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Wykeham Arms

There's plenty to look at in this busy pub's characterful rooms, filled as they are with all sorts of curiosities; Victorian oak desks retired from Winchester College, collections of well thumbed books, walls hung with pewter tankards and numerous local prints and engravings. Elsewhere, there are kitchen chairs and deal tables with candles, leather banquettes and parquet and wooden flooring. On chilly days, you'll find crackling log fires ' perhaps with Rolo, the pub's chocolate brown cockapoo, relaxing beside one of them. A snug room at the back, known as the Jameson Room (after the late landlord, Graeme Jameson), is decorated with a set of Ronald Searle 'Winespeak' prints. A second room is panelled. Fullers HSB, London Pride and Spring Sprinter, Gales Seafarers and a guest such as Flowerpots Goodens Gold on handpump, 33 wines by the glass, 15 malt whiskies, a couple of farm ciders and quite a few ports and sherries; the tea list is pretty special. There are tables outside in a covered back terrace and a small courtyard. With so much to see and do in this city and its environs, the 14 attractive bedrooms seem especially tempting; some have four-posters and breakfasts are first class.