Cider Pub Guide to Dorset

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The guide to pubs selling cider in Dorset.
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Contents 1 Beaminster 2 Blandford 3 Bournemouth 3.1 Westbourne 4 Bourton 5 ? Buckhorn Weston 6 Chickerell 7 Child Okeford 8 Church Knowle 9 Cranborne 10 Dewlish 11 Dorchester 12 ? East Chaldon 13 Ferndown 14 Fiddleford 15 Hazelbury Bryan 16 Ibberton 17 ? Loders 18 Manston 19 Milton Abbas 20 Mudeford Quay 21 Owermoigne 22 Pamphill 23 Piddletrenthide 24 Plush 25 Seatown 26 Shapwick 27 ? Shave Cross 28 Spetisbury 29 Studland 30 Sturminster Newton 31 ? Symondsbury 32 Swanage 33 ? Waytown 34 Weymouth 35 Wimborne 36 Winterborne Kingston 37 Winterborne Stickland 38 Worth Matravers

Beaminster

• Knapp Inn , 21-23 Clay Lane . DT8 3BU , 01308 862408

Taunton Traditional available . Nov 2007

Blandford

• The Railway Hotel ,Oakfield Street, Blandford.01258 456374

There has not been a railway station in Blandford for over 40 years, but its hotel, close to where it once was, is still going strong. It's the only free house in town and stays open till the last customer leaves! Serves Stowford press. Cider by Rosie available at their festival during Blandford's Georgian Fair in early May.

Bournemouth

Westbourne

• Porterhouse 113 Poole Road, Westbourne.

A Ringwood Brewery Pub. Formerly had "Cheddar Valley", now has Thatchers Farmers Tipple on handpump.

July 2007 : Aspall's Suffolk Cyder (Keg) & Farmers Tipple available.

Bourton

• White Lion High St.

Reputed to have Thatchers Traditional.

? Buckhorn Weston

• Stapleton Arms Church Hill

Reputed to have a varying real cider and Weston's perry.

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Chickerell

• The Marquis of Granby at Chickerell near Weymouth. - Old Rosie map

• The Lugger Inn -30 West Street, Chickerell, Dorset, DT3 4DY

The Weymouth FC website says this sells Addlestones

Child Okeford

• The Baker Arms In the centre of the village, this pleasant pub with a large beer garden offers good home cooked food, Real Ales and Cider by Rosie Dorset cider.

Ideal place to have lunch after your walk over Hambledon Hill

Church Knowle

• The New Inn at Church Knowle near Corfe Castle - Old Rosie map

(delisted) Corfe Castle

• (delisted) The Greyhound Inn

No longer serves real cider. http://groups.google.co.uk/group/ukcider/browse_frm/thread/60ca1d125ee9eacc?hl=en

Cranborne

• The Sheaf of Arrows Cranborne, has Westons Stowford Press on hand pump as well as Scrumpy Jack. Map

Dewlish

• The Royal Oak Dewlish, Dorchester Dorset DT2 7ND 01258 837352

Absolutely peaceful, well off the beaten track, the Oak is a gem and well worth a pilgrimage. 6 real ales, real cider and tasty food. Ciders are Weston's Stowford Press, Weston's 1st quality and the local Cider by Rosie

Dorchester

• The Blue Raddle Church St., Dorchester

A friendly little pub with good food and real ales. It also has a policy of only having real cider. Westons Organic on draught and Cider by Rosie. map

? East Chaldon

• Sailor's Return

Reputed to have a Westons cider.

Ferndown

• The Night Jar at Ferndown - Westons 500ml bottles, and now stocks Bag in a box Westons Organic & Westons Old Rosie in the chiller cabinet map

Fiddleford

• The Fiddleford Inn

A nice traditional pub with good food real ales and cider. Sells Cider by Rosie and Long Ashton medium dry (made by Thatchers for Butcombe brewery)

Map and details

Hazelbury Bryan

• Antelope Hotel . ex brewery owned pub, now a free house! Sells draught local cider Cider by Rosie and Stowford Press

Ibberton

• The Crown

Thatchers Dry Cider. Cider by Rosie (local ukcider producer). Pretty garden. They do a very fine Roast on Sundays

Map and details

? Loders

• Loders Arms

Reported to have Taunton Traditional.

Manston

• The Plough at Manston has Thatcher's Gold and Cider by Rosie map

Milton Abbas

• Hambro Arms at Milton Abbas - Westons Stowford Press map

Mudeford Quay

• The Haven House Inn at Mudeford Quay has Thatcher's Gold map

(delisted) The Royal Oak at Okeford Fitzpaine had Burrow Hill, now bought by Enterprise Inns,  now has loud music, lcd tvs all over the place and sky sports. What was a great village pub is now a town centre sports bar.

Owermoigne

• Mill House Cider Museum, Owermoigne, Near Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8HZ

www.millhousecider.com

A very interesting display of old cider making equipment. There is also a clock museum and a thriving plant nursery on the same site. Well worth a visit,if you are holidaying in Dorset or even just passing through. The Museum shop has a good range of ciders to buy, including Burrow Hill, Perry's single varieties and Cider by Rosie draught Dorset cider in bottles.

