Cork & Bean

About Cork & Bean

An independent coffee and wine bar in the middle of Romsey, on the corner of Latimer Walk and Latimer Street. It serves locally sourced food alongside coffee, wine and a small choice of local ales, ciders and gins, with seating outside. Romsey Chamber's First Friday Drinks visits here.

• Paid parking
• Near station
• Accessible loos
• Step free

Finding the door

First Friday Drinks starts at 5.30pm and moves between town-centre bars each month.

Parking

No parking of its own. Lortemore Place car park is next door off Latimer Street. All Romsey council car parks are free after 4pm and on Sundays, so the 5.30pm First Friday Drinks costs nothing to park.

• Lortemore Place Car Park

  Nearby · 1 min walk · 78 spaces

  Time limit: Latimer Street side max 4 hours; Abbey Walk side max 2 hours

  Mon–Sat 8.30am–4pm: £1 up to 2 h, £2 3 h, £3 4 h, £4 5 h, £5.90 all day. Free after 4pm, overnight until 8.30am, and all day Sundays and public holidays.

  24 hours (charges 8.30am–4pm)

• Broadwater Road Car Park

  Nearby · 3 min walk · 84 spaces

  Time limit: Short stay (OpenStreetMap: max 2 hours)

  Mon–Sat 8.30am–4pm: £1 up to 2 h, £2 3 h, £3 4 h, £4 5 h, £5.90 all day. Free after 4pm, overnight until 8.30am, and all day Sundays and public holidays.

  24 hours (charges 8.30am–4pm)

• Alma Road Car Park

  Nearby · 3 min walk · 203 spaces

  Time limit: All day

  Mon–Sat 8.30am–4pm: £1 up to 2 h, £2 3 h, £3 4 h, £4 5 h, £4.40 all day. Free after 4pm, overnight until 8.30am, and all day Sundays and public holidays.

  24 hours (charges 8.30am–4pm)

Getting here

In Romsey town centre, a short walk from the bus station and about 5 minutes from Romsey station.

• Romsey Bus Station · 3 min walk

  Bluestar 4 (Southampton), 5 (Eastleigh); Stagecoach 66 (Winchester); TVR (Andover)

  Stops A–C off Broadwater Road.

• Romsey · 7 min walk

  South Western Railway, Great Western Railway

Inside

Access: Euan's Guide (one visitor review, Mar 2025) rates access, parking and toilets 5/5 and lists an accessible toilet in the main public area. OpenStreetMap tags it wheelchair=yes.

Food and drink

Coffee, wine, local ales, ciders and gins; locally sourced food.