New Forest Country Pubs
Here is a fine selection of New Forest Country Pubs. All are within the New Forest National Park, but are at least a reasonable distance away from the main New Forest villages.
Which is the best New Forest country pub? Well, of course, that's a matter of personal taste, a matter of opinion. Certainly all are worth a visit and few, if any, will disappoint.
(excluding those around Lyndhurst)
Location: On Ridgeway Lane, 1.75 kilometres south of Lymington
Postcode: SO41 8AH (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Bar snacks and a la carte menu
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Ringwood Best
Ringwood Fortyniner
Sharp's Doom Bar
Guinness
Cobra Premium Beer
San Miguel
Coors Light
Carling Extra Cold
Stowford Press Cider
Lilley's Apple and Pear Cider
Thatchers Gold
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: Clay Hill - beside the A337 Brockenhurst road, 1 kilometre south of Lyndhurst
Postcode: SO43 7DE (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Piddle Premium Ale
Flack's Double Drop
Carling
Amstel
Guinness
Thatchers Gold
Aspall Suffolk Cyder
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: Adjacent to Beaulieu Road railway station, 8 kilometres north-west of Beaulieu village
Postcode: SO42 7YQ (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Lunchtime and evenings
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Yes
At the bar:
Cotleigh Golden Seahawk
Cotleigh Tawny Owl
Ringwood Best
Ringwood Old Thumper
Ringwood Boondoggle
Guinness
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cider
Beck’s Vier
Budweiser
Stella Artois
(All details as at May 2012)
Location: Lymington Road - beside the A337, 2 kilometres south of Brockenhurst
Postcode: SO42 7UF (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Yes
At the bar:
Timothy Taylor Boltmaker
Vibrant Forest, Nova Foresta
Guinness
Peroni
Foster's
Thatchers Gold
Strongbow cider
Strongbow Cloudy Apple cider
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: On the B3079, 2 km north-west of Cadnam (Junction 1 of the M27)
Postcode: SO43 7HE (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Wadworth's IPA
Wadworth's 6X
Wadworth's Horizon
Wadworth's Swordfish
Wadworth's Studs Up Pale Ale
Guinness
Amstel Bier
Heineken
Birra Moretti Italian Lager
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cider
(All details as at July 2018)
Location: Keyhaven Road - close to the quay at Keyhaven, 4 kilometres south-west of Lymington
Postcode: SO41 0TP (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Traditional pub food and homemade daily specials
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Seafarers English Ale
Sharp's Doom Bar
Flack's Double Drop
Timothy Taylor Landlord
Guinness
Carlsberg Gold
Staropramen Premium Lager
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cider
Stowford Press Cider
Old Rosie Cider
Purbeck Cider
(All details as at July 2018)
Location: On the edge of Emery Down, 1.5 kilometres north-west of Lyndhurst
Postcode: SO43 7DY
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Yes
The New Forest Inn
as it was in the early 20th century
At the bar:
Ringwood Fortyniner
Flack Manor - Double Drop
Purity Brewing, Mad Goose pale ale
Guinness
Fosters
Peroni (premium lager)
Grolsch
Aspall Suffolk Cider
Aspall Harry Sparrow Cider
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: On Pinkney Lane at Bank, 1.5 kilometres from Lyndhurst and not too far from the A35 Christchurch road
Postcode: SO43 7FD
Food: Monday - Friday: 12.00 - 2.30 pm, 6.00 - 9.30pm, Saturday: 12.00 - 9.30 pm, Sunday: 12.00 - 9.00 pm
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Gales HSB
Gales Seafarers Ale
Fuller's London Pride
Guinness
Heineken
Foster's
Staropramen Premium Lager
Aspall Suffolk Cyder
(All details as at April 2013)
Location: Rope Hill - in Boldre village, 3 kilometres north of Lymington
Postcode: SO41 8NE (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Monday - Saturday - 12.00 noon - 2.30 pm; 6.00 pm - 9.30 pm; Sunday - 12.00 noon - 8.00 pm
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Ringwood Best
Ringwood Fortyniner
Brakspear Oxford Gold
Marston's 'Me Duck'
Guinness
Beck's Vier
Kronenbourg 1664
Peroni (premium lager)
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cider
(All details as at April 2013)
Location: Toms Lane, Linwood - 6 kilometres north-east of Ringwood
Postcode: BH24 3QT (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Adjacent campsite
At the bar:
