Your Coastal Celebration

WEDNESDAY 30th to FRIDAY 1st JANUARY

This New Year, make the coast your home. At The Gallivant in East Sussex, our New Year Escape blends calm by the dunes, seasonal food at Harry’s and the spark of midnight fireworks overlooking Camber Sands.

At The Gallivant, New Year’s Eve always feels effortless.

Imagine the tranquility of long walks along our deserted beach, or starting that good book you’ve never quite started. Evenings focus on delicious dinners, with nothing more taxing than choosing which cocktail to start the evening.

Champagne in hand, candlelights flickering, our New Year’s escape has been thoughtfully designed to balance relaxation with moments of celebration, creating memories to carry with you throughout the coming year.

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Your New Year’s experience includes:

Upon arrival we’ll welcome you to The Gallivant with a freshly baked cake from the kitchen, before you enjoy a delightful a la carte dinner in Harry’s.

New Year’s Eve Day starts with an early morning wellness class for those inclined before a leisurely Gallivant breakfast to decide the plans for the day.  As the dusk falls, the evening unfolds with champagne, canapés and laughter, accompanied by our brilliant pianist to set the scene.

An exquisite four-course dinner at Harry’s leads into the night’s celebration with coffee and digestifs, fireworks on our terrace, and a midnight champagne toast to ring in the New Year.

New Year’s Day can start with a restorative wellness class for the strong before another a leisurely Gallivant breakfast, giving time to reflect on the night just past and the year ahead and fond farewells.

We’ve attended to every detail to ensure your New Year’s with us will be both restorative and joyful—the perfect beginning to 2027.

Rates per person for two nights

  • Snug room – £690
  • Baby Hampton room – £760
  • Garden room – £840
  • Large Hampton room – £860
  • Luxury Garden room – £1010

Your New Year’s Itinerary

New Year’s Eve eve – 30th December

  • Afternoon tea and freshly baked cake in the Sitting room
  • Pre dinner drink
  • Dinner at Harry’s, full a la carte

New Year’s Eve – 31st December

  • Morning wellness class
  • Gallivant breakfast and Bucks Fizz
  • Afternoon cake and teas in the Sitting room
  • Pre dinner champagne and canapés
  • Live piano bar
  • New Year’s Eve dinner at Harry’s
  • Fireworks on the terrace
  • Midnight Champagne

New Year’s Day

  • Morning wellness class
  • Gallivant breakfast

Terms and conditions

  • 25%, non refundable deposit to confirm booking
  • Full payment by Monday 16th November
  • Rates shown are for double occupancy

Useful info

  • We welcome everyone over the age of 12
  • We have three bedrooms where smaller dogs are welcome

New Year’s Escape details and book

WHEN

Two-night stay: 31st December to 2nd January

PRICE AND INCLUSIONS

From £737 per person for the two nights accommodation and everything shown

QUESTIONS?

If you have any questions about our New Years Eve escape please contact our reservations team who will be happy to help
Customer Reviews

Happiness Delivered

We ask everyone that comes to stay for feedback. Here are the five most recent.








Customer reviews
(808 reviews)


16 December, 2021

Wonderful stay in a gorgeous hotel. Very relaxing trip. Staff were brilliant and very attentive. Great that you have a vegetarian menu – a rare find!




16 December, 2021

What can I say…..I loved it, love the gallivant, love the people that work there and Pippa was incredible… I’d defo book another retreat with her.

Only thing was my …

What can I say…..I loved it, love the gallivant, love the people that work there and Pippa was incredible… I’d defo book another retreat with her.

Only thing was my room- I stayed for two nights- 1st night was great, but 2nd night I had to upgrade to another room which felt like an expensive upgrade as the windows didn’t open, shower leaked all over the floor and the mattress defo needs changing… didnt sleep well at all.

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15 December, 2021

Really excellent stay. Cosy rooms, dog-friendly, all staff very welcoming and helpful. Enjoyed the food at dinner, the 5PM wine tasting was a nice touch. Had a lovely massage at …

Really excellent stay. Cosy rooms, dog-friendly, all staff very welcoming and helpful. Enjoyed the food at dinner, the 5PM wine tasting was a nice touch. Had a lovely massage at the start of our two-day stay – my wife enjoyed a private yoga session! Access to the beach was convenient. Overall, relaxing and easy to unwind.

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15 December, 2021

Hi Elise

We loved our stay at The Gallivant over the weekend.

A few bits of feedback :
If there was one thing I could change it would be not having to …

Hi Elise

We loved our stay at The Gallivant over the weekend.

A few bits of feedback :
If there was one thing I could change it would be not having to book a specific time slot for breakfast.

My guess is that booking a time slot ensures that the kitchen can keep up with the freshly-cooked options on the menu. Personally, I would have preferred a larger "from the table" selection with no cooked option if it allowed me to arrive at breakfast whenever I wanted.

Charging for a cappuccino at breakfast felt a little unnecessary too. Perhaps you could limit it to a single coffee per guest?

