From the team behind the Salisbury Gluten Free Guide

Researched with care — never a guarantee. Menus and kitchens change, so it's always worth a quick word with staff before you order.

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Lyndhurst area

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Pub

The New Forest

Lyndhurst Road, Ashurst, SO40 7AA

At a glance

Big Fuller's pub with a large garden right by Ashurst railway station, a natural first stop off the train into the forest. Its published menus say nothing about gluten free provision, but both a diner's account and the pub's own reply describe a kitchen that treats allergen orders strictly.

Gluten-free options

The pub's sample menus carry no gluten free markings, and as a Fuller's house current dish and allergen detail sits on the Good Food Talks accessible-menu platform. Diners report gluten free options being available in practice.

Before you order

One visitor describes the kitchen wiping down a preparation area for each gluten free order under strict house allergen rules — with the trade-off of a long wait — and the management's reply confirms they are strict because cross contamination is always possible in their kitchen. That is encouraging but rests on a single dated-unknown exchange, so confirm what the kitchen will do on the day and allow extra time.

Worth asking?

What exactly does the kitchen do differently when a coeliac orders — is there a separate prep area? Which current dishes can be made gluten free, and are chips fried separately from battered items?

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This information is researched but not guaranteed — menus and kitchen practices change. Always tell staff you are coeliac.

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