Portsmouth Pub Listings E-F

These pages feature details and photographs of all Portsmouth's public houses that are currently open for business.

Some pubs may also be listed with additional information on one or more of the following pages:
Pub Architecture, Pub Crawls, Pub Reviews, Best Ale Houses

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The Eastfield Hotel	124 Prince Albert Road, Eastney, PO4 9HT
023 9275 0102
The Eastfield is one of Portsmouth's most ornate pubs, designed by prolific pub architect A E Cogswell in 1906 for Portsmouth United Breweries. The pub later became part of the Brickwoods estate before being swallowed up by national giant Whitbread in the early 1970s. By the late 1990s the Eastfield was in the hands of an independent pub operator and it now features two distinct bars - a public bar at the front of house and a comfortable lounge bar and pool room toward the rear. Real ales from independent breweries are served in good condition. This is one of Eastney's best pubs and well worth the small diversion off Highland Road.
Top left-hand photograph 13th July 2008 Bottom right-hand photograph 4th February 2007	Near right-hand photograph 30th September 2006 Far right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Copus & Hall Ltd	Grade II Listed
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 00:30; Sun 10:00 'til 23:30
Visit the Pub Crawls page to read a detailed description of this pub (March 2007)

The Eastney Cellars	56 Cromwell Road, Eastney, PO4 9PN
This small, street corner local traded as the Eastney Cellars as long ago as the 1880s. Once part of Portsmouth's Young's brewery, a century later it was in the hands of Friary Meux before being sold to Gales as part of a job lot in 1990. It was put on the market soon after and was refitted and renamed the Cellars At Eastney, becoming popular with the gay community. This guise didn't last long and the premises changed hands once more, transforming the pub into Portsmouth's premier live music bar.
Left-hand photograph 18th February 1990	see also The Cellars At Eastney
Licenced Opening Hours: see The Cellars At Eastney

The Eastney Tavern	100 Cromwell Road, Eastney, PO4 9PN
023 9282 6246
This Victorian pub occupies a large corner plot at the junction of Cromwell Road and St George's Road and is now known mainly for its food. Once owned by Portsmouth United Breweries (as seen in the black and white photographs to the right), the original interior was ruined by Whitbread in the 1980s and what we have today is a large single bar, with a seperate restaurant. The pub is unofficially known as the Shell House owing to the rear of the premises being covered in sea shells! Live jazz is regularly performed.
Top left-hand photograph 11th May 1989	Bottom left-hand photograph 4th February 2007
Pub Operator: Old Eastney Ltd
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00 'til 00:30; Fri Sat 10:00 'til 01:00; Sun 10:00 'til 23:30

The Edge of the Wedge	147 Albert Road, Southsea, PO4 0JW
023 9229 3301	www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk
Housed in part of what was once Duke's, this modern, airy bar stands at the front of the Wedgewood Rooms. Food is available and live music is regularly performed, as well as DJs on certain nights. The bar is also used as a 'quiet' facility after midnight on selected Club nights at the Wedgewood Rooms (accessed by adjoining doors).
Photographed 15th July 2007	see also Dukes (closed pubs section)
Pub Operator: The Wedge & Edge Ltd
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 12:00 'til 03:00; Sun 12:00 'til 00:30; Bank Holiday Sundays 12:00 'til 03:00

The Eldon Arms	15/17 Eldon Street, Southsea, PO5 4BS
023 9229 7963
This attractive bay-fronted pub in a conservation area of Southsea dates from 1899 and was one of a small estate of Eldridge Pope pubs in Portsmouth. The former brewer's name is still displayed prominently on the ornate glazed tiled façia. The interior underwent a major refit in around 1990, and the pub now extends into two adjacent cottages, providing a surprisingly spacious, single bar pub with a number of seperate drinking areas. The Eldon features a wide range of cask ales and serves food throughout the day. Pool and darts are played in one of the small cottage rooms. There is an extensive library of books and sporting fixtures are shown on the large plasma television. The house is now owned by national pub company Enterprise Inns following its sale by Eldridge Pope some years ago.
Top left-hand photograph 13th July 2008 Botom left-hand photograph 30th September 2006	Top right-hand photograph 18th February 1990 Bottom right-hand photograph 30th September 2006
Pub Operator: Enterprise Inns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 07:00 'til 00:30; Bank Holiday extensions

