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Laurence Oxley
Laurence Oxley has traded as a bookshop and gallery from 17 Broad Street in New…
CultureAspex
Aspex is a contemporary art gallery and charity in the Vulcan Building at…
WorkshopJoanne Bowles Jewellery
Joanne Bowles Jewellery occupies a shopfront and workshop at 23 Little Minster…
SnugThe Square Cow
The Square Cow occupies a sixteenth-century building on Wickham's market…
TablePulpo Negro
Pulpo Negro serves Spanish tapas from 28 Broad Street in New Alresford, opened…
RestDurlston House
Durlston House is a bed and breakfast on Gosport Street in Lymington, a…
Grounds
Cork and Bean
Romsey, ENG
Cork and Bean is a café wine bar at 2 Latimer Walk in Romsey, a short walk from the main Bell…
Deveroast
Botley, ENG
A coffee roastery and coffee house in a former engine room at Botley Mills, opened in September…
Driftwood Cafe
Emsworth, ENG
Driftwood Cafe has served Emsworth's High Street since Driftwood Cafe Emsworth Limited was…
Garden Whispers
Fareham, ENG
Garden Whispers is a florist operating from a home studio on Hillson Drive in Fareham, making up…
Long Barn Café
Alresford, ENG
Long Barn Café operates from a converted vaulted barn at The Old Sheep Fair on Bishops Sutton Road,…
No.5 Bell Street Café
Romsey, ENG
No.5 Bell Street Café occupies a small unit on Romsey's Bell Street, open Tuesday to Saturday from…
Paws for Thought Cat Cafe
Romsey, ENG
Cat-rescue cafe on Church Street where visitors sip coffee and eat cake alongside resident rescue…
SOroast
Bitterne Park, Southampton, ENG
Dave, Ben and Sim founded SOroast in 2015 as Southampton's first speciality coffee roastery,…
South Street Coffee Co
Emsworth, ENG
South Street Coffee Co opened in 2025 at 1C South Street in Emsworth, a short walk from the…
Tarquin's Coffee Shop
Netley, ENG
Tarquin's is an independent coffee shop on Victoria Road in Netley Abbey, close to the ruined…
Wickham Coffee House
Wickham, ENG
Wickham Coffee House trades from Warwick Lane just off The Square in Wickham, open daily from 9am…
Winchester Coffee Roasters
Winnall, Winchester, ENG
Winchester Coffee Roasters started in 2012 in a home garage, roasting small batches of Arabica for…
Table
36 On The Quay
Emsworth, ENG
This restaurant with rooms occupies a converted building on Emsworth's harbourside, close to the…
Chambers Cafe & Bistro
Romsey, ENG
Chambers Cafe & Bistro opened in Romsey in 2021, run by chef Mark Chambers with business partner…
Delaneys
Southsea, ENG
Family-run cafe-bar on Castle Road serving breakfast, brunch and lunch daily, with a small-plates…
Fat Olives
Emsworth, ENG
A small independent restaurant in a 17th-century former fisherman's cottage on Emsworth's South…
Highstreet Kitchen
Lymington, ENG
Gavin Barnes, a 2015 MasterChef: The Professionals finalist, opened Highstreet Kitchen in April…
Hunter Gatherer
Southsea, ENG
Hunter Gatherer opened on Albert Road in September 2016, founded by Brian and Dani after they met…
Melleford
Milford on Sea, ENG
Tony and Becca opened this all-day cafe and bistro on Milford on Sea's high street in June 2023,…
Pulpo Negro
New Alresford, ENG
Pulpo Negro serves Spanish tapas from 28 Broad Street in New Alresford, opened in late 2014 by…
Sant-Yago
Southsea, ENG
Sant-Yago opened on Clarendon Road in Southsea in 2014, the work of Jon Welch and Sarah Weir, who…
Southsea Coffee Co
Southsea, ENG
Southsea Coffee Co is an independent, family-run café on Osborne Road in Southsea, trading since…
T by the Sea
Royal Clarence Yard, ENG
T by the Sea is a waterfront cafe that opened in 2023 inside Royal Clarence Yard, the former…
