Alderbury Hill
COTTAGES · WILTSHIRE
From village pubs a few minutes away to destination restaurants worth the drive, these are the tables we send our guests to — grouped by area and ordered by how far you'll travel.
City tables and village pubs within easy reach of the cottages — from award-winning Indian to a classic Chalke Valley free house.
Our own village pub, a short stroll from the cottages — a 16th-century inn serving seasonal, locally sourced food beside a real fire, with a big garden and free parking.
An 18th-century coaching inn opposite Wilton House, with seasonal outdoor dining and hand-stretched sourdough pizza from its own Nole kitchen.
A historic pub dating from 1904 right on Salisbury's market square, with cask ales, generous seating and an adjoining Nole pizzeria serving daily.
Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza in the heart of the city, made with traditional techniques and local ingredients. Open daily.
A celebrated, award-winning contemporary take on Indian cuisine on Fisherton Street, in the heart of the city for two decades.
An all-day bar and dining room in a Grade II listed former arts college, a short stroll from the Cathedral, with a tranquil terrace.
A family-friendly Italian kitchen known for stone-baked pizzas and pastas, alongside salads, steaks and risottos, with a fun children’s menu.
A welcoming free house in the beautiful Chalke Valley, three miles south of Salisbury — homemade pies, ale-battered cod and the signature Radnor Burger. Dogs welcome.
A café, gallery and artists’ studios under one roof in a restored Victorian grain mill — seasonal brunches, light lunches and a tempting cake display.
A lively Mexican bar and taqueria in the city centre — proper tacos, burritos and pokey margaritas. A fun, easy choice with children.
Seasonal British cooking from the best of the South West — hearty pub classics and Sunday roasts, alongside hand-stretched Nole sourdough pizzas and a beer garden and terrace.
An inviting village pub on the edge of the New Forest, with an all-day menu of local produce, good ales and an expansive garden. Dog-friendly.
A beautifully reborn country pub close to Stonehenge — polished cooking and warm hospitality that earned a place in the 2026 Michelin Guide. Book ahead for Sunday lunch.
Head chef James’ seasonal British menu inspired by the surrounding countryside — pub classics, Sunday roasts and vibrant vegan dishes, all day.
Some of the region’s finest country inns and kitchen gardens, scattered through the rolling downs west and south of Salisbury.
A nineteenth-century Chalke Valley pub with flagstone floors and an inglenook fire, elevated pub fare and a Nole Pizza night.
A chic, ivy-clad country inn with log fires, a wood-fired pizza terrace and a Top 50 Gastropubs kitchen.
A seventeenth-century coaching inn beside the River Avon, with exposed beams and open fires, plus Nole Pizza alongside comforting pub food.
Unfussy seasonal plates served within a restored Georgian walled garden, from produce grown just outside the door.
A thatched 14th-century inn down a sunken lane, with refined cooking noted by the Michelin Guide.
A seventeenth-century inn in Cranborne Chase with low ceilings, open fires and cosy corners — seasonal pub fare and wood-fired Nole pizzas made with local Dorset ingredients.
A seventeenth-century pub in central Shaftesbury with period features and a large open fireplace, now serving hand-stretched Nole Pizza alongside traditional pub fare.
A characterful seventeenth-century former coaching inn with an inglenook fireplace and hearty, locally-sourced cooking — plus a Friday-night ritual of hand-stretched Nole sourdough pizza.
A quintessential country inn in Cranborne Chase with an acclaimed restaurant, some of the best Sunday roasts in the region, and a well-stocked bar of cask ales and local ciders.
A pretty thatched pub on the edge of Salisbury Plain, chef-run and Michelin-listed for classic, generous cooking.
A stylish Dorset inn straddling a stream, with a well-regarded seasonal kitchen and a cosy, characterful dining space.
A short run east for a celebrated tasting menu and a riverside inn on the famous chalk-stream Test.
A smart riverside inn in a pretty fly-fishing town, serving refined seasonal cooking beside the River Test.
A Hampshire country pub renamed in 2026 in tribute to its WWII decoy-site history, with hearty pub fare alongside Nole sourdough pizzas.
A quirky, long-standing Michelin-starred restaurant serving inventive, seasonal British cooking.
Forest restaurants-with-a-view and coastal escapes — including both PIGs and a beach table reached by ferry.
The original PIG: a restaurant whose 25-mile-menu is grown or foraged on the doorstep, in a relaxed forest setting.
A stylish new New Forest dining room bringing a fresh, design-led take on relaxed countryside cooking.
Exquisite seasonal dishes from a team dedicated to local producers and farmers, with continually evolving menus.
A charming 1840 village pub opening onto Canada Common — comforting homemade food, real ales, fine wines and a very dog-friendly welcome.
Angela Hartnett and Luke Holder’s relaxed New Forest dining room at Lime Wood, serving seasonal Italian dishes built on locally sourced ingredients.
Refined New Forest cooking that celebrates Hampshire produce, with beloved classics given an element of surprise.
The coastal PIG in a gothic Dorset house above Studland Bay — kitchen-garden cooking with sweeping sea views.
A glamorous beach restaurant at Colwell Bay serving fresh seafood right on the sand — arrive by boat or take the Lymington–Yarmouth ferry across.
Worth the longer drive west — destination restaurants and country estates around Bruton, Bath and Sherborne.
A historic pub near Stourhead with beams, flagstone floors and wood-burning fires — generous seasonal cooking and a genuinely warm welcome for dogs.
A stylishly restored village pub on the Duke of Somerset’s estate near Longleat — wholesome, seasonal cooking after a long country walk.
A handsome stone inn on the Longleat Estate serving accomplished seasonal food — perfect after the safari park.
An elegant town-house restaurant with a Michelin-recognised kitchen and walled garden in a lovely Dorset town.
A seventeenth-century Somerset inn with hop-strewn beams and exposed stone walls, and Nole Pizza served daily alongside top-quality pub food.
Merlin Labron-Johnson’s Michelin-starred, farm-to-table restaurant, with exquisite dishes from its own market garden.
An all-day restaurant, bakery and wine shop in a soaring Grade II-listed chapel.
Margot Henderson’s 17th-century Somerset inn, among the country’s very best gastropubs for honest, ingredient-led cooking.
A spectacular Georgian estate with formal gardens, cyder cellars and the Botanical Rooms restaurant.
Bath’s Michelin-starred restaurant, serving polished, contemporary tasting menus of West Country produce.
The county’s most decorated dining room, with a Michelin star and green star for chef Ricki Weston’s intricate seasonal tasting menus, set in twelve acres of gardens.