The Royal Oak, Ledbury [Closed] - pub details
Closed
Address: 5, The Southend, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2EY [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 7743) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Ledbury (1.2 miles), Colwall (4.5 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Pool table
- Accommodation available
> Current user rating: 4.3/10 (rated by 11 users)
other pubs nearby:
Royal Hall, Ledbury (0.0 miles), Talbot Hotel, Ledbury (0.1 miles), Feathers Hotel, Ledbury (0.1 miles), Retreat, Ledbury (0.1 miles), Ring of Bells, Ledbury (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Royal Oak, Ledbury
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| A quite startling feat seems to have been accomplished in this historic, timber-framed building. It would seem that someone found a time capsule, of a tradesman's fifteen-quid-a-night pub hotel in Warrington, dating from the 1970s or 1980s. They appear to have carefully removed all the décor and fittings, and brought them here to Ledbury, to be transplanted into the Royal Oak, where the cream-painted woodchip, clattery wardrobes, fringed lampshades, and rickety beds now sit alongside inglenook fireplaces and lead glass windows. (I must be mistaken in part though, because dim, pallid, energy-saving bulbs didn't exist back then.) There was one forlorn hand pump on the bar, and the badge was neither facing fore or aft, so I had a Guinness. Well, its customers need a place of their own, and this is at least open. Hulots_hat - 27 May 2018 21:07 |
| Lovely old hotel bar with three handpumps in the mainbar. Well kept ale and the cheapest prices in town - currently Ringwood Bitter, Ringwood Boondoggle and Bombadier (but this last is shortly to change). Staff, owners and regulars couldn't be more friendly. Doesn't take long before you feel well at home here! Tubs_Lardy - 12 Dec 2012 14:14 |
| Would agree with pienapint! f6c - 18 Jul 2011 22:22 |
| getting around this week and must say that the staff can't do enough for you. Nice old Hotel and good food but bar a bit iffy but every-one friendly. pienapint - 12 May 2011 15:04 |
| Nice old building - in dire need of some TLC but unfairly slated on other websites. The new landlords are very friendly, very professional and doing a good job of reversing years of decline. Better for a good value pub meal than for sitting over pints of an evening. oxbridge - 11 Jan 2011 16:21 |
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