Hare and Hounds (The)

Description:

• At the top of Lansdown Road on the way to Bath racetrack (for horses), this large pub has the best view in Bath. Situated almost on the site of the major civil war site of the Battle of Lansdown, on a clear day visitors can just about make out Roundway Hill, just outside Devizes - where Cromwell's lot got beaten again; lots of Royalists around Bath, then and now. There's a lovely garden here with tree covered lawns, and if it's raining there's a huge conservatory too so you can still admire the view. With plenty of food and drink available here, a couple of cosy bars and an air of slightly faded gentility, this is an ideal spot for viewing the world through rose-tinted spectacles. Children are welcome until 9p.
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