HMS Forward was a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy during World War II.

It was based at South Heighton, just outside Newhaven, East Sussex.

Based in a former Guinness Trust Holiday Home,[1] Forward served as the command centre for all Royal Naval establishments in the area and was responsible for: In 1941 a complex of tunnels were constructed 20 m (66 ft) underground to house a centre which plotted all shipping traffic in the English Channel between Dungeness and Selsey Bill, in conjunction with the coastal radar chain.

[3] Forward was decommissioned on 31 August 1945.

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