The Frog and Nightgown... Faygate
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OS Map : Landranger 187 · Map reference TQ 205 340
Description
This pub is not like any other that I know. It is a bit like someone's front room that happens to have a pub sign outside. Music is your choice from a collection of old records! Fullers and Harveys beers served from small hatch area.
February 2010: Jim and Janet celebrated 25 years at the pub and their customers had a beautiful new pub sign made to mark the occasion.
As befits the name, there are many 'frogs' in the bar. Beer garden with Morris men dancing [and drinking] on summer evenings. Very quiet location.....you can be the only people here at times.
History
Twenty years ago, the pub was called the Royal Oak, and it was half the size it is today [one cottage instead of two]. You could only get ten people in the bar, providing they were all close friends, and the pub only sold bottled ales. The old landlord died and the pub closed for a while before the cottages were knocked together and the Frog and Nightgown was born!
Thanks to Douglas Holland for information about the history of the pub.
How to get there
By car
The pub is about a mile from the A264, between Horsham and Crawley. Driving from Horsham to Crawley, turn left almost immediately after the Roffey roundabout.
Cycling
The short way...Take Rusper Road out of Horsham past Littlehaven station. Straight over the northern bypass [A264] [caution....busy road]. Take the first bridleway on the right [approx 0.2 miles or 0.3 km] and follow this past a farm on the left [for 0.8 miles or 1.3 km]. At the road, turn left and the pub is 0.4 miles [0.6 km] on the left.
The long way...Cycle to Rusper by your favourite route! From here, take the Faygate road. Approx 0.5 miles [0.8 km] before Faygate turn right [signposted 'Wimlands']. At the end, turn left [good view!] and follow the road down a narrow steep hill. The pub is after the bottom of the hill on the right.
Suggested routes from here
This pub is so close to Horsham that I suggest you use it as a stopping point on the way home! I might see you there....
Other pubs near here
The Holmbush Inn in Faygate village is only a mile away.
Your reviews
The Frog and Nightgown There are 5 customer reviews with an average rating of
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This is a real pub in a peaceful rural setting. Sitting in its pleasant garden with a cool drink on a sunny day is hard to beat but it's a great pub in winter too, with a proper cosy fire. There's always plenty of entertaining banter around the bar and the friendly regulars are happy to mix with newcomers. I've invariably left with a smile after interesting and amusing chats with landlady Janet and the locals.
Events include monthly quiz nights (peppered with the quizmaster's highly original jokes), musical evenings, an April Fool's hill cycling challenge and a June wheels show parading some superb vintage vehicles and traction engines. Country pubs are an endangered species. This one's a real gem - savour it while you can.
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This was the first time I have visited this lovely pub. We were made very welcome, the owner is very friendly. The pub is very old, we will definitely go back.
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This pub is terrific, a throwback to the sixties. In the middle of nowhere, the reception is great even if the barmaid on a Sunday lunchtime is a bit grumpy.
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A lot of people rave about this pub but I really cannot understand why. The choice of drinks is poor, especially if you are not drinking alcohol, and the prices seemed significantly steeper than many others in the vicinity. In addition, the bar area itself is very small which can cause a number of problems when it gets busy and, if you're not a regular, there can be a slightly hostile atmosphere.
I can see why this rather twee and backward pub might appeal to some but if you don't "get" it it's not the nicest place.
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