chalvington Outdoor toad in a marquee. Unusual for the massive size of it's toads. I mean toad size differs but these are REALLY big! Normal sized toad on the right, both with a 50p on top. The Roebuck, Laughton Nice table. Nice staff. Nice Toads.   The Dorset Arms, Cliffe, Lewes This has one of the first tables that we made to sell, so if you're thinking of buying one - this is roughly what our standard tables look like.   The Laughing Fish, Isfield Home of the current world champions! (on the right is a table we saw at the Eastbourne Beer Festival that originally came from the Fish (must have been a long time ago). It's got a brilliant design feature at the back, where there is a steel trough between the lead and the back board. It means no arguments about whether it hit the back board or not. The Trevor Arms, Glynde A rare two tabler. Here's a youtube clip of the game being played at the Trevor thanks to Roger Marshall.   The Fountain Inn, Plumpton Green An Unusual table that appears to be very old, but has sheets of lead covering it like the new tables, rather than a big block. You are advised to bring your own toads if you have them, because the pub doesn't currently have a set. Customers are advised to use 2 pence pieces. Nice place. Nice people.   The Ram, Firle Here's a clip of the game being played at the Ram in Firle.   The Prince of Wales, Newhaven I didn't know about this one and was very pleased to have it pointed out by Sarah from Newhaven who likes Leonard Cohen, narrow boats and the Jennings books - all great choices.   The Lamb, Ripe Unusual table with a wooden border all the way round. Nice to play on, but they haven't got any toads so take your own. Nice staff. Table doesn't get a lot of use.   The British Legion Club house, Lewes Has one of the legless varieties that's placed on another table when people want to use it.   St Mary's Supporter's Centre, Lewes St Mary's is now going to be home to the team that used to play at the King's Head - it's also now home to the King's Head's old table - which is the table on the right. Lewes Working Men's Club, Lewes 2 tables     Lewes Constitutional Club Members club on St Anne's Hill   The Royal Oak, Shoreham The Plough and Harrow, Litlington, BN26 5RE A welcome recent addition and home venue of the League Champions, Long Man Toad Holers.     The Goat and Gorilla, Luanda, Rwanda, Africa Seriously. I'm not kidding. It's even World Championship specs.     The Grenadier, Hailsham not sure if this is still in the pub - it was borrowed for a tournament at the HMI   Hailsham Memorial Institute (HMI), Hailsham     The Cricketers, Berwick We're not sure if people still use this so might be worth taking your own toads!   The King's Head, Hailsham Thanks to John Wardle for this photo - haven't played on this one but it looks like it might be high scoring.   Travellers Joy, Southsea 253 Milton Rd Southsea Hampshire PO4 8PQ     The White Horse, Ditchling Very nice pub   The Wheatsheaf, Crowborough One of the less common, and usually older, legless versions. They use lead toads. I'm reliably informed that it's not normally outside.   The Hare and Hounds, Framfield The Arlington Arms, 360 Seaside, Eastbourne The Queen Victoria, Eastbourne   The Central Club, Peacehaven The Horn's Lodge Chailey   The Wheatsheaf, Willingdon   The Chalkpit, between Lewes and Offham - I believe their original table is now in private hands (I used to play on it at a friend's house when I was a kid), but they have a new one.   The Star Inn, Ashton-under-hill, Evesham - this would be very exciting as it would be the only standard table I know of outside Sussex (not including the variants     Harrietville Hotel Motel, Great Alpine Road, Harrietville 3741, Victoria, Australia Apparently they use the original 1791 coins - which I've not come across before!   The following pubs have similar games to Toad in the hole:     The Red Lion, Snargate, Romney Marsh, Kent   The following venues used to have tables but don't currently...     Old Oak, Arlington To quote the bar staff "We used to have one, I don't know what happened to it". New information February 08: apparently it's still there but the staff use it as a condiment table. It looks like this...   There are also a surprising number of tables in private hands - I know of at least 15, including 4 in London, 1 in France (one of several owned by the 2006 world champions Old Azurians) and 1 in Rwanda (see image to left)     Disappearing Toad The following Toad venues are no more or at least you can't play toad there:     The Pump House, Cooksbridge The King's Head, Lewes The Anchor, Barcombe Mills The Anchor, Ringmer     Also a Colombian Bar on Tooley St near London bridge Station used to have one of the South America versions of the table.