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The Hare & Hounds (Stonegate Pub Partners)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
St Austell - Ruck & RollGood1
Gun - Project Babylon Pale AleNot Tried0
Harvey's - Sussex Best BitterNot Tried0
St Austell - Proper JobNot Tried0

Visits Details

28 Mar 2026 (Hogan Sampling)
Seventh visit of this Worthing outing: Busy footfall for early evening and having met up with a club of real ale enthusiasts in the Anchored in Worthing micropub close to Worthing Pier and who then moved on to here. Warm, prompt service and whilst busy a table or two to be had at the front of this cavernous interior comprising two former fisherman’s cottages knocked into one.
BeerABVScoreNotes
St Austell - Ruck & Roll4.00GoodThis amber-coloured pale ale brewed by St Austell Brewery* in St Austell, Cornwall, for the rugby season and specifically the Six Nations Championship, presented very good head and lacing and sticking all the way to the end. A fruited bitter first hit. A dry hoppiness climbing with hints of grapefruit, toffee and a subtle coffee-infusion and lingering on its sailing out. Served in good nick. A bargain at just £4.00 a pint and £2.00 a half. *Founded in 1851 by Walter Hicks, it is the leading independent, family-owned brewery and pub operator in Southwest England. Celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2026, the company operates over 160 pubs, inns and hotels across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.
Harvey's - Sussex Best Bitter4.00Not Tried
St Austell - Proper Job4.50Not Tried
Gun - Project Babylon Pale Ale4.60Not Tried

About The Hare & Hounds

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Website.

The pub is found in Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 1QG.

Located in Worthing town centre, at 79-81 Portland Road, this old gem of a pub is nestled away between the houses of Portland Road and is has a "tardis-like" feel as is larger inside than it appears from the street. Accoladed by CAMRA in its Good Beer Guide, it offered four cask ales on a visit in late March 2026. CAMRA highlights their selection is a mix of local and national ales and in the winter months there is usually a dark ale on, alongside a range of lagers, wines, single malts and spirits. New licensees from late November 2025 and following the long-standing previous owner retired after running the pub for 18 years. This flint building, formerly two fisherman’s cottages, dates to the late 18th century and became an inn in 1814. It was extended into the adjoining property in the 1990s. A single ‘U’ shaped bar is surrounded by wood panelling. To the rear there is a conservatory and small enclosed garden with covered patio. Old Worthing photographs adorn the walls. In the 60s, the left-hand door opened into the smallest "snug" bar seen – it is said there was only just room for the door to open into it. Live jazz, general knowledge and music quizzes and live bands complement local home-cooked food served daily at lunchtimes and some evenings with smaller portions for OAPs and daily specials.

We have visited this pub once, seen 4 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Map location

Postcode: BN11 1QG