Furzefield, Ascot

There are some excellent places to drink traditional ales and eat fine food, many with interesting histories. The Old Hatchet, a traditional 16th-century pub, was once a set of woodman’s cottages. The 17th-century White Hart Inn, used to be the local Court House, where Judge Jeffreys sat in judgment. The Duke of Edinburgh, once a local post office, is now a sporting pub where famous football players and golfers can occasionally be spotted among the clientele. Other well-regarded restaurants and gastropubs include the Winning Post in Maidens Green and Michelin-starred Royal Oak in Paley Street.

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The surrounding area has much to offer, from peaceful villages and ancient woodland to olde English pubs and royal castles. If you like country walks, Berkshire’s wooded green valleys and chalk downland meadows are on your doorstep or visit the ancient woodland and forest trails of nearby Windsor Great Park. Bracknell Forest, including nine sites of special scientific interest, is less than five miles away, and Windsor Castle is just 6 miles from Ascot.

Furzefield offers you the calm and serenity of a tranquil village life or jump into a car and you can be in the capital in less than an hour. The M4 and M25 are just a couple of miles away, and you can drive to central London in under an hour. A train runs every 30 minutes to London from nearby Ascot station. Reading is 15 miles or just a half-hour drive from here too.