Great pubs with walks

May is national walking month, and with a long weekend and half-term holiday ahead of us we’ve selected 10 fantastic pubs with walks nearby

Giggling Squid

This small restaurant chain claims to produce staggeringly good Thai food. But does Giggling Squid live up to its own hype?

Tapas at the top bar

A mix of urban cool and relaxed piano bar, the new tapas bar at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is perfect for a pre-show supper

The Onlsow Arms

We’re whoppingly blessed with pubs around here and here’s another corker – we’re hard-pushed to fault this place at all!

Two Many Cooks, Dorking

If it’s healthy, homemade food you’re after, this small cafe is just the spot. And they do some pretty tasty cakes too

Cock a doodle do

There’s plenty to crow about at the Cock Inn at Headley (hey, you at the back, no laughing)

A foxy revival

I’m having a good run of beautifully-attired pubs at the mo, and The Fox Revived, at Norwood Hill, is another stunner.

Top 10 cosy pubs to try this weekend

Wind and rain forecast for the weekend? Are you kidding me?! I thought spring was on her way, but winter’s definitely having one last say.

Nothing for it, then, but to dig out the ski socks, choose one of these super-cosy pubs to take refuge in (with great food of course) and order in a bottle of your fave Cab Sauv.

The Retreat

A recent makeover has given The Retreat a huge boost – and she’s lookin’ mighty fine!

The Running Horses

Yup, it’s pretty chilly at the mo, but if anything can lure me outside it is a scenic stroll with the promise of a warming gourmet pub lunch with a girlfriend I haven’t seen in a while. And it was on one of those gloriously clear, yet crisp, days that I discovered this perfect combo at The Running Horses in the pretty village of Mickleham.