Hampshire State Primary Schools
Abbotts Ann C of E Primary School, Andover
Amport C of E Primary School, Andover
Andover C of E Primary School, Andover
Appleshaw St Peter’s C of E Primary School, Andover
Beaulieu Village Primary School, Brockenhurst
Breamore C of E Primary School, Fordingbridge
Brockenhurst C of E Primary School, Brockenhurst
Broughton Primary School, Stockbridge
Burley Primary School, Ringwood
Clatford C of E Primary School, Andover
Grateley Primary School, Andover
Hale Primary School, Fordingbridge
Hatherden CofE Primary School, Andover
Hurstbourne Tarrant C of E Primary School, Andover
Hyde C of E Primary School, Fordingbridge
Kimpton, Thruxton And Fyfield C of E Primary School, Andover
King’s Somborne C of E Primary School, Stockbridge
Longparish C of E Primary School, Andover
Ringwood Junior School, Ringwood
St Mary Bourne Primary School, Andover
Stockbridge Primary School, Stockbridge
Vernham Dean Gillum’s C of E Primary School, Andover
Wallop Primary School, Stockbridge
West Tytherley C of E Primary School, Salisbury
Western Downland C of E Primary School, Fordingbridge
Wherwell Primary School, Andover
Hampshire State Secondary Schools
The Burgate School And Sixth Form Centre, Fordingbridge
Harrow Way Community School, Andover
John Hanson Community School, Andover
Ringwood School, Ringwood
Test Valley School, Stockbridge
Hampshire Independent Primary/Prep Schools
Forres Sandle Manor, Fordingbridge
Moyles Court, Ringwood
Wiltshire State Primary Schools
Alderbury & West Grimstead Church of England Primary School
All Saints (VA) Church of England Primary School, Netheravon
Amesbury Archer Primary School, Amesbury
Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Amesbury
Bemerton St John Church of England Aided Primary School, Salisbury
Bitham Brook Primary School, Westbury
Bratton Primary School, Bratton
Broadchalke Church of England Primary School, Broadchalke, Salisbury
Bulford St Leonard’s Church of England (VA) Primary School, Bulford
Chapmanslade Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Westbury
Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School, Salisbury
Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury
Churchfields The Village School, Atworth, Melksham
Clarendon Infants School, Tidworth
Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Crockerton Church of England Primary School, Warminster
Dauntsey Academy Primary School, West Lavington
Dilton Marsh Church of England Primary School, Westbury
Dinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Salisbury
Downton Church of England (VA) Primary School, Downton
Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants’ School, Durrington
Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School, Durrington
Easton Royal Community Primary School, Pewsey
Figheldean St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Gomeldon Primary School, Salisbury
Great Bedwyn Church of England School, Marlborough
Great Wishford Church of England (VA) Primary School, Salisbury
Greentrees Primary School, Salisbury
Grove Primary School, Trowbridge
Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School, Salisbury
Harnham Infant School, Salisbury
Heytesbury Church of England Primary School, Warminster
Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Trowbridge
Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary’s and St John’s, Salisbury
Holbrook Primary School, Trowbridge
Holt Voluntary Controlled School, Trowbridge
Horningsham Primary School, Warminster
Keevil Church of England Primary School, Trowbridge
Kiwi Primary School, Bulford, Salisbury
Larkhill Primary School, Salisbury
Longford Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Ludgershall Castle Primary School, Andover
Ludwell Community Primary School, Ludwell
Manor Fields Primary School, Salisbury
Mere School
Morgan’s Vale and Woodfalls Church of England (VA) Primary School, Downton
New Close Community School, Warminster
Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Aided School, Salisbury
Newtown Community Primary School, Trowbridge
North Bradley Church of England Primary School, Trowbridge
Old Sarum Primary School, Salisbury
Paxcroft Primary School, Trowbridge
Pembroke Park Primary School, Salisbury
Pitton Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Princecroft Primary School, Warminster
St Andrew’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Salisbury
St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington
St George’s Catholic Primary School, Warminster
St George’s Church of England Primary School, Semington Trowbridge
St John’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Trowbridge)
St John’s Church of England Primary School, Tisbury
St John’s Church of England School, Warminster
St Mark’s Church of England Junior School, Salisbury
St Martin’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Salisbury
St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Porton, Salisbury
St Osmund’s Catholic Primary School, Salisbury
St Thomas à Becket Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Tilshead, Salisbury
Sarum St Pauls Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Semley Church of England Voluntary Aised Primary School, Semley
Shrewton Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Southwick Church of England Primary School, Trowbridge
Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Trowbridge
Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Salisbury
Studley Green Primary School, Trowbridge
Sutton Veny Church of England Primary School, Warminster
The Avenue Primary School and Early Years Centre, Warminster
The Mead Community Primary School, Trowbridge
The Minster Church of England Primary School, Warminster