The Electric Arms	190/192 Fratton Road, Fratton, PO1 5HD
023 9282 3293
Dating from 1924, the Electric Arms was designed by A E Cogswell for the Young Brewery and replaced the earlier Fratton Cellars and Old House At Home that previously occupied the site. The pub still sports its Friary Meux signage, despite the company ceasing to exist some years ago. The pub consists of a traditional public bar at the front and has a small lounge to the rear.
Near left-hand photograph 18th March 2008 Far left-hand photograph 18th February 1990	Right-hand photograph 4th February 2007
Pub Operator: M J M Inns
Licenced Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50

The Elms	128 Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1LR
This building was constructed in 1936 to a design by A E Cogswell and replaced an earlier pub of the same name that had existed since at least the mid 19th century. Originally part of the Brickwoods Brewery estate, the pub ended up in the hands of Whitbread before being sold on in the 1990s. A refit in the early 21st century has sadly seen the demise of the original name and the house now goes by the daft moniker of the Deco.
Photographed 18th February 1990	see also The Deco
Licenced Opening Hours: see The Deco

The Farmhouse	Burrfields Road, Burrfields, PO3 5HH
023 9267 1111	www.farmhouseinnlodge.com
Constructed in the 1980s for Surrey Free Inns, the Farmhouse consists of a large comfortable bar area, divided into a number of separate areas. The house was transferred to Suffolk brewer Greene King around the turn of the century and is now part of their Hungry Horse chain of eateries. The pub includes an outside patio area and there are also a number of pool tables available. Sports events are shown on television. A lodge offering accommodation and function rooms can be found adjacent to the pub.
Left-hand photograph 28th April 1991	Right-hand photograph 14th August 2005
Pub Operator: Greene King
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 02:30; Sun 11:00 'til 01:00; Bank Holiday extensions

The Fat Fox	11/13 Victoria Road South, Southsea, PO5 2SP

This latest venture by well-known Portsmouth bar owner Mike Hughes has been established with the intention of making it a replacement for the Wine Vaults, which has since been sold to Fuller's. Divided into two distinct areas, the Fat Fox offers eight cask ales, plenty of seating and live bands covering a wide variety of musical tastes. Good quality, good value food is available all day and an upstairs function room can be hired for parties and meetings. The pub curiously received a brand new façia only months after opening for business (see right-hand photo).
Left-hand photograph 22nd January 2008	Right-hand photograph 18th March 2008
Pub Operator: Wine Vaults (Portsmouth) Ltd
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 01:00; Sun 10:00 'til 23:59; Bank Holiday extensions

The Fawcett Inn	176 Fawcett Road, Southsea, PO4 0DP
023 9282 1377
Designed by A H Bone and built in 1886 for the Brickwood Brewery, the Fawcett Inn occupies a prominent position on a busy street corner. With its half timbered brewers tudor style and witch's hat tower, it has an imposing presence. Currently owned by an anonymous pubco, the pub now sports one large bar, having been knocked through in the days of Whitbread. It is popular with a predominantly younger clientele such as students and has regular dance nights.
Near left-hand photograph 16th April 2008 Far left-hand photograph 14th August 2005	Right-hand photograph July 1990
Pub Operator: Admiral Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 00:30; Sun 10:00 'til 23:30; Bank Holiday extensions

The Festing	1A Festing Road, Southsea, PO4 0NG
023 9282 5560
This large Victorian corner house was constructed for the Brickwood Brewery and designed by one of the area's well-known pub architects, A H Bone. An ornate Brickwoods canopy can still be found above the main entrance (as shown in the right-hand photograph). It has retained the same name throughout its long life, though now consists of a single large bar area (courtesy of former megabrewer Whitbread, who were only too happy to demolish the interior walls of their pub estate). The pub is now owned by Greene King and is furnished to a good standard. Darts and pool is played and food is served throughout the day. The pub is populat with a good cross section of the community, with an emphasis toward the younger customer.
Top-left-hand photograph 11th May 1989 Bottom left-hand photograph 14th August 2005	Right-hand photograph 20th March 2007
Pub Operator: Greene King
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed Thu Sun 11:00 'til 23:40; Fri Sat 11:00 'til 00:40; Bank Holiday extensions
visit the Pub Crawls page for a detailed description of this pub (March 2007)

