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…
St John Inn, St John, Cornwall
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…
Royal Oak, Bere Regis, Dorset
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…
Atlantic Inn, Porthleven, Cornwall
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…
Dog Inn #2, Belthorn, Lancashire
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…
Green Dragon, Market Lavington, Wiltshire
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,…
Old Inn, Mullion, Cornwall
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…
Stafford Arms, Bagnall, Staffordshire
The picture postcard Stafford Arms dates back to the 16th Century. It is the only amenity in the village and has always been at the centre of village life. The current owners have been running the pub for 20 years and actively support community activities.…