Real fire during winter months
At least one quiet bar
Family friendly
Garden
or outdoor drinking area
Accommodation 
Car Park
Lunchtime menu 
Evening
Menu 
Food all
day
Public
Bar 
Facilities
for the disabled 
Camping nearby
Ferry port or railwaystaion nearby 
Traditional Games
Real draught cider 
No Smoking
area 
Local Ales
Alamo
Shooters Hill
01983 298754
Opening Times Vary
No Real Ale
A pleasant single
bar and restaurant, situated at the beginning of the High Street. Very popular
at the weekends, when the regular cliental is supplemented by the visiting yachtsmen
and woman.
Anchor Inn
1 High
Street
01983 292823
www.anchorcowes.co.uk
Opposite Somerfield Supermarket
Weekdays 11-11 Sat 11-11 Sun 12-10.30
Fullers London Pride
Goddard's Fuggle de Dum
Badger Tanglefoot
Wadworth 6x
Flowers Original
Guest Ales
This High Street
pub, originally 'The Trumpeters', back in 1704, is well placed adjacent to the
Marina to tempt the visiting yachtsman for their first pint ashore. Hugely popular
during the summer months, the recent conversion has integrated the stables and
created a pleasant beer garden with instant cover to cope with the summer showers.
A fine selection of beer is always in prime condition with a good selection of
fresh food to satisfy the inner needs. Live entertainment is provided weekends
in the winter and most evenings in the summer. The recent addition of bed and
board has been well received in this bustling pub. Public car park nearby
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Bar One
55 Cross
Street
01983 82227
Weekdays 5 - 11 Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
No
Real Ale
Don't be mislead by the bland exterior, inside you will find
a very nice young persons sports bar. You will find a pleasant bar area with settees
and plenty of standing room, with a large TV for all the sports presentations.
Up a few steps is a dedicated games area with two nine ball and two pool tables.
The outside area has been designated a "Town Square" and work is soon to start
on its creation. Occasional live music.
Union Inn
Watch Hse
Lane
01983 293163
Just off the parade towards the High Street
Summer
10.30-11 Winter 10.30 - 3, 6 - 11 Sun 12 - 10.30
Gales Best,
Gales
HSB
Gales GB
Guest Summer
A tastefully decorated town pub,
just off the Parade and yards from the sea. One three sided bar services the lounge,
a snug, a dining area and the airy conservatory that had originally been the yard.
Limited beer range will always be found to be in tiptop condition with a guest
ale from the Gales portfolio during the summer months. A roaring fire in the winter
adds to the overall cosy atmosphere. The long established landlord has acquired
a following for the good value accommodation in both the winter and summer months.
Maritime pictures compliment the seafaring image.
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Kingston Arms
176
Newport Road
01983 293393
On main Cowes - Newport road as you leave
Cowes
Mon-Thurs 11 - 2.30, 6 - 11 Fri-Sat 11 - 11 Sun 12-4, 7-10.30
Gales HSB
Guest Beers
On the main road out of Cowes towards Newport,
you cannot miss the Kingston Arms. Friendly family and locals pub near to the
yachting centre and offering good value bed and breakfast accommodation. A lively
Public Bar with darts, pool, petanque and any other variety of game that takes
your fancy. Beer always in good order with an interesting variety of guest ales.
1,4,5,6,7,8,13,14,15,
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Pier View
25 High
Street
01983 294929
www.pierview.co.uk
Opposite ferry terminal
Weekdays 11-11 Sat
11-11 Sun 12-10.30
Special SUMMER
Greene King IPA
Wadworth 6X
Fullers London Pride
Guest
Busy one bar free house in the busiest
part of the high street. Very popular with the young yachties where it has a good
reputation for good honest home cooked food. During exceptionally high tides,
especially after a heavy shower, make sure you bring your wellies, as the water
has been known to reach the door.
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Painters Arms
51
Cross Street
01983 297229
On the main town centre car park
Weekdays 11-11 Sat 11-11 Sun 12-10.30
NO REAL ALE
Traditional town pub, popular with young and old
alike. Plenty of friendly banter and loud music from the juke box. Interesting
building.
Vectis Tavern
103,
High Street
01983 298439
By Red Funnel terminal
Weekdays 11-11
Sat 11-11 Sun 12-10.30
This pub is now open after extensive refurbishment.
More details soon
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Duke of York
Mill
Hill Road
01983 295171
Opposite the local cop shop
Weekdays 11-11
Sat 11-11 Sun 12-10.30
Morland Old Speckled Hen
Guest
Popular
street-corner town pub, which has enhanced its reputation by serving interesting
and appetising freshly, prepared food. From the moment you walk in the door there
is an air of charm with memorabilia and signs celebrating Cowes and its association
with yachting and the sea. There is a charming off bar executive come meeting
room with a mural and leather chairs, just the place for that business discussion
or intimate tete a tete. Well-priced accommodation is available for that cosy
weekend away. The beer range although not large, you can guarantee will always
be in tiptop condition.
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Fountain Hotel
High Street
01983 292397
High Street by the Red Funnel Ferry
Weekdays 10.30
- 11 Sat 10.30 - 11 Sun 12-10.30
Greene King Abbott
Greene King IPA
Old Speckled Hen
Pleasant town-centre hotel, enviably situated overlooking
Cowes Harbour and adjacent to the ferry terminal. Recently refurbished into a
more sophisticated drinking experience with armchairs and cosy corners. Out-door
drinking and eating area.
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Waterside
72a High
Street
01983 293269
Weekdays 11-11 Sat 11-11 Sun 12-10.30
London Pride
Bass
Superb location at the waters edge, with up-stairs balcony and
views overlooking the harbour. Formerly known as the Harbour Lights, a recent
conversion has turned this much-improved building into a swish family pub. The
single bar services three distinct areas all with comfortable sofas and armchairs
as well as tables and chairs for eating. Also contains a Pizza restaurant.
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Globe
The Parade
PLEASE NOTE -
THIS PUB IS NOW
A CHINESE RESTAURANT
click on pub name
Cowes
Famous
for its yachting, Cowes comes alive annually during the period around Cowes Week,
then goes back to sleep until the next one. The old part of the town, along and
behind the waterfront, is still attractive and interesting, in spite of past attempts
to ruin it architecturally. East and West Cowes take their names from 'cows',
which were Tudor fortifications erected on each side of the Medina estuary to
guard the Solent against the prospect of French invasion. Both 'cows' still exist;
the West one having been incorporated into the Royal Yacht Squadron. Northwood
House, a fine Palladian mansion in Northwood Park, was donated by its then owner,
George Ward, to the people of Cowes, it suffered the ignominious fate of becoming
Council offices, and large chunks of the Park were sold off for development. Cowes
was originally one of the termini for the Island railway system, much of which
was sadly 'Beechinged', but the old line can still be accessed near the 'Kingston
Arms' and provides an attractive route to Newport for cyclists or walkers. Walkers
might also enjoy the shore road to Gurnard.
