The Parsons Collar

About The Parsons Collar

A stone-floored pub with a garden next to the Solent Hotel on the edge of Whiteley, owned by the hotel and Thwaites. It serves Thwaites cask ales and a casual menu of pizza from its oven, burgers and sharing plates. Freelance Mum uses it as the base for its Southampton-area netwalk.

• Free parking

Finding the door

The netwalk meets at the pub: about an hour's walk outdoors, then drinks and chat inside, with optional co-working after. Ask the organiser for the exact meeting spot (car park or front door).

Parking

CAMRA lists free parking; OpenStreetMap shows customer car parks around the pub and the Solent Hotel. Space numbers and any time limit are not published.

• Parsons Collar / Solent Hotel customer car park

  On site · 1 min walk

  Free for customers (CAMRA)

Getting here

Just off the Whiteley Way roundabout by the Solent Hotel, about a mile from M27 junction 9. Buses 26 (Bluestar, Southampton–Hedge End–Botley–Whiteley) and First 28/28A (Fareham–North Whiteley) stop outside at Solent Hotel. Swanwick station is on the far side of the M27, roughly 20 minutes' walk.

• Solent Hotel (SE-bound) · 1 min walk

  Bluestar 26; First 28, 28A; school services 608, 618

• Cycle stands south of the pub · 1 min walk

  6 stands (OpenStreetMap).

• Solent Hotel (W-bound) · 2 min walk

  Bluestar 26; First 28, 28A

• Swanwick · 19 min walk

  South Western Railway

  Straight-line estimate; the route crosses the M27, so the real walk may be longer.

Inside

Access: Not confirmed. Stone-floored interior; garden outside.

Food and drink

Pub food (pizza, burgers, nachos, sharing plates, ice cream) and Thwaites cask ales.