Truffles
Fareham, ENG
Truffles is a small independent bistro on Fareham High Street, run by husband-and-wife team James…
Larder
Bay Leaves Larder
Chandler's Ford, ENG
Bay Leaves Larder occupies a shopfront on Hiltingbury Road in Chandler's Ford, where owner Sarah…
C E Evans & Son
Alresford, ENG
C E Evans & Son has traded as a butcher on West Street in Alresford since the early twentieth…
Crow Farm Shop
Ringwood, ENG
A family-run farm shop, delicatessen and butcher on Crow Lane outside Ringwood, selling fresh fruit…
Daisy Meadow Dairy
Botley, ENG
A small herd of pedigree Jersey cows supplies this on-farm shop, known locally as the Milkin' Shed,…
Grover Butchers
Bishop's Waltham, ENG
Family-run butcher on Bishop's Waltham High Street selling locally sourced beef, lamb and pork…
Jennings & Son
Lymington, ENG
Jennings & Son is a family bakery on Southampton Road in Lymington, founded more than fifty years…
R A Tier
Emsworth, ENG
R A Tier & Son is a greengrocer on the High Street in Emsworth, selling fruit, vegetables, eggs and…
Romsey Butchers
Romsey, ENG
Paul and Sally Solloway run Romsey Butchers from 10 Bell Street, a shop that has traded as a family…
Smiths' Butchers
Eastleigh, ENG
Smiths' Butchers on Market Street in Eastleigh is a family business now run by the third…
Sole Butchers of Alresford
New Alresford, ENG
Sole Butchers has traded from 5 Broad Street in New Alresford since 1994. John Sole began his…
The Natural Deli
Bishop's Waltham, ENG
The Natural Deli occupies a shopfront on the High Street in Bishop's Waltham, close to the town's…
The Oven Door Woolston
Woolston, ENG
The Oven Door is a traditional bakery on Victoria Road in Woolston, serving Southampton customers…
Culture
Aspex
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, ENG
Aspex is a contemporary art gallery and charity in the Vulcan Building at Gunwharf Quays,…
Bursledon Brickworks Museum
Swanwick, Bursledon, ENG
Built in 1897 by Robert and Edward Ashby, this brickworks produced bricks until it closed in 1974…
Chalk's Gallery
Lymington, ENG
Chalk's Gallery shows painting, printmaking, ceramics, jewellery and woodwork by artists based in…
Forest Arts Centre
New Milton, ENG
A converted military drill hall in New Milton that has operated as an arts venue for close to fifty…
Gallery Grounds
Southampton city centre, ENG
Gallery Grounds opened in March 2025 at No. 1 Vincent's Walk in Southampton city centre, an…
K6 Gallery
Old Town, ENG
K6 Gallery is a small contemporary art gallery installed inside a pair of red telephone kiosks on…
No.6 Cinema
Portsmouth, ENG
No.6 Cinema first opened in 2001 inside Boathouse 6, a Grade II listed shed built in 1846 at…
Plaza Theatre Romsey
Romsey, ENG
The Plaza Theatre on Winchester Road in Romsey opened on 14 December 1931 as the Plaza Cinema De…
Sage and Salt Studio
Petersfield, ENG
Sarah-Jane Beacher, a schoolteacher who began making art from collected sea glass and shells in…
Southsea Gallery
Southsea, ENG
Independent gallery on Albert Road showing prints, photography and graphic art from local and…
The Art House Southampton
Southampton, ENG
The Art House is a community-run, not-for-profit performance venue and social centre on Above Bar…
The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre
Havant, ENG
Housed in Havant's former town hall, a building dating from 1870, this charity-run venue combines a…
Workshop
Isil Ceramics
Sway, New Forest, ENG
Isil Campanella throws and hand-builds stoneware at her studio inside SpudWorks on Station Road in…
Joanne Bowles Jewellery
Winchester, ENG
