please note - reviews on this site are purely the opinion of site visitors, so don't take them too seriously.
Called in the Crown today,a proper pub,tried the Old Lech and Tickler both recommended
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Best pub in town!!
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They have now taken over the Swan in Faringdon already a vast improvement!
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Fantastic pub and brewery the best in town by far !!
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Took the dogs for a walk down to St.Johns lock and back this lunchtime, needless to say the Crown offered a warm haven with open fires on a cold day, and the Thames Tickler was sex in a glass, what more can you ask for a near perfect pub with its own brewery?!!!
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We had to check this place out after going to their other pub the Radnor Arms coleshill.
Once again very wellcoming with 2 open fires and full of memrobillia.
The Brewery is on show through a large glass window at the rear of the pub.
We sampled all of the 6 beers on tap with the 3rd of a pint trays.All in perfect
condition.Made very wellcome by the staff.They have some letting rooms to the
rear of the pub that look very nice so our next visit will include brekfast.
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Lovely surprise to see this is now the home of Halfpenny Brewery thanks to big posters outside and being opposite the junction I arrived from. Was driving so restricted to a half of Thames Tickler and a third of the Anniversary ale but 6 beers on, invite to look at brewery in courtyard and made very welcome by varied clientele. Definitely worth a diversion.
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Now open from 0730hrs Saturdays and Sundays for breakfast and a pint!
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A great little pub with good beer and atmosphere. Best pub in the town !
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An essential stop for visitors to Lechlade. A real old fashioned character pub with a friendly atmosphere and superb beers. The micro brewery is up and running and you can watch it all happening and even get a guided tour.
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Called in last Saturday. Great pint but no food on...pity as we would have stayed longer but the driver was a) thirsty and b) hungry
I can see why it has POTY status.
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Alan Watkins from the Crown now has the lease for the Radnor Arms at Coleshill (about 3 miles outside Lechlade towards Highworth/Faringdon), Halfpenny beers from the barrel and traditional pub food now available, open 1130-1500 1800-2300 Tues-Fri, 1130-2300 Sat and Sun He is also hoping to install a micro brewery at the rear of the pub (subject to planning permission) which should be up and running by the Summer (the national trust, owners of the pub are very keen on the idea).
Meanwhile the Crown goes from strenght to strength winning South Gloucestershire CAMRA pub of the year last week.
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Winter Beer Festival December 5th and 6th, 12 local Winter/Xmas beers, one special from the pub brewery, and Winter food promised.
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A new addition to go with the Old LEch sausages produced by Cutler and Bayliss the butchers up the road is Beer cheese, a strong cheddar washed in Old LEch produced by the Staffordshire Cheese Company, very nice, went well with a pint of Thames Tickler yesterday lunchtime.
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Visited the beer festival yesterday afternoon and very good it was too. 30 different beers including locally brewed ales from Adkins and Best mate breweries in Wantage, some from further afield all in good condition. Great hog roast, plenty of brewery tshirts and souvenir glasses for sale plus a festival program. Seemed to be well attended, the driver of the last bus back to Highworth/Swindon at 1708 (!) was rather surprised at the number of passengers waiting for it!
Alan how about a Winter/Christmas Ales Festival in December??
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Summer Ale (4.2% abv) now available, very nice it was too yesterday.
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We stopped here as it has B&B units at the rear of the pub; small but good value accommodation. This appears to be the liveliest ie busiest pub in Lechlade town. Good atmosphere and ales, through the wacky girls serving breakfast need training.
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Now selling there own beers bottles (also round the corner in Londis), also in 4 pint takehomes, and also pork and old Lech sausages to take away. Late August bank holiday weekend beer and music fest - 30 beers available.
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That should be No74 bus, not No75, sorry!
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Well what can I say? Since becoming the tap for the Halfpenny Brewery (at the back of the pub) this place has gone from strength to strength, it usually has 2 of their own beers on (one also from the wood) and a guest, its open 1200-2300 everyday and talking to the brewer he says he can't keep up with demand for his beer from the locals, and he's already installed another fermenter. They dont do any food (other than rolls) except on a Sunday lunchtime when they produce a sunday roast from their improbably small kitchen!
You can get here by the No64 (Carterton) or No75 (Fairford) buses from Swindon bus station, its a roughly hourly service but packs up at 1830 in the evening making lunchtime visits the only option.
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This locals Pub right in the centre of the town is well worth a visit now as they now have their own microbrewery called the Halfpenny Brewery on site. They have been brewing since xmas 2008 and have produces 3 beers so far, normally available on handpump and from the barrel at the same time. Its a bare boarded open fire sort of place, just right for a cold Winters day.
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