Red Shoot Brewery - New Forest Gold
Red Shoot Brewery - Muddy Boot
Red Shoot Brewery - Tom Tipple
Wadworth 6X
Wadworth Boundary
Wadworth, Corvus Stout
Kronenbourg 1664
Amstel
Fosters
Kingstone Press Cider
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cider
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: Canada Road, West Wellow - leads straight out onto Canada Common
Postcode: SO51 6DE (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Set Menu for both lunches and dinners, and a standard a la carte. 12 noon - 2.30pm and 6.00pm - 9.00pm
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Ringwood Best
Upham Punter
Rotating guest ales e.g. Dancing Cows, Vibrant Forest Brewery, Ringwood, Upham
Guinness
Carlsberg
San Miguel
Peroni
Aspalls Suffolk Cider
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: In the well-spread hamlet of Fritham, 6 kilometres west of Cadnam (Junction 1 of the M27)
Postcode: SO43 7HJ (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Three shepherd's huts to rent for overnight stays
The Royal Oak has been little
changed by the passage of time
At the bar:
Bowman's Royal Oak bitter
Flack Manor - Double Drop
Vale Brewery VPA
Ringwood Bitter
Ramsbury Farmer's Best Bitter
Three Daggers Brewery Spring Festival
Guinness
Carlsberg
Staropramen Premium Lager
Beck's Vier
Aspall Suffolk Cyder
Purbeck Cider
(All details as at July 2018)
Location: Hilltop, 2 km north-east of Beaulieu village, beside the B3054
Postcode: SO42 7YR (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Monday - Friday: 12.00 - 3.00 pm, 6.00 - 9.00 pm. Saturday, Sunday, Bank holidays: All day.
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: No
At the bar:
Abbot Ale
Adnams Broadside
Wadworth's Bishop's Tipple
Ringwood Best
Guinness
Carling
Foster's
Kronenbourg 1664
Stella Artois
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cider
Stowford Press Cider
Pheasant Plucker Pear Cider
Lilley's Bee Sting Pear Cider
(All details as at April 2013)
Location: Swan Green, beside the A35 Christchurch road, 1 kilometre west of Lyndhurst
Postcode: SO43 7DT (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Cream teas, and a full menu available all day from 12.00 noon.
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Yes
At the bar:
Abbot Ale
Ringwood Old Scrumper
Ringwood Fortyniner
Hogs Back Brewery T.E.A.
Sharp's Doom Bar
Guinness
Carlsberg
San Miguel
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cyder
Stowford Press Cider
(All details as at April 2013)
Location: In the hamlet of Minstead, close to the church - 3.5 kilometres north-west of Lyndhurst
Postcode: SO43 7FY (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Yes
Servant seen here in a 1906 view
At the bar:
Sharp's Doom Bar
Flack Manor - Double Drop
Bowman Ales, Wallops Wood
Guinness
Peroni
Budweiser
Foster's
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cyder
Aspall Suffolk Cider
(All details as at May 2016)
Location: In East Boldre village - 2 kilometres south-west of Beaulieu
Postcode: SO42 7WL (for Sat Nav and Google Maps users)
Food: Yes
Garden: Yes
Accommodation: Yes
At the bar:
Ringwood Best
Ringwood Fortyniner
Andwell's King John
Guinness
Kronenburg
Kozel (Czech lager)
Strongbow Cloudy Apple Cider
Thatchers Gold Somerset Cyder
(All details as at May 2016)
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(excluding those around Lyndhurst)
Sadly, 58 animals were killed - 35 ponies, 13 cows, 8 donkeys and 2 sheep, whilst a further 32 were injured - 3 pigs, 9 donkeys, 11 cows and 9 ponies.
(Forty-three accidents occurred in daylight, 15 at twilight and 101 in the dark. Twenty-seven accidents were not reported by the driver involved).
Here's just one horrific example - Three donkeys killed in collision with van at notorious New Forest blackspot (Advertiser and Times)
Dragonflies and damselflies remain on the wing and so do butterflies, but in ever decreasing numbers.
Hen harriers and other autumn and winter visiting birds begin to arrive in the Forest.
New Forest fungi - mushrooms and toadstools increasingly appear in the woods.
Red deer start to noisily rut as stags roar songs of love across favoured heaths.
October
Ancient, unenclosed woodlands and broad-leaved inclosures increasingly take on colourful autumnal hues.
Grey squirrels frantically seek out and store acorns for use during the cold days of winter.
Fallow deer boisterously rut for two or three weeks around the middle of the month before the bucks leave the does and eventually re-form their own male-only 'buck herds'.