Joanne Bowles Jewellery occupies a shopfront and workshop at 23 Little Minster Street, just off The…
Justine Jenner Pottery
Liss, ENG
Justine Jenner runs her pottery from a garden studio in Liss, close to the Hampshire and West…
Loam Studio
Petersfield, ENG
Loam Studio runs pottery throwing courses and open access studio memberships from a converted barn…
Morpheus Ceramics
Hill Head, Fareham, ENG
Potter John Cook runs this small studio two minutes from the seafront at Hill Head, teaching…
Old Kiln Studio
Hursley, ENG
Old Kiln Studio occupies a building at Lower Ratlake in Hursley, between Winchester and Romsey,…
Perfectly Potty
Morestead, ENG
Perfectly Potty is a purpose-built pottery studio run by Mellie Alexander from Grange Cottage at…
Sage and Salt Studio
Petersfield, ENG
Sarah-Jane Beacher, a schoolteacher who began making art from collected sea glass and shells in…
Vinegar Hill Pottery
Milford on Sea, ENG
A working pottery studio on the edge of Milford on Sea run by master potter David Rogers, offering…
We Are Makers
Old Portsmouth, ENG
We Are Makers is a ceramics studio run by potter Hollie from a unit within Hotwalls Studios, a row…
Counter
A Coven of Witches
Burley, ENG
A witchcraft and gift shop at The Cross in Burley village, trading on the New Forest's association…
A Slice Of Vinyl
Gosport, ENG
A Slice of Vinyl began as a market stall run by Kieron nearly a decade ago, moving through a cafe…
Bookends of Emsworth
Emsworth, ENG
Bookends of Emsworth stocks secondhand books across most genres, from fiction and biography to…
Cedar Nursery
Braishfield, Romsey, ENG
Cedar Nursery is a family-run plant nursery on Sandy Lane in Braishfield, on the edge of Romsey,…
Garthowen Garden Centre
Four Marks, ENG
An independent garden centre on Alton Lane in Four Marks, stocking plants, trees and shrubs…
Gilbert's Nursery
Sherfield English, Romsey, ENG
Gilbert's Nursery sits on Dandys Ford Lane at Sherfield English, on the western edge of Romsey.…
Hambrooks Garden Centre
Titchfield, ENG
Hambrooks Garden Centre has traded from the same site on Southampton Road in Titchfield since 1970,…
Laurence Oxley
New Alresford, ENG
Laurence Oxley has traded as a bookshop and gallery from 17 Broad Street in New Alresford since…
Mud Island Garden Centre
Wickham, ENG
Mud Island Garden Centre grows a large share of its own stock at its North Boarhunt nursery near…
October Books
Portswood, Southampton, ENG
A co-operative bookshop on Portswood Road founded in 1977, owned and run by its staff, members and…
P&G Wells Booksellers
Winchester, ENG
P&G Wells has sold books from 11 College Street, Kingsgate Village, since 1729, on a site south of…
Pigeon Books
Southsea, Portsmouth, ENG
Pigeon Books is an independent bookshop on Albert Road in Southsea, opened in 2020 by Mel and Phil…
Cellar
Bowman Ales
Droxford, ENG
Bowman Ales is a small independent brewery based at Wallops Wood in the Meon Valley near Droxford,…
Fallen Acorn Brewing Co
Gosport, ENG
Operating from the former Oakleaf Brewery site on Mumby Road since the brand relaunched in 2016,…
Fareham Wine Cellar
Fareham, ENG
Fareham Wine Cellar has traded from the same Georgian-conservation-area shopfront on Fareham High…
Hattingley Valley Wines
Lower Wield, near Alresford, ENG
An English sparkling and still wine producer founded in 2008 near the village of Lower Wield, north…
Kingsgate Wines & Provisions
Winchester, ENG
Family-owned wine shop and deli in a historic quarter of Winchester, stocking Burgundy, Bordeaux…
Raimes English Sparkling Wine
Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, ENG
