Rose & Crown

The neatly dressed, courteous staff in this well run and pretty cottage offer a genuinely warm welcome to all – children and dogs, too. The smallest of the three bars is a pale grey colour with coir flooring and old prints of King's Lynn and Sandringham. Each of the other two bars has a separate character: an old-fashioned beamed front bar with black settles on its tiled floor and a big log fire, and a back bar with another large log fire and the landlord's sporting trophies and old sports equipment (which are being slowly edged out to make way for the pub cricket team photos). There's also the Garden Room with inviting wicker-based wooden chairs, careful lighting and a quote by Dr Johnson in old-fashioned rolling script on a huge wall board, and a residents' lounge (liked by non-residents, too) with squashy armchairs and sofas, rugs on the floor, newspapers, magazines, jigsaws and board games. Adnams Bitter and Broadside, Black Sheep Ruddy Ram and Woodfordes Wherry on handpump, nine wines by the glass and cider and perry. In the garden, there are stylish café-style blue chairs and tables under cream parasols on the terrace, outdoor heaters and colourful herbaceous borders; there's a new wooden galleon-shaped climbing fort. Two of the comfortable bedrooms are downstairs and there are disabled lavatories and wheelchair ramps. The Bank House in King's Lynn is under the same management and also worth a visit.