The former mining village of Polgooth is set in a beautiful rural valley, two miles south of St Austell and 5 miles north of Mevagissey and the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Historical records of mining in Polgooth go back to 1593, and by the eighteenth century the…
BACKGROUND St John is a coastal civil parish and a village in south-east Cornwall, 3 miles south of Saltash and 1.5 miles south-east of Torpoint. The parish is opposite Plymouth, separated from it by St John's Lake and the population is almost 400 people A…
Bere Regis is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, situated 6 miles north-west of Wareham. In the last census the civil parish had a population of 1,745. The village has one shop, a post office, and two pubs, The Royal Oak and The Drax Arms and the village features in…
Porthleven is a small but beautiful old fishing village with a population of 3,500 people, about three miles from the market town of Helston in Cornwall. The Atlantic Inn is a freehold pub that has been owned and run by Leigh and Adrian Santi since…
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…
Elsdon is a small village in the heart of Northumberland National Park about 10 miles south west of Rothbury and close to the Keilder Forest. It is an almost unspoilt Northumberland village with a rich history an ancient church, remains of a Motte and Bailey…
Market Lavington is a civil parish and large village with a population of about 2,200 on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, 5 miles south of the market town of Devizes. The village is not short of amenities and alongside the Green Dragon pub on the High Street it boasts a Co-op supermarket, a pharmacist,…
The Old Inn is popular with both locals and holiday makers alike. The village of Mullion (population 4000) is not short on amenities; it has a Post Office and shops, hairdressers and a chemist, but the mobile library route was cut in the last round…