Furneux Pelham is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire. The village is one of the Pelhams, part of an early medieval larger swathe of land known as Pelham including Brent Pelham to the north and Stocking Pelham to the east and north-east. With a population listed as 553 in the 2011 census,…
Tavern Inn, Newquay, Cornwall
Kelly and Simon Hill have been at the Tavern now for just over four years and have made a positive change to the business, So much so that, pub owners, St Austell Brewery, awarded them the accolade of ‘Best Turnaround Pub 2020’. The pub is…
Winterbourne, Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire
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…
Lamarsh Lion, Lamarsh, Essex
Background The Lamarsh lion Community Pub is situated 4 miles from Sudbury in the beautiful Stour valley on the Essex/Suffolk border. There has been a pub, inn or staging post on the site since 1305 and it is said that the artists, Gainsborough and Constable,…
Half Moon, Rushall, Norfolk
BACKGROUND The Half Moon is situated in Rushall, Norfolk - a small rural village 8 miles from Diss, and had been closed for over 12 months when Sarah Campbell-Jones and husband Ray Paul took over ownership in September 2017. This 17thcentury pub has extra meaning…
Halfway House, Polbathic #2
Jessica Stanton and Russ Matterson are not new to Pub is The Hub and this is their second community-focused project: They took over the Halfway House pub in 2015 and have turned the business around with a new menu, a brand new restaurant area, accommodation…
Farmer’s Arms, St Merryn, Nr Padstow
Dan and Lisa have been at this award winning pub for around three years. The pub does have a summer season of holiday visitors, but it also has a very good local community it serves. Positioned on the main crossroads of the village it is…
Stoke Canon Inn, Stoke Canon, Devon
The Stoke Canon is a small community run pub in the village of Stoke Canon about 6 miles from Exeter. Stoke Canon is a small village and civil parish of 660 people near the confluence of the rivers Exe and Culm on the main A396 between Exeter and Tiverton in Devon, and the district of East Devon. The pub…