The Marquis of Granby is owned by wife and husband team Sara Barton and Sean McArdle, who also run the Brewster’s Brewery at Grantham. Sara set up the Brewster’s Brewery in 1998 and was one of the tiny band of female pioneers working in the…
The Queen in Brandeston, Suffolk
The family-run Queen public house is located in the small rural village of Brandeston near Woodbridge, in Suffolk. When the first Covid-19 lockdown started in March 2020 publican Caroline Aitchison, her daughter Harriett and son Alexander who run the pub together, set about adapting the…
The Locks Inn Geldeston, Norfolk
The Locks Inn is an iconic pub situated on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, in a remote part of the Waveney Valley. The pub had been closed for two years when it came up for auction during the Covid-19 pandemic It was purchased on 4 November 2020…
Green Man, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire
Scamblesby is a small village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 6 miles (10 km) south-west from Louth, on the A153 road, and within the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Situated in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds, the Viking Way runs through the village…
Pear & Olive, Hildersham, Cambridgeshire
BACKGROUND The Pear & Olive is located in the small village of Hildersham in Cambridgeshire. Hildersham has a population of just 150, and no amenities other than the pub. The pub, previously known as The Pear Tree, had been closed for five years and the…
The Thorold, Marston, Lincolnshire
The rural villages of Hougham and Marston have a combined population of around 600 people in 221 houses. There is no other pub, shop, café or other communal space and there is no public transport through either village, further limiting the opportunities. When the pub…
Stag Inn, Maidwell, Northamptonshire
Maidwell is a village in Northamptonshire with over 300 inhabitants. The A508 road runs through its western end and the village is about halfway between the market town of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, and the county town of Northampton which is about 7 miles south. There has been a pub on the site…
Red Lion, Needham, Norfolk
Background The Red Lion is the only pub in the rural Norfolk village of Needham, situated 10 miles from Diss with a population of just over 300 people. Licensees Sue and Joe Massey with their son Michael have been the hosts for the last eleven…