Anchor Hotel, Great Wakering

And now The Anchor is boarded-up and mothballed by a Heineken subsidiary, called Star Pubs. The last landlord was a decent man, with lots of experience in the licensed trade. He pulled out; he just couldn’t make a decent living, because of the Draconian trading conditions imposed upon him by the “brewery”.
Will The Anchor be developed for residential use? The Red Lion, just 300m up the High Street, is now a small housing estate.

28 Feb 2019 20:51

Anchor Hotel, Great Wakering

Ezza and I popped in for an early evening mid-week drink - and wished we hadn't.
The place was full of noisy little children, running all over the pub, with drunken screeching mothers and low-life hoodies. A couple were eating chips from the nearby chip-shop - at the bar!
At least four beers were off, including both cask ales and the premium Italian lager, so we were forced to drink Guinness.
The impression is of a rough urban estate pub, but set in the middle of the conservation area of an English village - it's bizarre. We legged-it to the White Hart, after one pint.

31 Mar 2017 07:59

The White Hart, Great Wakering

Hurray!!
The White Hart is finally under the new management of a local married couple, and how the atmosphere of the place has changed. It's now welcoming, warm and friendly. Many of the regulars who were driven away by the former landlord have begun to re-appear.
Food isn't yet available, but we hear that this will change in the New Year.
The whole village wishes Steve & Rachel every success.

12 Dec 2016 12:25