The Fifth Hants Volunteer Arms	74 Albert Road, Southsea, PO4 2SL
023 9282 7161	www.gales.co.uk
The Volunteer Arms is an institution as far as Portsmouth's pubs are concerned. Known fully as the Fifth Hants Volunteer Arms since 1953, and previously as the Volunteers Arms (see black and white photograph), the pub had been in the ownership of Gales since Victorian times. The pub was the birthplace of the Portsmouth & South East Hants branch of the Campaign for Real Ale in the early 1970s has has featured in their annual Good Beer Guide publication for many years. The house still retains traditional public and lounge bars and is one of last unspoilt taverns in the city.
Near left-hand photograph 13th July 2008 Far lef t-hand photograph 19th September 2004	Top right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Fuller Smith & Turner
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 07:00 'til 01:00; Fri-Sun 07:00 'til 02:00; Some Bank Holiday extensions
visit the Pub Crawls page for a detailed description of this pub (March 2007)
see also Best Ale Houses

The Fleet	1 King Henry I Street, Landport, PO1 2PS
023 9283 0150
Starting life as the Fleet & Firkin in 1997, the pub is housed in a former Royal Navy fire station and was converted at much expense by the then national brewer Allied Domecq. Sadly Allied lost interest in the Firkin brewpub concept (although the Fleet never actually brewed) and sold the chain to rivals Bass (Mitchells & Butlers). The real ales all disappeared and the pub lost its popularity. It now pulls in students with cheap drinks promotions and bar food, in direct competition with Wetherspoon's next door. A sad demise of a once good pub.
Photographed 19th September 2004	Pub Operator: Mitchells & Butlers
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 03:30; Sun 10:00 'til 01:30

The Florence Arms	18/20 Florence Road, Southsea, PO5 2NE
023 9287 5700	www.theflorencearms.com
Yet another pub which was built to a design by A E Cogswell, the Florence Arms was constructed in 1924 to replace an earlier pub of the same name. Following major flooding in the locality, the pub underwent a comprehensive refurbishment around the turn of the century and what we now have is a very popular, traditional two bar corner house, with a seperate restaurant/function room on the south side. The welcome is always friendly and the bar is often very busy, especially at weekends. The house attracts a good number of loyal local patrons, as well as its fair share of visitors during the summer months. In 2007 licencees Greg and Jane relaunched the pub as a cider house, serving around a hundred different varieties, including six on draught. Those who prefer cask conditioned ales shall not be disappointed, as three or four real ales are always available, including examples from local microbreweries. All in all, this is one of the best run public houses in Southsea and is well worth a visit.
Near top left-hand photograph 16th April 2008 Bottom left-hand photograph 16th April 2008	Far top left-hand photograph 19th September 2004 Right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon Tue Wed 08:00 'til 00:30; Thu Fri Sat 08:00 'til 01:30; Sun 08:00 'til 00:00; Bank Holiday extensions
See also Best Ale Houses

The Florist	324 Fratton Road, Buckland, PO1 5JX
023 9282 0289
This striking 1924 construction by prolific Portsmouth architect A E Cogswell is one of the most attractive pubs on Portsea Island. Built for the Brickwoods Brewery to replace an earlier pub, the structure is similar in design to the former Seagull pub on Broad Street (see closed pubs), with its witch's hat tower. The original tiled façia was destroyed by Wadworth when they bought the pub in the 1990s from Whitbread. The pub retains two bars, with the public bar at the front and the lounge at the rear. Good quality Wadworth ales are served. A regular CAMRA Good Beer Guide entry.
Near right-hand photograph 18th February 1990	Pub Operator: Wadworth & Co
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 10:00 'til 00:30

