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After our dreadful visit to the nearby Travellers Friend, The Swan was like a heavenly oasis. It had real ale, warmth, and lighting which all felt so very pleasant on a cold December day. Staff were friendly and helpful. 3 ales available - Tribute, the ubiquitous Doom Bar and Courage Best. We did visit at about 3 in the afternoon so there weren't many customers.
The pub boasts a bizarre library in one of its many small alcoves containing scientific textbooks on a whole range of obscure and esoteric subjects, just the sort of stuff to send you to sleep after a few beers !
As it's handy for the station, we'll probably try this one again when next in the area to get a view of it at busier times.
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Went here last week, as were touring on the Canal, this was a nice pub, although felt more of a restaurant / pub than local pub. All the staff were pretty helpful, good selection of beers and wines. Food was godd, quick and reasonable. I would return.
Just don't expect a small rfiendly pub feeling, its all a bit anonomous!
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Fender100 clearly thinks anyone under the age of 25 is a 'chav' or 'proletarian pleb'. The REAL plebs can be found in the Old Chequers or Crickets - where it's also more expensive! Nothing wrong with this place - read the other comments!
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This used to be a pleasant place to drink in with good staff and not bad prices. Now however, it seems overrun with chavs and proletarian plebs. Drink prices are also now totally outrageous. Far better and more upmarket places are nearby and make more pleasant places to drink.
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True, the selection of beers does seem to have gotten better. They have HSB and they also had a Christmas one, which wasn't bad. Previosuly I liked this pub, but had only ever sat outside in the big beer garden, as I'd always visited in the summer (makes a good lunch stop if you're on a barge holiday - the canal passes by very close) but this time, it being winter, we sat inside waiting for a train - the station is also very close) and it's better inside than out. The area it's in is a bit industrial, but inside it feels like a proper old country inn, has lovely old beams and great little nooks and crannies. The menus make it seem very 'chainy', but actually it isn't. Good, solid pub.
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went in here after quite some time,and found a better selection of beers. didn't eat though as was only passing.
seems to have a new landlord (new to me anyway)
not bad for beer
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Very nice pub, Good range of beers around 8 hand pumps all in use. Beers inc Masons, St Austell Tribute, Sharps Doombar, Jennings, Adnams, Courage etc.
Beer kept very well.
Food well priced and very nice.
An all round great pub!
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Decent pub for a pint close to the canal and on the way home from the station. Nice sunny beer garden and family friendly. Food not recommended though, my steak and her sea bass were not very good at all :(
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Near to Kennet and Avon Canal. Similar to a Harvester with extremely cheap but not cheerful food, our steaks were almost inedible. However, real ale selection was fantastic and staff were extremely helpful and friendly.
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Stopped in whilst using nearby Kennet and Avon Canal. Similar to a Harvester with extremely cheap but not cheerful food, our steaks were almost inedible. However, beer selection was fantastic as they were fully supporting cask ale week, and staff were extremely helpful and friendly.
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Stopped in whilst using nearby Kennet and Avon Canal. Similar to a Harvester with extremely cheap but not cheerful food, our steaks were almost inedible. However, beer selection was fantastic as they were fully supporting cask ale week, and staff were extremely helpful and friendly.
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Under new management and always packed, Great pub
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Quite a nice pub but why oh why is the beer served so cold that it has no taste whatsoever? Wouldn't visit again unless I had too.
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Cavernous pub-inn by the station. Pretty busy on my Saturday evening visit and got a decent pint of Courage Best as well, wasn't expecting that.
Staff seemed friendly enough, would give it another try next time I�m waiting for the train.
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