My name is Kay Salt and I’m gonna show you the best pubs with the best ploughman’s, all from the relaxing deck of the good ship Fair President. Over the years I’ve travelled to over seventeen countries and visited large parts of the UK. I’ve had meals in the very best often, and on occasion the not so good. With my years of experience, I have assembled an itinerary of the greatest riverside eateries and what’s more I’m going to share them with you. So loosen your belts and hold on to your Rennies, we’re going out for lunch!
Day 1 and we’ll start our little tour on dry land in the Kings Head of Wroxham. Seriously though, just look at the amount of food you get. You could feed 3 people! So worth the money. Served on a heavy oak board, highlights for this one have got to be the three different cheeses (local), piccalilli, and an amazing black pudding scotch egg. Lovely. The staff are really helpful, it has a great atmosphere and there’s excellent parking in Roy’s on the corner. I am seriously in love with the ploughman’s they do in the King’s Head. It may well be the best ploughman’s I think I’ve ever had anywhere.
Day 2 takes us along the river Bure to the Swan Inn. I first found the Swan back in 2021. I walked in and immediately ordered a ploughman’s. I like my food but I couldn’t eat all of it. The cheese is top notch, comes with home-made pickle and the ham is absolutely lush. A raft of optional extras (among them beautiful homemade granary bread from the shop next door) tops this one off as 100% the best ploughman’s lunch on the Broads. I recommend this pub to everyone. Food doesn’t often surprise me, but I can honestly say this was the best Ploughmans I have ever eaten.
Day 3 and we’re back on the river. Today we’ll visit the Ferry Inn of Horning for another fantastic ploughman’s lunch. If you are a fan of a ploughman’s pub lunch, I have a treat for you my friend. I had one here last week and I have to say, it was absolutely brill. The crusty bread is perfectly fresh and the selection of cheeses, pickles, and cured meats is truly impressive. The tangy, homemade chutney just brings all of the flavours together and the pork pie is a winner too. But the real star of the show at the Ferry Inn is the pork scratchkins (sometimes pronounced scratchlings) which you can order as a side. Lovely. The atmosphere is excellent, loads of comfy seats, an outdoor area complete with a pool table and a Thomas the Tank engine ride for the kids. A must have on any lunch tour, which is why it’s on this tour, you know what I mean? When it comes to lunch on the Broads the Ferry has got to be number one in my book, hands down, best ploughman’s of any pub I’ve eaten in anywhere.
Day 4 of the connoisseur’s cruise and we’re headed for the Wayford Bridge Inn. And what a treat we have in store today. The ploughman’s in the Wayford is the stuff of legend and well worth the short walk. The big daddy here is the ham. Four slices of baked, thick-cut ham from a proper country pig, goes excellently alongside a doorstop wedge of crusty white bread, spicy pickled onion and fresh tomato salad. A punchy mature cheddar, homemade grainy mustard and warm sausage roll will see you home, in what is my absolute favourite ploughman’s lunch of all time. And I have to say that this pub is right up my street. Proper bit of me this is. The hearty portions and down-to-earth atmosphere make you feel right at home, and all the staff are a proper laugh. A real treat for the taste buds and the soul. If I had to pick one ploughman’s to eat for the rest of my days it would be this one, it’s the bollocks.
Day 5 and the last stop on our tour takes us all the way up the river Ant to the pièce de résistance; BridgeStones of Potter Heigham. And what a finale. If you’re a fan of a classic ploughman’s lunch, do yourself a favour and get in BridgStones at the earliest opportunity (it gets busy after 12pm). The ploughman’s in here is the best ensamble of cheese, ham, bread and pickle you will ever experience in your life mate. The bread is so fresh, the meat selection is off the fucking charts and the homemade artisan pickle is so tangy and delicious you could eat it with a spoon. If you have room for more they do loads of really tasty cakes too. Victoria sponge, coffee cake, millionaires shortbread, the lot. And a pretty decent Irish coffee to boot. I am absolutely obsessed with BridgeStones, what a little gem of a place. But the food isn’t the only thing that makes this such a standout experience. The staff are incredibly friendly and welcoming, and the atmosphere is just really nice and relaxed and just really, really comfy, you know what I mean? You will leave feeling completely satisfied and probably do a 180 to go straight back in for another round. You will say we have saved the best until last and you will be absolutely right as this has got to be the absolute 100% best fucking ploughman’s I’ve ever eaten in my life, ever.
Live, Unedited & Independent Guest Reviews
Went on the Ploughmans tour with Kay and it was pretty good. Pretty nice. I do think the description talked it up a little bit though. Maybe I was expecting too much? I do like a ploughman’s but I feel I may have had better in other pubs in Norfolk. Loved being on the Broads, though there was a lot of filling up at various water stations which I just couldn’t understand. Who knows where all that water was going? All things considered, I give this one a pretty alight 3 out of 5 stars. Cheers!
Thanks for your feedback Bob, yeah, thanks for that one. I will look to take your comments onboard but you know what? I think you booked yourself on the wrong tour mate. This one obviously ain’t the one for you. This tour is for people who know how to appreciate good food. People who enjoy a bit of culture every now and then. And having met you I’d say that you don’t even qualify. Know what I mean? You wouldn’t know a good ploughman’s if one slapped you in the face mate. You wouldn’t know a good ploughman’s if you went on a week long tasting tour of the best fucking ploughman’s about. So BOB I suggest you take your little keyboard warrior with your little fucking tippy-tappy snide comments and go and fucking do one. Alright?
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