Country Pub Escapes

Looking for an evening escape or somewhere to lunch over the bank holiday weekend? Head out of the city and enjoy great food and idyllic settings at some of the UK's finest pubs. Whether you choose to stay close to London or venture further out in the UK, Square Meal brings you some of the best countryside pubs, each one well worth the drive.

Countryside pubs near London
Black Boys Inn, Berkshire
Crown and Castle, Suffolk
Hand and Flowers, Buckinghamshire
The Kingham Plough, Oxfordshire
The Mistley Thorn, Essex
The Royal Oak, Berkshire
The Sportsman, Kent
Star Inn at Tytherley, Hampshire
The Trout at Tadpole Bridge, Oxfordshire (pictured)
The White Horse, Norfolk

Countryside pubs around the UK
Applecross Inn, Scotland
The Bell at Sapperton, Gloucestershire
The Collyweston Slater, Lincolnshire
The Dawnay Arms, North Yorkshire
Devonshire Arms in Beeley, Derbyshire
Felin Fach Griffin, Wales
The Olive Branch, Leicestershire
The Punchbowl Inn, Cumbria
The Wheatsheaf, Somerset
The White Bull, Lancashire