Background The Saracen’s Head is a long established and highly successful pub/restaurant in the village of Shirley, which is approximately 5 miles from Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Recent awards include “Derbyshire Pub of the Year 2017”, “Derby Food and Drink Award 2017 – Best Out of…
Oyster Inn, Butley, Suffolk
BACKGROUND The Oyster Inn is situated in the small village of Butley, 7 miles from Woodbridge, Suffolk, and was the focal point for this rural community, having been licensed since 1617, until it sadly closed in 2012. The pub remained closed for almost 5 years…
Penruddocke Arms, Dinton, Nr. Salisbury
Dinton is a village, civil parish and former manor in Wiltshire, England, in the Nadder valley about 8 miles (13 km) west of Salisbury. The civil parish encompasses the small village of Baverstock, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Dinton village and the population was 696 in the 2011 census. The railway remains open as…
New Inn, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire
Tholthorpe is an attractive village of some 300 residents, approximately 12 miles from York. It has a rich history including a mention in the Doomsday Book and is thought to have been a Viking settlement. There was also an RAF airfield at Tholthorpe which was…
Old King’s Head, Brockdish, Norfolk
The small village of Brockdish in South Norfolk has a population of 700 and no amenities other than its only pub, The Old King’s Head. The pub closed in September 2013, but in July 2014, Jonathan Townley and his sister Louise Lees bought this thirteenth…