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EATING & DRINKING

Dorset and The New Forest is a food lover's dream. Hearty local produce, ranging from fruit and vegetables to pork and apple sausages, from jams and marmalades to Dorset Apple Cake and Knob biscuits, awaits you!

With over 4,000 farms in the area, local produce is readily available at one of the many Farmers' Markets held throughout the year. These markets offer the perfect opportunity to meet some of the local characters that help to make Dorset and The New Forest such a special area. Many farm and cottage producers also have a farm shop.

Each market town in the area also has a set general market day, when the town buzzes with activity as local traders bring their wares to town. Wimborne Minster's weekend covered market is the largest in the south, and Dorchester's Wednesday market is also well-known and widely-attended. In the New Forest, Lymington's Saturday market is popular.

There are also various food festivals throughout the year – the one in Christchurch for example is in May every year and in Sturminster Newton there is an annual festival dedicated to cheese in September.

 

Dorset and The New Forest is home to some local Real Ale breweries, among them Hall and Woodhouse ('Badger' beers www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk). The Hall and Woodhouse Brewery in Blandford Forum, Ringwood Brewery www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk , and Palmer's Brewery in Bridport www.palmersbrewery.com , are open to visitors at certain times. Each brewery owns a chain of pubs throughout the area and elsewhere in the UK, which serve the local brew.

Thanks to its mild climate, the area even has some vineyards such as The Purbeck Vineyard www.purbeckvineyard.co.uk  and Setley Ridge Vineyard in The New Forest.

The local produce can also be enjoyed in the many fine eating and drinking establishments in the area.   Sit on the seafront and taste fish brought in that morning, sample traditional fare in one of the many countryside pubs or enjoy a sumptuous meal at a luxury hotel. 

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Regular Farmers Markets are held in many towns across Dorset & The New Forest including:

Beaulieu
Blandford
Bournemouth
Bridport
Brockenhurst
Christchurch
Dorchester
Fordingbridge
Lymington

Lyndhurst
Shaftesbury
Sherborne
Sturminster Newton
Verwood
Wareham
Weymouth
Wimborne


 

Dates can be requested at Tourist Information Centres.  

 

WHERE TO EAT & DRINK


 

There are many fine eating and drinking establishments in the area, too many to include here.  We’ve listed below a selection recommended in the 2009 editions of Which Good Food Guide and The Good Pub Guide.  But when you’re here, ask the local people you meet or pop into a Tourist Information Centre for a tip!

 

Dorset New Forest Tourism Partnership can take no responsibility for the quality of offering at these venues.


RESTAURANTS:

WHICH GOOD FOOD GUIDE 2009

 

CHETTLE                                  CASTLEMAN HOTEL 

DORCHESTER                          SIENNA

GILLINGHAM                            STOCK HILL   

LYMINGTON                             EAGAN’S
SHAFTESBURY                         LA FLEUR DE LYS       

STURMINSTER NEWTON         PLUMBER MANOR

WEST BAY                                RIVERSIDE RESTAURANT

WEYMOUTH                              CRAB HOUSE CAFE

      

BARTON ON SEA                     PEBBLE BEACH
BEAULIEU                                TERRACE, MONTAGU GUIDE ARMS HOTEL

BROCKENHURST                     SIMPLY POUSSIN

                                                  LE POUSSIN @ WHITLEY RIDGE

STUCKTON                               THREE LIONS  


PUBS:

THE GOOD PUB GUIDE 2009, Ebury Press

CHIDEOK                                GEORGE

CHURCH KNOWLE                  NEW INN                     

FARNHAM                               THE MUSEUM

LANGTON HERRING               ELM TREE

MARSHWOOD                         THE BOTTLE

MIDDLEMARSH                       HUNTERS MOON

MUDEFORD                             THE SHIP IN DISTRESS

NETTLECOMBE                      THE MARQUIS OF LORNE

OSMINGTON MILLS                SMUGGLERS

PAMPHILL                                THE VINE

PIDDLETRENTHIDE                 THE EUROPEAN

PLUSH                                     THE BRACE OF PHEASANTS

POOLE                                     THE COW

POWERSTOCK                        THREE HORSESHOES

SHAVE CROSS                        SHAVE CROSS INN

SHERBORNE                           THE DIGBY TAP

SHROTON                                THE CRICKETERS

SYDLING ST NICHOLAS          THE GREYHOUND

WEST BAY                               WEST BAY

WEST STOUR                          THE SHIP

WORTH MATRAVERS              THE SQUARE & COMPASS

 

BANK                                       THE OAK

BRANSGORE                           THREE TUNS

LYMINGTON                             KINGS HEAD

FRITHAM                                  ROYAL OAK


 

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