The Fort Cumberland Arms	125 Eastney Road, Eastney, PO4 9JB
023 9286 4994
Located at a busy traffic junction, the Fort Cumberland Arms was built for the Longs Brewery in the 1920s and later passed to Whitbread following a series of takeovers and mergers. The Longs name is still in evidence on some of the front windows and these are now extremely rare examples. Now consisting of a single large bar, the Fort Cumberland is mainly used by local patrons.
Near left-hand photograph 13th July 2008 Far left-hand photograph 3rd January 2005	Near right-hand photograph 11th May 1989
Pub Operator: Punch Taverns
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00 'til 00:30; Fri Sat 11:00 'til 01:30; Sun 12:00 'til 00:00; Bank Holiday extensions

The Fountain	163 London Road, North End, PO2 9AA
023 9266 1636
Built at the turn of the 20th century to replace an earlier pub of the same name, the Fountain is a typically grand Cogswell design and was part of the Pike Spicer Brewery's estate. Now consisting of a large u-shaped bar area with a seperate room to the rear, the pub also has a covered courtyard where smokers can shelter during inclement weather. The pub caters for a mainly regular, but varied, clientele. An assortment of framed historic pub photos and prints can be found on the walls throughout the main bar area. Real ales are usually Fullers (Gales) HSB and one from Portsmouth's Irving Brewery.
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Near right-hand photograph 15th July 2007 Far right-hand photograph 14th August 1988
Pub Operator: Tumbling Inns	Grade II Listed
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sun 10:00 'til 00:30

The Froddington Arms	55 Fratton Road, Fratton, PO1 5AB
023 9282 3391
Named after the old word for Fratton, the Froddington is very much a local's local on the main shopping street, close to Fratton railway station. Former pubs on the same site include the Plough & Spade and the Swiss Gardens. This former Brickwoods pub now attempts to draw in punters by offering drinks promotions to potential customers, but it will inevitably lose out to the Wetherspoon establishment located diagonally opposite. Many of the Fratton Road pubs owe their existance to their proximity to Portsmouth Football Club's Fratton Park ground, located within a fifteen minute walk of the Froddington.
Near left-hand photograph 18th March 2008 Far left-hand photograph 4th February 2007	Top right-hand photograph July 1990
Pub Operator: unknown
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00 'til 23:30; Sun 12:00 'til 22:50

The Fuzz & Firkin	2 Albert Road, Southsea, PO5 2SF
Housed in Southsea's former police station, the Fuzz & Firkin opened its doors in 1996, as part of Allied Domecq's nationwide chain of brewpubs. Offering a number of seasonal brews as well as the standard Firkin range that each brewer was contracted to produce for Allied, the brewery became known as one of the best in the chain and won a number of awards. Sadly, when the Firkin chain was sold, its new owner, Mitchells & Butlers, promptly turned its back on the brewpub concept and the brewing equipment was removed. The brewer found employment at the Buckland Brewery at the Winchester Arms, whilst the Fuzz & Firkin reopened following refurbishment as the Goose At The V & A in 2001.
Photographed 7th February 1999	see also The Goose At The V & A
Licenced Opening Hours: see The Goose At The V & A

The Fuzzy Duck	4-8 Guildhall Walk, Landport, PO1 2DD

Housed in the former Po Na Na nightclub and before that Ellie Jay's, this building consists of three adjoining properties. Nos. 4-6 once housed the Waterloo Inn, whilst no. 8 was home to the Nine Elms Tavern (as seen at roof level). Both houses closed in the mid 1970s and soon fell into disuse before eventually merging to become the aforementioned Ellie Jay's in the late 1980s. Nowadays, the Fuzzy Duck is a self-styled theme pub aimed at young revellers. Expect high volume music, bottled lagers, cocktails and queues at the bar!
Left-hand photograph 13th July 2008	Right-hand photograph 18th March 2007
Pub Operator: Rujeca Trading Ltd
Licenced Opening Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00 'til 01:30; Fri-Sat 10:00 'til 02:30; Sun 12:00 'til 01:00

Please note that the Licenced Opening Hours stated are the hours for which each premises has a licence to open its doors to the public. The hours for sale of alcoholic liquor may well be shorter than the Licenced opening hours. Some pubs may choose to open for shorter hours than their licence allows. Therefore it is always adviseable to check ahead to ensure that the premises shall be open at the time of your planned visit.