Finally, I found the Tock booking system for The Full Gallivant rather confusing for Special Events. It didn't seem to have any of the Special Events listed in the week leading up to our weekend (11/12 Dec). Not a major thing but this process didn't seem very easy to me.

Otherwise lovely. All staff were excellent, massage brilliant, food & rooms delightful. A fab weekend to ease into Christmas 🙂

Have a very happy Christmas

Tom

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15 December, 2021

Our stay was perfect. As soon as we stepped into this little gem we relaxed. The staff (particularly the lady on reception who welcomed us) were very friendly and helpful. …

Our stay was perfect. As soon as we stepped into this little gem we relaxed. The staff (particularly the lady on reception who welcomed us) were very friendly and helpful. It wasn’t over the top and in your face kind of service, but felt honest and professional. The atmosphere was calm and quiet. The food was excellent, we even made yogurt breakie at home. Plenty of quirky veggie/vegan dishes to choose from. The room was cosy, clean and very pretty. Loved all the pictures scattered around the walls, the board games and recipe card is a nice touch. Played back gammon and found lovely book on the history of swimsuits! The hotel is small so didn’t feel over crowded. It would be nice to see hotel team up with maybe a couple of local producers to add little extras – Wideye products would be lovey to see in the rooms for the shower/body products as they are locally made and, awesome and kind to the environment and Rye Chocolates would be a sweet addition to each room. All in all we had the most FAB stay.

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Customer reviews
(31 reviews)

Zaneeta Dhesi

16 December, 2021

Wonderful stay in a gorgeous hotel. Very relaxing trip. Staff were brilliant and very attentive. Great that you have a vegetarian menu – a rare find!

Katie Craggs

16 December, 2021

What can I say…..I loved it, love the gallivant, love the people that work there and Pippa was incredible… I’d defo book another retreat with her.

Only thing was my …

What can I say…..I loved it, love the gallivant, love the people that work there and Pippa was incredible… I’d defo book another retreat with her.

Only thing was my room- I stayed for two nights- 1st night was great, but 2nd night I had to upgrade to another room which felt like an expensive upgrade as the windows didn’t open, shower leaked all over the floor and the mattress defo needs changing… didnt sleep well at all.

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Derek Chan

15 December, 2021

Really excellent stay. Cosy rooms, dog-friendly, all staff very welcoming and helpful. Enjoyed the food at dinner, the 5PM wine tasting was a nice touch. Had a lovely massage at …

Really excellent stay. Cosy rooms, dog-friendly, all staff very welcoming and helpful. Enjoyed the food at dinner, the 5PM wine tasting was a nice touch. Had a lovely massage at the start of our two-day stay – my wife enjoyed a private yoga session! Access to the beach was convenient. Overall, relaxing and easy to unwind.

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Tom Maconie

15 December, 2021

Hi Elise

We loved our stay at The Gallivant over the weekend.

A few bits of feedback :
If there was one thing I could change it would be not having to …

Hi Elise

We loved our stay at The Gallivant over the weekend.

A few bits of feedback :
If there was one thing I could change it would be not having to book a specific time slot for breakfast.

My guess is that booking a time slot ensures that the kitchen can keep up with the freshly-cooked options on the menu. Personally, I would have preferred a larger "from the table" selection with no cooked option if it allowed me to arrive at breakfast whenever I wanted.

Charging for a cappuccino at breakfast felt a little unnecessary too. Perhaps you could limit it to a single coffee per guest?

Finally, I found the Tock booking system for The Full Gallivant rather confusing for Special Events. It didn't seem to have any of the Special Events listed in the week leading up to our weekend (11/12 Dec). Not a major thing but this process didn't seem very easy to me.

Otherwise lovely. All staff were excellent, massage brilliant, food & rooms delightful. A fab weekend to ease into Christmas 🙂

Have a very happy Christmas

Tom

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Sinah Cooley

15 December, 2021

Our stay was perfect. As soon as we stepped into this little gem we relaxed. The staff (particularly the lady on reception who welcomed us) were very friendly and helpful. …

Our stay was perfect. As soon as we stepped into this little gem we relaxed. The staff (particularly the lady on reception who welcomed us) were very friendly and helpful. It wasn’t over the top and in your face kind of service, but felt honest and professional. The atmosphere was calm and quiet. The food was excellent, we even made yogurt breakie at home. Plenty of quirky veggie/vegan dishes to choose from. The room was cosy, clean and very pretty. Loved all the pictures scattered around the walls, the board games and recipe card is a nice touch. Played back gammon and found lovely book on the history of swimsuits! The hotel is small so didn’t feel over crowded. It would be nice to see hotel team up with maybe a couple of local producers to add little extras – Wideye products would be lovey to see in the rooms for the shower/body products as they are locally made and, awesome and kind to the environment and Rye Chocolates would be a sweet addition to each room. All in all we had the most FAB stay.

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