EIGHT MORE Hampshire Greene King pubs will fling open their doors this week.

Greene King will reopen a further eight of its managed pubs outdoors in Hampshire from Thursday this week - it comes ahead of the bank holiday.

The Old Farmhouse in Totton, the County Arms, Winchester, the Fishermans Rest, Titchfield, the Ship Anson and the Green Posts in Portsmouth.

Slightly further afield, the Bold Forester in Southsea, the Royal Oak in Havant and the Emporium in Fleet will also be reopening.

Customers can book garden tables online, however, punters are also welcomed to visit the pub outdoors without an advance booking.

Some watering holes will have reduced opening hours and menus.

Greene King chief executive Nick Mackenzie said: “We are really pleased to be able to reopen further pubs outdoors and welcome back more our customers in time for the bank holiday weekend.

“Sadly, we are still not able to open a larger amount of our estate in April, but we know the vital role pubs play in communities and feel it’s important to open as many as we can to help people get back together once again.

“We are still looking forward to Monday, May 17 when we will be able to open many more of our pubs, and the all-important return to normality in June when the restrictions are fully removed, and we can start to rebuild our businesses. Until then, we hope for good weather for the bank holiday and onwards.”