Everything you might want to know.

Book direct through our Hospitable widget on the Book page, with the same availability as the OTAs and without their platform fees. For anything beyond a simple stay (celebrations, filming, retreats, private events) drop us a line via the Contact page and we'll confirm the date, run a walk-through on paper, and hold the weekend while we talk.

Standard minimum is two nights year-round, with three-night minimums on peak weekends, bank holidays and across Christmas and New Year. Single-night stays are not currently offered. The whole-house format suits groups settling in for a proper stretch rather than a quick overnight. For weddings, receptions and filming days, quote-based multi-day blocks are available.

Standard direct-booking policy is full refund if you cancel more than 60 days before arrival, 50% if between 30 and 60 days, and the balance non-refundable inside 30 days. Weddings, filming and large celebrations run on a bespoke contract agreed at booking. We recommend travel insurance for every booking (the same advice every responsible host gives).

Up to eleven guests across three bedrooms: a master king with en-suite bathroom, a guest double, and a twin room. The house is booked as a whole-house hire (you take the full property, not a single room). Eleven is the fire-safety and insurance maximum and is the figure we'll hold you to on arrival; please don't plan for twelve.

Yes. We're a dog-welcoming house. One or two well-behaved dogs are welcome by prior arrangement at booking, with a small cleaning fee per stay added to cover thorough turnover. Dogs are not permitted on the upstairs bedding. Bowls, towels and a fenced courtyard are available; bring what you know your dog needs for a couple of nights away.

Yes. Children are actively welcome and most of the features the property is known for (the bowling lane, the cinema room, the great room) are particularly loved by under-twelves. A travel cot and high chair are available on request at booking. Like any historic building, stairs are steeper than modern-build norms, worth flagging if you have crawlers or toddlers.

Whole-house hire, all eleven beds linen-dressed, full use of the great room, bowling lane, cinema room, kitchen, sun terrace and gardens, Wi-Fi, four parking spaces, a welcome hamper on arrival, and heating across the building. The bowling lane is included always (never an upsell). Items charged separately are optional extras like early arrival windows or dog cleaning fees.

Yes, always. The bowling lane is part of every stay, every celebration, every retreat.

Yes. Unmetered fibre broadband throughout the house, tested at around 250 megabits down. Suitable for video calls, streaming, multiple devices, and light production work. The router is accessible if you want to hard-wire a workstation; ask on arrival. Coverage reaches the sun terrace on most days. If you need guaranteed-uptime circuits for a shoot, flag it in advance.

Yes. A television in the great room with access to the usual streaming services (Netflix, Prime, iPlayer, All4) and guest sign-in so you're on your own accounts. The cinema room has a projector with HDMI input for anything you'd like to bring or cast from a laptop. There is no aerial-fed live TV; streaming covers everything in practice.

No in-house catering. The kitchen is fully fitted for self-catering, and for anything event-scale (weddings, receptions, brand dinners) we can introduce local caterers we've worked with. A welcome hamper is provided on arrival for every stay. Grocery delivery windows work well at the property; most supermarkets and a good local butcher deliver direct to the door.

No. The Bath House is a reception-only venue. It is not licensed for civil ceremonies. Most couples hold a short legal ceremony at Hastings Register Office, which is fifteen minutes away, or at their own local registry, then come to The Bath House for the reception, feast, bowling, late-night cinema and whole-house stay. This is the positioning we've chosen and we ship fully to it.

Yes. Drinks receptions, rehearsal dinners, cocktail parties and post-ceremony receptions suit the house well. You bring your own bar stock or work with a local caterer who does both food and drinks. No licence is required for private-hire events where the bar is provided without sale. For anything being commercially sold, we'll flag the TENS licence route during planning.

Yes. Filming and photoshoots are welcome. Published half-day, full-day and multi-day rates sit on the Filming & Photoshoots page; floor plan, ceiling heights, natural light by hour, power spec and vehicle access are on the same page. Producers send the shoot dates, crew size and rough equipment list; we confirm permissions and parking and agree the day. Ground-floor loading applies.

Yes. Writing retreats, songwriting top-line sessions, small creative residencies and team off-sites all suit the house. The great room works well as a shared workspace in the day and a group room at night. Bedrooms are quiet. The cinema doubles as a listening room. It is not a recording studio; proper tracking work needs a different venue and we point people to one.

Yes. The Bath House welcomes premium stag and hen weekends, milestone hens and big birthdays. The bowling lane, cinema room and 14-seat feasting table mean these weekends work without amplified outdoor music. The house code is the operating principle: quiet from 11pm in respect of the residential street, no amplified music outside at any time, eleven sleeping. Inside the house the lane and cinema run as late as you decide.

Yes. The bowling lane is part of every booking and stays open as long as the group wants it open. The pins reset themselves between frames. The score sheet is on the wall. The lane sits in its own wing of the building so late-night bowling does not disturb sleeping bedrooms upstairs.

Yes. The kitchen is fully fitted for caterers to plate and serve, and we have a list of local caterers we have worked with on hen weekends and small celebrations. You can self-cater entirely, mix the two, or commission a full weekend service. For commercial bar-sale events we will flag the TENS licence route during planning.

Inside the house, as late as you like. The bowling lane and cinema run on your timing, not ours. The constraint is outside: quiet on the courtyard, terrace and street from 11pm, no amplified music outside at any hour. The neighbourhood is residential and we trust groups to honour that. Most weekends find their own natural shape around midnight to 1am inside.

Private dining at the fourteen-seat table, small wedding receptions, premium stag and hen weekends, milestone hens, big birthdays, product launches, brand dinners, workshops, supper clubs, team off-sites, away days and creative retreats. Format is always whole-house hire (the guest list takes the full property, stays overnight, and uses the great room as the main event room). Capacity caps sit at fourteen seated and up to thirty standing or grazing.

Yes. Four on-site parking spaces are included with the booking. For larger events, weddings and filming days with bigger crew, overflow on-street parking on West Hill Road is free and generally available. There is no overnight restriction on the street. If you need coach or minibus drop-off, we'll map the safest approach during booking; the street is narrow at the turn.

The beach is a three-minute walk from the front door, straight down West Hill Road and across the seafront promenade. The pebble beach in front of the property is good for calm-day swims and long walks in either direction. Camber Sands, the nearest wide sandy beach, is a thirty-minute drive east for guests who want sand underfoot.

Warrior Square station, the station closest to the property, runs direct trains to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street in around an hour and forty minutes. By car, expect two hours from central London on a good day via the A21. Ashford International (Eurostar) is forty-five minutes by car if international guests are coming via the tunnel rather than Heathrow.

St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings are neighbouring towns that run into each other along the same stretch of Sussex coast. St Leonards (west) is the Regency-planned quieter end with galleries, independents and residential calm. Hastings (east) carries the medieval Old Town, the working fishing beach and more of the tourism. The Bath House sits in the St Leonards end, within easy walk of both.

Partially. Ground floor (great room, bowling lane, cinema, kitchen, courtyard, one bathroom) is step-free from the front entrance. Bedrooms are on upper floors reached via stairs (the building is listed and we are not permitted to add a lift). We recommend contacting us before booking if accessibility is a material factor; we will walk through the specifics honestly.