Raimes is a fifth-generation family farming operation that planted its first ten acres of vines in…
Southsea Brewing Company
Milton, Portsmouth, ENG
Southsea Brewing Company was established in 2014, starting out in a former ammunition store built…
Staggeringly Good Brewery
Southsea, Portsmouth, ENG
Staggeringly Good is a brewery and taproom on the St George's industrial estate off Rodney Road,…
Steam Town Brew Co
Eastleigh, ENG
Steam Town Brew Co occupies a run-down Victorian building on Bishopstoke Road in Eastleigh that was…
The Portsmouth Distillery
Southsea, ENG
The Portsmouth Distillery makes gin and rum inside a casemate of Fort Cumberland, an…
Winchester Distillery
Winchester, ENG
Winchester Distillery has produced spirits from a unit on the Nickel Close industrial estate on the…
Snug
Portcullis Taphouse
Portchester, ENG
Portcullis Taphouse is a micropub on West Street in Portchester, opened in December 2021 in a small…
Prince of Wales
Farnborough, ENG
Traditional freehouse near Farnborough North station, run by the same family since 1984 and…
Teds
Southsea, Portsmouth, ENG
Teds is an independent leasehold micropub at 61 Albert Road, Southsea, previously known as Cellars.…
The Bugle
Hamble-le-Rice, ENG
A Grade II listed pub on Hamble's waterfront, with parts of the building dating to around 1600 when…
The Butcher's Hook
Bitterne Park, ENG
The Butcher's Hook occupies a former butcher's shop behind the Bitterne Park Triangle clock tower,…
The Four-Ale Taproom
Gosport, ENG
The Four-Ale Taproom opened in July 2018 as Gosport's first dedicated craft beer bar, a short walk…
The Hampshire Bowman
Dundridge, Bishop's Waltham, ENG
The Hampshire Bowman is a free house on Dundridge Lane, a country lane outside Bishop's Waltham.…
The Square Cow
Wickham, ENG
The Square Cow occupies a sixteenth-century building on Wickham's market square, a few steps from…
The White Horse Inn (Pub With No Name)
Petersfield, ENG
Set down a single-track lane in the Hampshire Downs, this 17th-century free house has no sign…
The White Lion Soberton
Soberton, ENG
Set in the Meon Valley, this Grade II listed pub pours cask ales from Bowman Brewery in nearby…
West Street Alehouse
Fareham, ENG
West Street Alehouse opened on Fareham's main shopping street in June 2019, the work of Kat and…
Rest
1 The Spain
Petersfield, ENG
1 The Spain is a bed and breakfast run by Sophie Davey from an eighteenth-century townhouse a short…
Britannia House
Lymington, ENG
Britannia House occupies a Victorian building on Station Street in Lymington, a two-minute walk…
Daisybank Cottage
Brockenhurst, ENG
Daisybank Cottage is a boutique bed and breakfast in an Arts and Crafts-era house on Sway Road, a…
Durlston House
Lymington, ENG
Durlston House is a bed and breakfast on Gosport Street in Lymington, a five-minute walk from the…
Greenfields Camping
North Gorley, near Fordingbridge, ENG
Tanya and Andrew run Greenfields Camping from the hamlet of North Gorley, near Fordingbridge, on…
Langrish House
Langrish, Petersfield, ENG
Langrish House is a country house dating to 1643, set in the South Downs National Park a few miles…
Oak Tree Guest House
Farnborough, ENG
The Oak Tree Guest House is a family-run bed and breakfast on Farnborough Road, within walking…
Trevarner Guest House
Hill Head, Fareham, ENG
A family-run guest house in the shoreside village of Hill Head, between Titchfield and…
Watersedge Guest House
New Milton, ENG
Watersedge Guest House sits on the clifftop at Barton-on-Sea, with sea views towards the Isle of…
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