real ales

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.

Modern British cuisine with Mediterranean influences, ranging from light bites to restaurant style food, including classic char-grills and fish dishes. Stylish and contemporary interior. Serves real ales.

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.

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

'Dining Pub of the Year' in the Good Pub Guide 2012. Traditional wooden-beamed pub with large gardens, real ales, open fire. Imaginative British food using fresh, seasonal and local produce. Free Wi-Fi.

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.

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.

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.

Traditional pub, using only fresh locally sourced products for their daily changing menu. Simple, hearty and traditional menu with an emphasis on classic pub dishes.

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.

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.

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.

Real ales, conservatory, decked garden area, good quality pub food, in the picturesque Denham Village.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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