real ales

Meat straight from the farm, butchered, cured and smoked on site. Fish straight from the boat. Cooked over wood and coal on their bespoke grill.

Serving an extensive home-cooked menu, specials board, and selection of real ales. They have their own brewery on-site.

Lovely old pub on the edge of Windsor Great Park, serving high quality food, with large portions, in a lovely setting.

A cosy, traditional 500-year-old pub, with a log fire, large garden, ample parking. Serves real ales and traditional pub food, including sandwiches and jacket potatoes, plus a roast, steaks, burgers, lasagne, fish and chips, etc.

Steps is a grade 2 listed building, recently carefully renovated. It is a freehouse bistro-pub, with a wide range of guest ales, beers, lagers and ciders. Very good value 2- and 3-course set menus.

With gnarled oak beams, flagstones and worn floors, this is the oldest freehouse in England. Classic pub food, and Sunday roasts. Daily specials. Serves real ales. Log fire. External patio area. This is worth a visit just to see the interior of the pub.

Three-level, light and airy pub and restaurant overlooking the Thames and Hampton Court Palace. Modern British and Mediterranean food, salads, pastas and pizzas, and pub classics. Comfortable and classy interior, open fires. Ferry to Hampton Court Palace.

This 16th Century former cider house is a lovely thatched pub, serving traditional quality pub food, with menus which change weekly to reflect the seasonal produce available locally. Serves real ales.

Free house with a large beer garden, serving modern British very-well-presented, fine-dining, gastro-pub food and real ales. Locally sourced, fresh ingredients, and a daily-changing menu. Traditional interior with open log fires. Outside bar in the summer.

Bohemian traditional pub, with leather sofas, open fire, and reclaimed wooden furniture, serving guest real ales, and a good range of alcoholic drinks. High quality British food, presented well.

Timber-framed traditional pub layered with wooden beams and open fires. Serves real ales, and has 36 daily specials alongside the main food menu. All of the main courses are 'two for one', with full table service. Large beer garden areas.

Homemade traditional pub classic food, plus tapas, and roasts on Sundays. Pizza and quiz nights on Thursdays. Steak nights on Tuesdays. Serves award winning real ales. Indoor and outdoor children's play areas.

Derbyshire’s Traditional Pub of the Year in 2010, the Royal Oak offers a wide range of classic pub dishes from home-made pies to fish and chips, at affordable prices.

Thai restaurant in the Queen's Head pub. The décor is traditional, with dark tones and wooden furniture creating a warm, homely atmosphere. Serves real ales.

A wisteria-clad Victorian freehouse pub, serving four local Cask Marque accredited real ales, artisan ciders, fine wines, speciality teas and fresh coffee. Inventive modern British food, driven by local seasonal supplies, plus the pub classics.

Traditional pub frequented by regular locals. Serves food and has a selection of real ales. Also has live music from time to time.

Steaks, pies, traditional English cuisine and creative modern cuisine, a large range of wines and champagnes, frequently changing real ales and chilled lagers. Mid-week specials board changes regularly. Live music evenings, gourmet nights and cookery demonstrations.

Recently refurbished, traditional British gastro-pub, with roaring fire, wines mostly available by the glass and real ales from the Wells and Young brewery in Bedford. The Bell has a beer garden, which is a summer sun-trap, as well as a large car park.

Traditional pub food, with daily specials board, in a huge traditional wooden-beamed pub, with a very large garden populated with well-spaced out table-benches.

A friendly local and traditional pub serving traditional pub food at reasonable prices. Exposed beams, log fire, LCD TV screens, occasional live music. Serves real ales, and usually has a guest ale.

Great value for money fine dining from Michelin-starred restaurant trained chef Simon Diprose. Locally sourced ingredients. Cosy country pub and restaurant, with a large beer garden. Serves real ales.

A wooden-beamed pub dating back to 1712, serving locally sources and freshly prepared quality traditional pub food with a modern twist. Serves real ales. Has a selection of small snug seating areas situated around the building, each different and full of character. Booking is advised Thursday to Saturday. Dog-friendly. Low prices. Comedy nights.

A country pub serving modern British and European food with a Lebanese influence, due to the Lebanese chef. Specialises in fresh fish dishes. Serves Lebanese wines and real ales.

Delicatessen stocking a wide range of useful deli-style food supplies. The locals love it.

The White Hart in Beaconsfield Old Town is a country pub and restaurant with rural charm and rustic character. Hearty, seasonal pub-food and cask ales. Outside patio and beer garden.