Pamphill

• The Vine Inn Pamphill, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, BH21 4EE Tel: 01202 882259

A delightful little pub in an unspoilt village close to Kingston Lacey estate ( National Trust ). You will be made very welcome by Linda who has been the Vine's Landlady for many years.

Linda keeps Weston's Perry and 1st Quality Cider and locally made Cider by Rosie

Piddletrenthide

• The Poacher's Inn at Piddletrentide has Thatcher's Draught map

Plush

• The Brace of Pheasants at Plush has Stowford Press

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Seatown

• The Anchor Inn Seatown, Chideock, Bridport, Dorset DT6 6JU Tel. 01297 489215

Turn south from Chideock on the A35 for 1 mile to the beach. map

Thatchers Gold on draught, a wide range of cooked food and accomodation

Shapwick

• The Anchor Inn, 01258 857269, Between Blandford and Wimborne. Turn off B3082 opposite Badbury Rings.

A pleasant village pub now under new management. Mark and Roseanne are already doing tasty meals and have a firm interest in real ale and cider. Cider by Rosie and Thatcher's Gold

? Shave Cross

• Shave Cross Inn Grid ref: 415980

Reputed to have Thatchers and Westons ciders and to offer camping.

Spetisbury

• The Drax Arms. Ex brewery owned pub, now a free house! Sells local draught Cider by Rosie

Studland

• Bankes Arms Hotel Watery Lane. Signposted from the main road.

A varying real cider. (Thatchers Cheddar Valley on 26/8/07)

Food. Garden with views over the sea. Handy for the Bournemouth - Swanage bus route (open-top in summer).

Sturminster Newton

• Market Cross Wines. An excellent off-licence right in the middle of town with a very wide choice of ciders from Westons, Sheppys, Thatchers, Brothers, Aspalls, Merrydown, Hecks, Castles farm cider from West Dorset and the local Cider by Rosie in bottles.

? Symondsbury

• Ilchester Arms

Reputed to have Taunton Traditional

Swanage

• The Red Lion , 63 High Street, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 2LY Tel: 01929 423533 map

Tim and Karen have a good range of real ales and are also keen to promote real cider as the list below amply shows. If you are holidaying in Swanage this is a pub of character, not to be missed.

Westons ciders as follows:

Old Rosie, Scrumpy, 1st Quality, Bounds Brand,Organic,Stowford Press, Special Keg (new introduction 2006), 1880 Stowford Supreme (bottle).

Weston's Perry

Perry's Dabinett, Perry's Sweet, Perry's Scrumpy.

Cider by Rosie (local ukcider producer)

? Waytown

• Hare and Hounds

Reputed to have Taunton Traditional.

Weymouth

• Boot Inn High Street West

Definitely has Thatchers Cheddar Valley.

• The Kings Arms 15 Trinity Road, Weymouth, DT4 8TJ 01305 770055

Traditional dockside boozer with live music weekends. Choice of real ales, I spotted a hand pump labelled "traditional" with a do-it-yourself label in the back bar as I was leaving - its not visible from the front bar so you need to ask! Not sure what they were serving, but it was definately cider. Dogs allowed. Headquarters of the Weymouth trawler race teams. Google Map

• The Market House 37 Maiden Street, Weymouth, DT4 8AZ

Now has Thatchers Cheddar Valley and Thatchers Traditional on draught thanks to the new landlord

• The Dorothy Inn 48 / 49 The Esplanade.

Serves Taunton Traditional.

• The Rock 41 Abbotsbury Road, DT4 0AQ.

Serves Thatchers Heritage on draught.

More details of Weymouth pubs are available on the Weymouth Football Club site at http://www.theterras.co.uk/website/the%20town/weymouth%20pub%20guide.htm All pubs listed there as selling real cider are shown abouve

Wimborne

• The Royal British Legion Has Thatchers on draught. Map

• The Green Man in Wimborne normally has either Traditional Scrumpy or 1st Quality (both from Westons) available on draught map

Winterborne Kingston

• The Greyhound at Winterborne Kingston near Bere Regis, is an up and coming free house much refreshed its new ownership - Stowford Press, and Cider by Rosie map

Winterborne Stickland

• The Crown Winterborne Stickland has Thatcher's Draught map

Worth Matravers

• The Square and Compass at Worth Matravers is a real cider pub of immense character. A cider festival is held every November and there are many other special events throughout the year. Charlie has Weston's Organic vintage, Weston's Perry, Stowford Press and Old Rosie , Heck's Perry and single variety ciders, and Cider by Rosie draught medium dry local cider. There are now 5 ciders made by Charlie himself ! They are: Eve's Idea medium, Newton's Law, Vat 17, Sat Down Be, and the landlord's own favourite, his oak matured single variety Charlie's Tree.

The Square is moving more and more towards real full juice ciders and has just been awarded Wessex Pub of the year. A visit is an absolute must if you are in the area. It is a Mecca for cider lovers.

Only 3 buses per day, but a good service 1 mile away at Acton Turning.

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