The White Horse ... Maplehurst
Telephone 01403 891208 · Map · Reviews
OS Map : Landranger 187 · Map reference TQ 190 246
Description
Friendly pub with sunny [weather permitting] conservatory, wood block floor, exposed brickwork, old Victorian stove and roughly-hewn wooden beam in the middle of the bar that looks like it is holding the ceiling up. The pub is a free house with several different beers - local and otherwise - and is rumoured to have the widest bar in Sussex. Local JB cider [made in Maplehurst] is also sold at the pub. Be warned - it's strong stuff!
The White Horse has been the North Sussex CAMRA Pub of the Year. The local area near the White Horse has a website - Copsale Hall
How to get there
By car
Maplehurst is a small hamlet south of Mannings Heath and Nuthurst. It is about 1 mile [1.6 km] from the A272 at West Grinstead.
Cycling
The best mixed off/on-road route is via Pedlars Way [end of Queensway]. Turn right at the top of Pedlars Way and cycle to Southwater village. Join the Downs Link bridleway just near the shops - immediately after the old railway bridge - and head south. Leave the Downs Link at Copsale, as the bridleway crosses the road, and turn left signposted Maplehurst [1.25 miles / 2 km from Copsale]. Turn left at Maplehurst and then immediately right - you should see the pub on the right.
The most direct on-road route is to cycle out of Horsham on the A281 Brighton Road past the Dun Horse Inn at Mannings Heath. Turn right at Monks Gate [0.5 miles / 0.75 km after M Heath] and continue through Nuthurst and on to Maplehurst - turn left in Maplehurst to the pub
Suggested cycling routes from here
There are some quiet country lanes in the triangle between Maplehurst - Southwater - Horsham.
Or continue south on the Downs Link to the Windmill at Littleworth, Partridge Green and the Fountain Inn at Ashurst - and then the south coast!
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Best pub for miles around! My husband and I are completely addicted to their chili (we just haven't had it so delicious anywhere else and believe me we've looked). If you can, try it with their homemade garlic bread. You won't make any new friends with your breath but you won't care as you'll still be bowled over by the taste sensation you have experienced. Service is great and the cider is even better. A really nice, cosy, comfortable country pub. Bravo!
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Perfect pub with lovely, lovely beer, dangerous cider and a perfectly adequate menu (if you want restaurant food go find one) with plain sensible pie and chips fare. One of the best pubs in the country. See also this blog post for more comments.
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We found the pub by accident after visiting Horsham. We found the service entirely satisfactory. My partner enjoyed a very tasty soup and we both enjoyed a ploughman's. I realise that our choice hardly tested the kitchen, but we were pleased with what we purchased, as well as the drink that we had with it.
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