The New Forest Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Nomansland and Landford, Salisbury
Trowbridge Longmeadow Primary School
Walwayne Court School, Trowbridge
Wardour Catholic Primary School, Salisbury
Warminster Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Warminster
West Ashton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Trowbridge
Westbury Church of England Primary School. Westbury
Westbury Infant School, Westbury
Westbury Leigh Church of England Primary School, Westbury
Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Whitesheet Church of England (VA) Primary School, Warminster
Wilton and Barford Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School, Salisbury
Winterslow Church of England Aided Primary School, Salisbury
Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School, Salisbury
Woodlands Primary School, Salisbury
Wootton Bassett Infant School
Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Warminster
Wyndham Park Infants’ School, Salisbury
Zouch Primary School, Tidworth
Wiltshire State Secondary Schools
Avon Valley College, (Durrington)
The Clarendon College, (Trowbridge)
Kingdown School, (Warminster)
Matravers School, (Westbury)
The John of Gaunt School, (Trowbridge)
Lavington School, (Market Lavington)
Matravers School, (Westbury)
Sarum Academy, (Salisbury)
St Augustine’s Catholic College, (Trowbridge)
St Edmund’s Girls’ School, Salisbury
St Joseph’s Catholic School, (Salisbury)
The Stonehenge School, (Amesbury)
The Trafalgar School at Downton, (Downton)
Warminster Kingdown, (Warminster)
The Wellington Academy, (Tidworth)
Wyvern College, (Salisbury)
Wiltshire Grammar Schools
Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School, (selective, Salisbury)
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, (selective, Salisbury)
Wiltshire Independent Primary/Prep Schools
Chafyn Grove School, (Salisbury)
Leaden Hall, Salisbury
Salisbury Cathedral School, (Salisbury)
Wiltshire Independent Schools
Belmont School, (non selective, Salisbury)
Dauntsey’s School, (non selective, West Lavington, Devizes)
The Godolphin School, (selective, Salisbury)
Leehurst Swan School, (selective, Salisbury)
St Mary’s School, (selective, Calne)
Tisbury School, (selective, Tisbury)
Tumblewood Community School, (non selective, Westbury)
Warminster School, (selective, Warminster)
Special Schools
Larkrise School, (Trowbridge)
Exeter House School, (Salisbury)
Rural View estate agency recommends a variety of favourite places of interest in Dorset. If you are looking for fun by the sea or an inland adventure, we can help.
Abbotsbury Swannery | Established in the 14th Century, the only managed colony of nesting mute swans. The adjoining sub-tropical gardens has many rare and exotic plants |
Athelhampton Manor | A fine 15th Century manor house near Puddletown in Dorset with lovely gardens |
Badbury Rings | One of England’s’ finest prehistoric hill fort once belonging to the Durotiges tribe and having commanding views |
Bovington Tank Museum | The World’s largest collection of armoured fighting vehicles is on our doorstep in Dorset |
Brownsea Island | National Trust owned, the largest of Poole harbour’s islands is home of red squirrels, is rich in birdlife and the cradle of the Boy Scout movement |
Cerne Abbas Giant | The largest hill figure in Britain cut into Dorset chalk, famous for its huge knobbled club and prominent genitalia |
Chesil Beach | An 18 mile shingle bank extending from Burton Bradstock to the Isle of Portland, the Fleet Nature Reserve behind is an important tidal wetland |
Corfe Castle | Remains of the Dorset castle founded in 1080 by William the Conqueror on a steep hill, scene of Edward the Martyr’s murder and destroyed in the Civil War |
Dorset Museum | Gothic style building housing diverse range of artefacts from dinosaur footprints, prehistoric and roman remains to Thomas Hardy manuscripts |
Hardy’s Cottage | Birthplace of Dorset poet Thomas Hardy, a small thatched cottage where he wrote some his early novels |
Kingston Lacy | National Trust owned 17th Century house standing in beautiful grounds built for the Bankes family and housing an outstanding collection of work of arts |
Lulworth Castle | A former 17th Century Lodge owned by the Weld family since 1641 and much altered since |
Lulworth Cove | A horseshoe shaped cove part of Dorsets Jurassic Coast and close to the spectacular limestone arch of Durdle Door |
Maiden Castle | The largest hill fort in Britain dating back some 3,000 years but with high ramparts still well preserved |
Russell-Coates Gallery | Cliff top Victorian building in Bournemouth housing a varied art collection |
Sherborne Castle | Actually two castles; the ruins of an early 12th Century one and the current country house built for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 |
Studland | Approached from Poole via a chain ferry, a long stretch of sandy beach and nature reserve owned by the National Trust stretching to Old Harry Rocks |
Tyneham | The remains of a Dorset village near Worbarrow Bay requisitioned by the military in 1943 |
A quintessential part of life in the country is the village pub. Once just a place where the yokel locals quenched their thirst with copious pints of beer or cider and you were lucky to get a ploughmans, now just about every pub offers a varied menu and a reasonable choice of wines.
The phrase ‘gastropub’ is now in common use but is perhaps slightly demeaning and dismissive of those hostelries that serve truly great food that has been locally sourced, is fresh and cooked with style, imagination and skill. We would rather describe them as ‘fine dining pubs’ and our region is blessed with having a number of them including some that have come to the positive attention of widely read national restaurant critics.
