The Swan Inn

This award-winning 17th-century village free house, which stands in fine walking country just below Combe Gibbet and Walbury Hill in the North Wessex Downs, is presided over by organic beef farmers Mary and Bernard Harris. The beamed interior has old photographic prints and open winter fires. Almost everything on the menu is prepared using their own fresh produce; meats are 100% organic and butchered on the premises; all beef is supplied by their organic farm in Inkpen. Fresh pasta and bread are cooked daily on the premises. Even the wine is organic. The menu offers traditional English favourites and classic Italian dishes, such as chicken liver pâté; home-cured bresaola; spaghetti napoletana; meat loaf; braised ox tail; mixed seafood risotto; and ricotta and spinach cannelloni. There is an organic farm shop and butchery attached to the pub (Soil Association registered), and ten en suite bedrooms available. An attractive terraced garden sets the scene for alfresco summer dining.