 It then enters Herstmonceux, coming out of the village down a hill it then comes up to Magham Down.The road then enters Hailsham meeting the A295 and the B2104 and then goes into Lower Horsebridge meeting the A22.The eastern end of this road was renumbered sometime after 1980 - originally the eastern end of the A271 was at Ninfield where it met the A269 which went to Battle via Catsfield (now the B2204).