Welcome to
The Candle Orchard

The Studio

The Candle Orchard is an artist-run tattoo and art studio in the heart of Bexhill-on-Sea, shaped by care, creativity, and community. We believe tattooing should feel welcoming rather than intimidating, and our calm, clean studio is a space where people can take their time, feel respected, and feel supported while creating something meaningful together.

Here, you can book a custom tattoo in a peaceful environment with one of our resident or guest artists — all tattoos are by appointment only. Please feel free to browse through their portfolios in the gallery section and get in touch if you’d like to discuss a project. You can contact us directly through our main account @thecandleorchard , reach out to our artists via Instagram or directly contact us through our website contact form below.

As well as being a tattoo studio, The Candle Orchard is home to a wealth of art for your enjoyment. We proudly promote and retail artwork from our own artists and other tattoo artists around the world. Within our safe and welcoming space, we also run a bespoke gallery in our central reception room, showcasing work from local artists and often hosting evening exhibitions and events.

The Candle Orchard is a place where anyone and everyone can enjoy the art of tattooing, creativity, and community.
We look forward to seeing you in the studio soon.

Testimonials

Had a fabulous lower leg tattoo here today with their guest artist Cvetelina Emilova. EVERYTHING about this experience was exceptional. The location is a two minute walk to the sea, which feels like wellbeing starts immediately arriving in Bexhill. Grace and Sharon were so inviting, kind, friendly and they made me feel at home straight away - also coming to chat whilst not tattooing other clients.
Em D
A Google Review
Choosing The Candle Orchards for my very first tattoo was the best decision I could have made. I was nervous coming in, but the entire environment was immediately friendly and wonderfully relaxed—it completely put me at ease.
Nicola Caush
A Google Review
I've had several tattoos here and the experience has always been incredible. Grace is an amazing artist. The studio is beautiful and inviting. I always feel welcome and relaxed. I adore more tattoos and often get complimented on them.
Jess Stewart
A Google Review
Grace made me feel so comfortable for my first tattoo, I felt at ease and safe. My tattoo was amazing and my second one is too. I will definitely be back and can highly recommend it to everyone.
Jennifer Neal
A Google Review
Truly lovely experience. Grace is warm, welcoming and easy to talk to. The bed was comfortable, even for an all day session. The studio itself is cosy, clean, smells divine and has gorgeous artwork over the walls, herbal tea and vegan sweet treats. The actual tattoo is beautiful. I love it.
Clare Kedwell
A Google Review
Had a fantastic experience being tattooed here, my artist Grace was brilliant and super understanding of it being my first two pieces. Their designs are super cool, and the session went super smoothly! They offered sugary sweets and some really great Bibi’s Tea!
Anderson Phillips
A Google Review
Ellie Rumsey

My first tattoo here, but easily the most positive tattoo experience I’ve had so far, and this was my 10th tattoo. Grace is wonderful and explained every part of the process so well. They explained how/where they would need to touch my body to tattoo me, and asked for my consent to do this which I’ve never had before. The appointment was peaceful and gentle and I never felt rushed or hurried. The tattoo itself is stunning and has healed perfectly and I’ll be back in a few weeks for another!

Matthew Allan

I went here last Saturday with my friends for some group tattoos. We all rolled a d20 to determine which number we got, grace set up the studio for us all to have a DND session between getting tattooed and it was lovely. Everyone was happy with their tattoos and grace was lovely as always, very welcoming and looking after us all with drinks and snacks. Highly recommend the candle orchard and grace, I think of grace as family with the amount of time I spend there and rightly so, you feel at home when you're in the studio with them. 10/10 will always come back. ♥️

Jade Dowman

Was my first tattoo with Grace and first tattoo artist in the UK, took a big leap of faith and don’t regret it at all! From start to finish she took care of me, explained everything i would need to know and more. Understood how important my tattoo is and treated it like it was her own. Not only is she amazing as an artist but also as a person. Honestly couldn’t recommend her enough and will definitely be back for some more! 🙂