The Wyndham Arms, Salisbury

A great pub, I agree with Quinno below, best pub in Salisbury I have visited , a good range of Hopback beers as you would expect as this was the birthplace of the Brewery,also a guest beer on my visit it was Downton Route 66.A strangely layed out entrance to the pub via an extended corridor/hallway but once you find your way to the bar you are in for a treat, excellent ales at some unbelievably good prices all well under £3.00 a pint,blessed relief from the overpriced £4.00 a pint payed in the pub visited before here.Its obviously a popular local destination despite being a little away from the centre of town, as evidenced by the attendees on a Thursday afternoon.Number 1 on my list for a return visit.

Semi-famous Hop Back pub, where brewing of the beers was based in their early days. Nowadays it is a community local and Hop Back ale emporium, carrying their full range along with a guest or two, making six in total. Prices are pleasingly cheap for their own beer (Fullers and H&W please take note, they are over a pound a pint cheaper than you!) and the quality on my visits has always been top notch, with Taiphoon and Moorhouse Ruby Witch both insanely drinkable on my last visit. The interior is homely and clean if relatively unremarkable compared to other SP1 pubs; a long narrow layout with a couple of areas off the main part, presumably the original rooms from the houses it appears to have once been. There’s a TV at the far end that is switched on for major sporting events but is thankfully off at other times. The feel is of a welcoming community local, with a healthy patronage, aided and abetted by excellent staff behind the bar. I also bumped into Phil Harding from Time Team in here once. This is my favourite in Salisbury and it’s well-worth the ten minutes walk from the town centre to sample – make sure you leave plenty of time as you won’t want to leave after one.