A PREMIUM country pub with a ‘beautiful’ garden is Pub of the Week.

Located in the New Forest, The White Buck celebrates music, art and ‘good food’.

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The pub is inside a large country house just a mile away from Burley.

General Manager Tom Tomlinson said: “We focus on the small details and maintaining high standards, so our customers experience that wow factor.”

Tom said the pub's main ‘selling point’ is the pub garden, which the staff have ‘worked really hard on’ over the last couple of years.

It is so much so that the White Buck has recently reached the final of the Best Pub Garden award at the Great British Pub Awards.

The garden is scattered with seating, separated into various different areas, including a dining terrace, laid up ‘quite formally’ with fresh flowers on the table.

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There is a more relaxed outside seating area where people can just enjoy a drink and a packet of crisps.

On sunny days, The White Buck opens its outside bar and Pizza oven area.

Tom said: “It would mean a lot to us if we won. It would be nice for the staff to get recognition for the work they put into the garden day in and day out.

“We are really outdoor focussed; we have water stations for dogs, and we have built a dog shower."

The pub puts on a varied selection of activities throughout the year, including an event called Shakespeare in the Garden.

Open Bar Theatre put on performances in the pub garden so guests can enjoy Shakespeare 'as it was intended, interactive, informal and in the surroundings of a beautiful pub garden with a glass of beer or wine in hand'.

During the summer holidays, there will be live music on Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm, and a birds of prey show.

From August 22 to 24, The White Buck is putting on a little Italy al-fresco evening.

Guests will enjoy a four-course dinner cooked in the pub's wood-fired oven, paired with an Aperol spritz and live acoustic music.