public house
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
on Land's End Road in
Bursledon
Bursledon is a village on the River Hamble in Hampshire, England. It is located within the borough of Eastleigh. Close to the city of Southampton, Bursledon has a railway station, a marina, dockyards and the Bursledon Windmill. Nearby villages ...
National Heritage List for England
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since December 1955. The pub can be approached on foot or by boat via a pontoon onto the
River Hamble
The River Hamble in south Hampshire, England, source (river), rises near Bishop's Waltham and flows for through Botley, Hampshire, Botley, Bursledon, and Lower Swanwick before entering Southampton Water between Hamble Common and Warsash.
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. The pub faces Swanwick Marina across the water. It is owned by
Hall and Woodhouse
Hall and Woodhouse is a British regional brewery founded in 1777 by Charles Hall in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The company operates over 180 public houses in the south of England, and brews under the name Badger Beers.
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The brew ...
brewery.
It is two storeys in height with an attic and made from brick with a red tiled roof. The rear of the pub is made from
Flemish bond
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brick with the front made from alternate bands of blue header and red stretcher bricks. The pub has two ships
figurehead
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s displayed on the exterior. It has been a pub since 1845, having originally been built as a vicarage. The interior of the pub features various maritime paraphernalia such as ship's lanterns.
The Jolly Sailor was included in the ''
Daily Telegraph
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s ''Pint to Pint: A Crawl Around Britain's Best Pubs''. In 2007 '' Country Life'' listed it as one of 'Six Classic Sailor's Pubs'. It has been included in ''
The Good Pub Guide
''The Good Pub Guide'' is a long-running critical publication which lists and rates public houses (pubs) in the United Kingdom.
It was featured as the local pub in the 1980s BBC television drama ''
Howards' Way
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