When the Angler’s Rest pub was threatened with closure and redevelopment by Admiral Taverns, Bamford Community Society was set up to purchase the pub. At one time, Bamford boasted a number of public houses but gradually all closed until the Angler’s Rest was the last…
Hayley & John Carter hold this Forest of Dean two bar pub on lease from a private freeholder. They receive good support from regulars but their business was financially insecure. The indications were that if they failed then the freeholder would not seek another lessee…
The Pleasure Boat Inn is situated in an idyllic position overlooking Hickling Broad, and adjacent to Hickling Sailing Club, with sailing boats of every kind moored alongside giving a superb backdrop to this pub. Before the present owner, John Uff bought the freehold, it had…
The Derby Arms is situated on the edge of Witherslack, a small village in the South of Cumbria. The parish has a population of around 450 people, with a significant number of older residents. Witherslack was a village without a pub or a shop, as…
The Sycamore Inn is located in Parwich, a small isolated village in the Peak District National Park, serving a population of around 769 residents, living locally and in the rural hinterland. The pub is owned by Frederic Robinson Limited. The village has a school, but…
The Fighting Cocks is located in Stottesdon, Shropshire; a village of 702 inhabitants. The nearest services are in the towns of Bridgnorth (7 miles away) and Burwarton (4 miles away). Following a survey conducted by the local Parish Council, the licensee decided to open a…
