The urban guide to the countryside -
Pubs & Inns
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Rick Stein’s Favourite Places
Brothels, bishops, cold baths at Winchester College and, oh yeah, the odd pub or three. Sorry Cornwall, but you're going to have to share the legend that is Mr Rick Stein.
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Heston’s posh pub
Elegantly eccentric; Bray's Michelin-starred Hind's Head reintroduces some historic, British dishes with a hit if Heston theatre.
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Horse and Groom
A classic, Cotswolds country boozer in Bourton-on-the-Hill.
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The Best Pub in England
Into the winner's enclosure! A lovely village inn that's only gone and won AA Best Pub in England
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The Red Lion, Odiham
A fam-friendly rural pub. Local produce & fab walks & cycling.
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The Maytime Inn
Looking for a romantic escape? The Cotswolds’ Maytime Inn has your back.
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Royal Exchange, Lindford
A friendly inn on the Hampshire/Surrey border serving proper, locally sourced pub nosh.
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The Woolpack
A Hampshire institution, The Woolie nods to its rural huntin', shootin' roots with a cheeky measure of English eccentricity and a modern menu with impressive cultural breadth.
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The Crown Inn, Upton
Hidden away in a corner nook of The Crown Inn, I am nibbling crunchy scotch eggs with a glass of Pietas Red to hand. Life is sweet. The space wins an easy ‘dix points’ for atmosphere and decor; it is not loud, it is not kitsch — never segueing into rustic theme-park territory — but understated, modern […]
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The Green Man
A glorious, and knowing, mash-up: part Rovers Return gorblimey boozer, part eccentric Country House.
