The Parrot Inn, Forest Green, Dorking

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Delightful large country pub which is always popular but not uncomfortably so, situated opposite the green and cricket pitch which gives the locals their other main preoccupation. The interior is still very much as Malden Man describes, with a mix of traditional flagstone floors, carpeted and wooden floored areas, low ceilings and beams, white and exposed brick work in the older bits and a more modern feel in some of the extended bits. Two fires were roaring away during our washed out bank holiday visit. The red phone box is still there but no longer seems to house a jukebox, and there are display cases on the walls with objects on sporting themes such as fishing and polo. There is also a conservatory type area to the rear which I believe is used as a function room and hosts weddings etc. Traditional pub garden areas surround most sides of the pub and the farm shop is a separate building to the left past the car park. The pub itself displays ‘emergency supplies’ which you can buy after 5pm when the shop is closed. There are six ale pumps with I believe regularly changing ales, on our visit these were Ringwood Best and Old Thumper, Gale’s Seafarers and Tillingbourne Falls Gold, priced from £3.55 to £3.95 two of which we had good pints of, but the other two pumps were unclipped. We didn’t eat here this time but have done in the past and always had a good meal. This is one of those country pubs that’s really good to come to by whatever means in any season.