Background The Dog Inn was purchased by the community in September 2015 following a share issue and operational help and assistance from Pub is The Hub. The pub was run down after being closed for the best part of a year so the community rolled up its sleeves and started a long process of staged…
Background The Foresters is on the edge of the market town of Melksham and is used by locals in the main as a sports and games community pub. The licensees, Beverley and Nick Dempsey have been tenants at The Foresters for three years and they also raise funds for local charities offering the pub’s various…
Background Winterbourne Bassett is a small village of around 160 people in Wiltshire, about 6 miles southwest of Swindon and 7 miles northwest of Marlborough. Previously known at The White Horse, the village pub had closed in October 2017. The villagers formed the Winterbourne Bassett Community Pub Society and raised £450,000 from private investors, a grant from the Plunkett Foundation and loans…
