The Surrey Arms Pub

Friendly Traditional Pub.

Tucked away off Commercial Road, the Surrey Arms was bult in 1891 and opened as the Victoria Hotel, gaining its present name in 1971 whilst owned by Brickwoods. A sizeable two-bar pub, it was given a major refurbishment in 1985 by owners Whitbread. The pub became part of Whitbread's Hogshead Ale Houses chain in 1994, gaining the dubious name of The Hogshead & Bucket.

Thankfully this name change was reversed in 2002, when a further refit returned the pub's name to theSurrey Arms, by which time it had lost its Hogshead affiliation. The house has since changed hands a number of times, being part of the Greene King empire for a time before passing into the hands of a local independent firm.

Currently owned by Dunglen Ltd, a company trying to revieve the traditional pubs of Britian. This company currently runs the Royal Shades in Hayling Island, The Vine Pub and the George and Dragon in Gosport.