The Dragon ... Colgate

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OS Map : Landranger 187 · Map reference TQ 229 327

NEWS September 2010: The pub is still closed and Hall and Woodhouse are seeking a new business partner/tenant to manage it.

Description

Hall and Woodhouse pub with two bars, an open fire, and a large garden sheltered from the road. The garden is great on summer evenings after biking through St Leonard's Forest - when you know that you only have a short trip back to Horsham! I recommend the Steak and Tanglefoot Pie together with a pint of Pickled Partridge in winter months.

The Dragon

How to get there

By car
Colgate is between Pease Pottage [near Junction 11 of the M23] and Roffey [north Horsham].

Cycle from Horsham centre up Kings Road to Crawley Road roundabout near the VW garage. Continue along Crawley Road to the traffic lights at the top and go straight ahead. The pub is on the right after 3.5 km / 2.2 miles [on the way to Pease Pottage and J11 of the M23] The road to Colgate is mostly quiet but it is narrow in places and some cars can be travelling fast.

Suggested cycling routes from here

If you are new to off-road biking and want somewhere to go that is near to Horsham, then you cannot beat St Leonard's Forest which has several bridleways and tracks. The Dragon is ideally situated and there is a great long, fast bridleway about 0.3 miles / 0.5 km west of the pub at 'The White House'. This bridleway connects with Hammerpond Road on the east side of Horsham and then with another bridleway which comes out on Hampers Lane off Comptons Lane.

Alternatively, come out of the pub and turn right and after 0.3 miles / 0.5 km on the left is a [mainly downhill] bridleway that comes out on the A264. Straight across the busy road, along a grassy bridleway between houses and over a railway line, is a great route that brings you back towards Faygate.

Another route is the bridleway between the B2110 [Handcross - Plummers Plain road] and the forest which has lots of variety and a great [yikes!] downhill section.

Other pubs near here

The Holmbush Inn in Faygate.

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