| THE BELL INN
Bell Street
Map Tel: 01256 893120 REAL ALES
Courage: Best
Fullers: Gales Seafarer's Ale
Fullers: London Pride
| The half-timbered Bell is one of the town’s oldest and most ‘traditional’ pubs – exposed beams are a prominent feature. This friendly family-run pub has two bars and a separate higher area off the lounge where a quiet pint can be enjoyed. Pool table in the public bar. There is a pleasant small patio at the rear. Open all day. It is a rare outlet for Goddards beers, from the Isle of Wight.
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| THE OLD BREWERY
(the Blue Ginger)
Bell Street
Map Tel: 01256 895700 REAL ALES
None available | Why is this listed? Officially the Blue Ginger could revert back to being a pub. However, it is now a fine Indian and Bengali restaurant, where the food comes highly recommended, while real ale is available just over the road! Worth a visit.
It is included here as this pub has been lost to the vagaries of the Planning System that presently allows conversion into a restaurant without the need for planning permission. Back to TOP |
| HARVEST HOME
Winchester Road
Map Tel: 01256 892217 REAL ALES
Andwell: Resolute
Andwell: King John (on last visit before the bulldozers) | ANOTHER PUB DEMOLISHED!
The Borough Council refused to allow public consultation.
This was an open-plan, warm and cosy pub on the site of an older pub of the same name. There is a small garden area to the side. The licensees had created a real community spirit with charity quizes and live music and use of the skittle alley, the only one in town. However Admiral Taverns decided to advertise the pub to others.
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| KINGS ARMS
Church Street
Map Tel: 01256 893489
REAL ALES
Wells/Youngs: Bombardier | Town-centre, locals’ local. Two distinctly different bars; public is lively with a pool table; lounge is comfortable, cosy and quieter although there are regular excellent music nights and special events too.
The pub is opposite the Mail Sorting Office (Whitchurch had steadfastly kept its own), but it has unfortunately closed.
Bus stops outside.
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| LONGMEADOW
(Whitchurch Sports & Social Club)
Winchester Road
Map Tel: 01256 892493 REAL ALES
Beer range varies.
Usually two.
Last visit had...
Bowmans: Swift One
Longdog: Brindle Bitter
| The excellent facilities at this club are one of the town’s hidden attractions. The two large bars are open each evening and always serves real ale. As well as being home to Whitchurch United Football Club, the venue is also shared by the indoor Bowling Club whose impressive green can be viewed from the main lounge bar. Squash courts are also available. Regular events are held ranging from parties to muisc sessions.
North Hampshire CAMRA Club of the Year 2008. See HERE.
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| PRINCE REGENT
London Road
Map Tel: 01256 892179 REAL ALES
Hop Back: Summer Lightning
Stonehenge: Pigswill | Affectionately known as ‘The Prince’, this unspoilt single-bar basic local free house has a strong local following. Excellent juke box, Pool table and Sky TV feature, along with regular live music sessions. Good views over the Test Valley from the small patio.
Real ale prices are amongst the lowest in the area. Back to TOP |
| RIP RAILWAY HOTEL
Station Road
Map Tel: 01256 895246
DEMOLISHED
| TURNED INTO A TEMPORARY CAR PARK
This welcoming single-bar pub by the railway station with a strong community following was razed to the ground in the first week of March 2010 despite having no planning permission for any other use!
The developer Lochailort Investments and Punch Taverns showed no interest in the building as a pub and failed to show any support for anyone who wished to run it as a viable business.
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| RED HOUSE
London Street
Map Tel: 01256 895558 REAL ALES
Beer range varies. Last visit had...
Andwell : Resolute
Andwell : King John | A fine traditional pub with two completely separate bars, both with log fires. the pub has been extensively redecorated. Two contrasting bars offer a variety of food which has received good reports. There is a safe family garden at the rear.
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| WHITE HART
The Square
Map Tel: 01256 892900 REAL ALES
Arkells: 3Bs
Arkells: Wiltshire Gold
Arkells: Noel Ale
Occasional seasonal ales, eg:
Bees Organic< Royal Bassett | Impressive comfortable historic coaching inn owned by Arkell's Brewery, with several separate areas. Breakfast is available, and cream teas served in the summer. Local artists’ work adorns the walls. Occasional live music/discos. The nearby chemist shop is reputedly the second oldest in the country. Opposite is also the birthplace of former Master of the Rolls, the late Lord Denning. The Square outside is where the ‘right to demonstrate’ was won for the country, which is marked by a plaque. WiFi.
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| PUB LEAFLET A copy of the latest Pubs of Whitchurch Leaflet is available HERE | Current issue: 2011 Back to TOP |
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