The Bat And Ball Freehouse

16/07/2026

👩🏿‍🍳Meet the newest talent in our kitchen – please give a warm welcome to Chef Sober A C Brown ! 🎉

We’re so excited to have Annclara joining the team at The Bat & Ball.

With experience in some of Kingston’s best-known restaurants, an award-winning reputation (including Best Burger in London 🍔), and a loyal following for her incredible Sunday Roasts across Surrey, Annclara brings a wealth of creativity and passion to our kitchen.

After spending eight years in Cornwall mastering the art of cooking fresh fish and seafood, she’s bringing that coastal inspiration to us with Fish Friday, launching this Friday! 🐟 Expect a rotating Cornish seafood menu including, whole skate wing, sea bream, sea bass, mackerel, and even lobster.

If you’re wondering what to try from our new summer menu, these are Annclara’s top picks:
Our Signature Half Roasted Chicken with Café de Paris jus

Bone Marrow Beef Burger

Annclara is looking forward to working alongside our fantastic Chef Mark and the rest of the team to bring you even more delicious dishes.

Join us in giving her a warm Bat & Ball welcome! ❤️

07/07/2026

06/07/2026

We’re really looking forward to our family weekend this weekend! Our BBQ will be fired up 12:00-19:00 on both Saturday and Sunday, no need to book for outside but if you’d prefer a table inside to try the new kids menu then please do email [email protected].
Live music confirmed for Saturday from 5pm from Mandy Penney - Vocalist & The CherryPickers.

04/07/2026

Warm up commenced! The Bourne Show - Farnham

25/06/2026

It’s toasty! So much so we have decided to update our kitchen hours for today to look after our wonderful team.
The pub will remain open (1200-2300)
Kitchen will be open from 1800-2100 today - closed at lunch for today only. Come cool off under the vines!

24/06/2026

The weekends are always more fun when the children are enjoying themselves! We’ve also got some exciting launches to trial by the youngsters as well as entertainers and the all important facepainters, we’d love to see you there!

22/06/2026

BatFest 2026 DONE! Thank you to all the lovely people that celebrated BatFest with us, humbling to have so many smiley people over the weekend and to be part of this wonderful community. Our staff and volunteers were phenomenal and these things wouldn’t be possible without them.

Your support means we are on track to install our defibrillator far sooner than we thought and we are delighted with the support for the Hedgehogs that was shown- thank you!

Our next event is our Family weekend (11th-12th) July. We will be sure to share details in due course!

17/06/2026

Dear Neighbours,

We want to ensure our community is aware of any events so there are no surprises and whilst hand delivered letters would be preferable, we would like to ensure the letter reaches as many of you as possible, so here is some further info about BatFest this weekend and future summer events ☀️ 🍻 ☀️ 🍷

10/06/2026

It’s the 25th rendition of BatFest and the beer is beginning to arrive!
This year, we are hoping to raise funds to allow us to install a Defibrillator, available 24/7 for our community, as well as raising money for the Hedgehogs 🦔 who have supporting this event from the off!
We hope to see you for a beer, some music and food from 1800 on Friday 19th June.
Here is your personal reminder it is Father’s day on the 21st - so if you want to treat him with a full roast, do book to avoid disappointment, but if a burger and a pint is the order of the day, no booking necessary!

04/06/2026

As parents the fear of our daughter’s hair is real (and when there’s 3 it’s actually terrifying). So this one is to help anyone who is also scared. We’ve got the super talented for an evening to help us learn our ponytails form our plaits, to sit and have a drink and learn and leave more confident (or one that’s tried). It’ll be £35pp to include a free drink and goody bag (all the brushes you could possibly need) to take home. Spaces are limited so get booking!