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Golden Lion, Southwick
PubPortsmouth
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Dog policy
Officially, precisely dog friendly - "dogs are welcome in the larger bar", per the pub's own description, though not the small restaurant area
About
A genuinely historic pub in the village of Southwick, near Portsmouth, verified even by Wikipedia as having served as the unofficial officers' mess during the planning of Operation Overlord (D-Day) at nearby Southwick House - reputedly frequented by Churchill, Montgomery, Smuts and Eisenhower, with a barmaid from that era, Edwina, who served them and lived to 100 years old; a cosy lounge with a roaring log fire, run today by a warmly welcoming, award-winning independent family.