Mr Wolfe’s review of The Sportsman
- Within 90 minutes of London
A weatherboarded shack on a bleak stretch of marsh, and one of the great meals in England. Stephen Harris churns his own butter and makes his own salt. Book the tasting menu.
no. 72 of William Wolfe’s 100 best pubs
The Sportsman
Seasalter, Kent
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Tillington, West Sussex6. The Horse Guards InnStealth wealth country: hard to reach, quietly rich. A three-hundred-year-old inn beside the church, a stone’s throw from Petworth Park…S
Fittleworth, West Sussex10. The Swan InnHot on the Horse Guards’ heels, and an equally gorgeous spot. An ancient inn on the edge of the South Downs, close by the River Rother…A
Frithsden, Hertfordshire56. The Alford ArmsA Victorian pub hidden in the Chilterns, beside the Ashridge woods. The perfect Sunday lunch within an hour of London.B
Climping, West Sussex57. The Black HorseSeventeenth century, seven bedrooms, a vaulted oak dining room and a short walk to the sea. An ideal summer weekend.B
Bridge, Kent58. The Bridge ArmsThe Fordwich team’s second act, cooking over fire in a village outside Canterbury. Unpretentious room, starry plates.B
Charlbury, Oxfordshire59. The BullA handsome Cotswold-stone coaching inn cooking over wood. Hipster heaven: rooms upstairs, a fire downstairs.All the best pubs in the South East and the Thames ValleyAll one hundred pubs