CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE
Heart of Warwickshire Branch
Pubs
We select 10 pubs from our area to appear in The Good Beer Guide based on beer quality reports submitted by CAMRA members.
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Long Itchington
Set back from the Canal, with a long garden leading down to the water. Boaters can moor to the pubs own landing stage - on offside of canal. Full details
Large mock Tudor pub. Formerly the Jolly Fisherman. Under threat of demolition in 1999 but survived and reopened as an Anglo-Mediterranean Country Pub, part of a small chain of pubs owned by Colm O&Rourke, formerly the owner of the Little Pub Company (MAD O&ROURKE&S). Sold on to Greene King in spring 2001. Full details
On loop road west of the church. From the canal take bridge 27 (Bascote).
Cosy village pub - beware low ceiling beams ! Popular venue for folk music.
Three cask ales on sale at any one time, one of which is an ever changing guest ale.
GARDEN Full details
- Fullers - London Pride
Village local with a wide appeal. Small bar with pool table, comfortable lounge and a popular restaurant (booking advised). Origninally two houses, it was a Hunt Edmunds pub until becomming a free house in 1976. Very good value prices (for food and drink). Note this is the Haverster, not part of any chain of a similar name! A truly free house. Full details
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Two bar welcoming canal side pub, with comfortable lounge and public bar with Sky TV. Outside seating area alongside canal towpath. Full details
- Charles Wells - Bombardier
Napton
Popular country pub on main road by the bridge over the Oxford Canal. Very busy in the summer. Hosts folk music jam sessions on Wednesday evenings. Still often known by its former name of the Napton Bridge Inn. Full details
Former Watneys village local. Northamptonshire skittles table. Redecorated January 1997, which included recovering of the skittles table.
Top quality newspapers for customer to read include The Guardian and Private Eye.
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One time farm house, once called the Bull and Butcher. Closed as a pub from the 1940s to 1992. Famous now for home cooked food, especially the pies. Busy in summer, quiet in winter. Full details
Transformed in summer 2000 by Hook Norton, this pub was almost demolished to make way for houses. Two bars retained, making it very popular for both diners and drinkers! Full details
Northend
Small village pub at the foot of the Burton Dassett hills. Full details
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