Local country pubs
For some, a good local can be as influential for when looking to buy a country property as a good school is for others. It is not uncommon to have buyers registering with Rural View saying that they are looking for a house within a five mile radius of the Beckford for example.
We can not claim to have visited every pub on the list below, after all we are far too busy selling and letting our clients’ homes but we would be happy to discuss our personal favourites.
Rural Country Pubs in Wiltshire & Dorset
NAME OF PUB | VILLAGE | CONTACT NO. |
Angel | Hindon | Tel: 01747 820696 |
Angel | Heytsebury | Tel: 01985 840330 |
Barford Inn | Barford St Martin | Tel: 01722 742242 |
Bath Arms | Crockerton | Tel: 01985 212262 |
Beckford Arms | Fonthill Gifford | Tel: 01747 870385 |
Bell | South Newton | Tel: 01722 743336 |
Bell | Wylye | Tel: 01985 248338 |
Bell & Crown | Zeals | Tel: 01747 840404 |
Benett Arms | Semley | Tel: 01747 830221 |
Benett Arms | Tisbury | Tel: 01747 870428 |
Black Dog | Chilmark | Tel: 01722 716344 |
Black Horse | Great Durnford | Tel: 01722 782270 |
Boot Inn | Berwick St James | Tel: 01722 790243 |
Boot Inn | Tisbury | Tel: 01747 880363 |
Bridge Inn | Upper Woodford | Tel: 01722 782323 |
Butt of Sherry | Mere | Tel: 01747 860352 |
Bull | Wimborne St Giles | Tel: 01725 517300 |
Carriers Arms | Stockton | Tel: 01985 850653 |
Cartwheel | Whitsbury | Tel: 01725 518363 |
Compasses | Damerham | Tel: 01725 518231 |
Compasses | Lower Chicksgrove | Tel: 01722 714318 |
Coppleridge | Motcombe | Tel: 01747 851980 |
Crown Inn | Alvediston | Tel: 01722 780335 |
Crown Inn | East Stour | Tel: 01747 838866 |
Dove | Corton | Tel: 01985 850109 |
Drovers | Gussage St Micheal | Tel: 01258 840084 |
Fontmell | Fontmell Magna | Tel: 01747 811441 |
Forester | Donhead St Andrew | Tel: 01747 828038 |
Fox & Goose | Coombe Bissett | Tel: 01722 718437 |
Fox & Hounds | East Knoyle | Tel: 01747 830573 |
George | Longbridge Deverill | Tel: 01985 840396 |
George | Mere | Tel: 01747 860427 |
Grove Arms | Ludwell | Tel: 01747 828811 |
Horseshoe | Ebbesbourne Wake | Tel: 01722 780474 |
Hunters Lodge | Leigh Common | Tel: 01747 840439 |
Inn at Cranborne | Cranborne | Tel: 01725 551249 |
Inn on The Chase | Cashmore | Tel: 01725 552230 |
Kings Arms | East Stour | Tel: 01747 838325 |
King John | Tollard Royal | Tel: 01725 516207 |
Kings Head | Chitterne | Tel: 01980 850770 |
Lamb | Hindon | Tel: 01747 820573 |
Museum | Farnham | Tel: 01725 516261 |
Queens Head | Broad Chalke | Tel: 01722 780344 |
Pelican | Stapleford | Tel: 01722 792642 |
Penrudducke Arms | Dinton | Tel: 01722 716253 |
Plume of Feathers | Shrewton | Tel: 01980 621142 |
Prince Leopold | Upton Lovell | Tel: 01985 850109 |
Radnor Arms | Nunton | Tel: 01722 329722 |
Rainbow on the Lake | Hanging Langford | Tel: 01722 790251 |
Red Lion | Heytesbury | Tel: 01985 840315 |
Red Lion | Kilmington | Tel: 01985 844263 |
Rising Sun | Donhead St Mary | Tel: 01747 828514 |
Roebuck | Sixpenny Handley | Tel: 01725 552002 |
Rose & Thistle | Rockbourne | Tel: 01725 518236 |
Royal Oak | Great Wishford | Tel: 01722 790184 |
Royal Oak | Shrewton | Tel: 01980 620260 |
Ship Inn | Burcombe | Tel: 01722 743182 |
Ship Inn | West Stour | Tel: 01747 838640 |
Spread Eagle | Stourhead | Tel: 01985 840587 |
Somerset Arms | Maiden Bradley | Tel: 01985 844207 |
South Western | Tisbury | Tel: 01747 870160 |
Stapleton Arms | Buckhorn Weston | Tel: 01963 370396 |
Swann | Stoford | Tel: 01722 790236 |
Talbot | Berwick St John | Tel: 01747 828222 |
Talbot | Iwerne Minster | Tel: 01747 811269 |
Walnut Tree | Mere | Tel: 01747 861220 |
Wheatsheaf | Lower Woodford | Tel: 01722 782203 |
White Hart | Bishopstone | Tel: 01722 780244 |
White Lion | Bourton | Tel: 01747 840866 |
Wyndham Arms | Dinton | Tel: 01722 716999 |
Yew Tree | Odstock | Tel: 01722 329786 |