Welcome to Pub is the Hub
“Rural communities, and this country's rural way of life, are facing unprecedented challenges ... the country pub, which has been at the heart of village life for centuries, is disappearing in many areas.
By providing new services from the pub, such as a post office or a shop, not only keeps an essential service in the village or brings a new one in.” - HRH The Prince of Wales. Read more...
Pub is the Hub was set up in 2001, through the Rural Action Programme of Business in the Community, by The Prince of Wales. It encourages breweries, pub owners, licensees and local communities to work together to help retain and enhance rural pubs.
The pub has traditionally provided a centre/heart to the hamlet or village and the pub is the hub scheme aims to improve the community value of the pub by finding additional uses for it, thereby improving its viability. This scheme has had considerable successes - many examples of which are detailed on this web site. Read more about PITH...