Jolly Sailor Public House, Historic riverside pub in Bursledon, England.
Jolly Sailor Public House is a Grade II listed pub sitting on the bank of the River Hamble in Bursledon, England. The two-storey brick building has an attic, a red tiled roof, and facades laid in Flemish bond with alternating brick colors.
The building started as a vicarage before becoming a public house in 1845. It was listed as a Grade II protected building in 1955.
The pub is best known as a filming location for the British television series Howards' Way, which aired in the 1980s and drew many viewers to this stretch of the Hamble. Visitors who watched the show often recognise the building the moment they arrive.
The pub can be reached on foot by road or by boat, as there is a small waterside landing stage directly at the building. Those arriving by car can park near the local train station and walk the rest of the way.
Two ship figureheads are mounted on the outside walls of the building, directly connecting it to the boat-building tradition of the Hamble valley. These are not purely decorative pieces but come from real vessels once built in the area.
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