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Stepping Stones, Dorking
Westhumble
Postal town: Dorking
RH5 6BS
Pub Type
Punch TavernsReviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Stepping Stones
Pub / restaurant in a prime position for walkers, located between the highlights of Box Hill and Ranmore Common, and very handy for the station in Westhumble. The traditionally furnished bar is to be found in the original building, while the restaurant to the left is housed in a single-storey extension of some age. However, on a fine summer day, almost all those eating and drinking were to be found in the rear beer garden (which, oddly, you have to reach via the car park entrance rather than through the building). Just Hogs Back Tongham TEA (£4.80) and Ringwood Razor Back available from two of the four handpumps, but the former was in splendid shape. Overall, I enjoyed this visit more than on my previous one some 12 years ago.
On 1st September 2023
- rating: 7
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. Wittenden left this review about Stepping Stones
White rendered pub with a single storey extension a few yards from the A24,between Box Hill & Westhumble Station and the National Trust's Box Hill Estate,so popular with walkers,bird watchers,bikers and (less likely),Jane Austen fans.
The rows of tables and chairs in the uncarpeted bar area give some kind of schoolroom vibe:a level of comfort emanates from comfy chairs and sofas arranged around the periphery.Further into the pub,an area at right angles is laid up for dining, and was well patronised on my brief mid sunday afternoon visit at the start of Winter.
On the bar were the usual fizzy offerings,together with four handpumps,dispensing both National fare,and a surprisingly reasonable pint of Surrey Hills' Ranmore Ale, brewed a few hundred yards away on the Denbies Wine Estate.
In such an affluent area,I would think that trade is mostly passing,the local populace favouring the William IV or Running Horses over in Mickleham.
On 2nd December 2019
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Ian Mapp left this review about Stepping Stones
Country Dining Pub, primarily set out for that purpose.
Four real ales on and a sample was allowed on request. However, after 10 miles in the summer heat, I had to go for a San Miguel.
Nice beer garden and perfectly positioned for the railway station after a days walking in the Surrey Hills.
Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2KUei5w
On 15th July 2018
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Stepping Stones
A nice pub frontage but the interior has a strange feel, with a row of tables alongside the bar opening into a large room with a distinct restaurant feel. Very much aimed at the food market but with a couple of good local beers alongside the usual suspects. Cask Marque listed. Handy for the station if visiting Boxhill by train.
On 6th December 2017
- rating: 6
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