Bell

Pub Details

Address
Aldworth
Berkshire
RG8 9SE
Telephone
(01635) 578272
Opening Times
Weekdays
11 - 3, 6 - 11
Sundays
12 - 3, 7 - 10.30
Closed
Mon and Mon bank hol evenings

Location

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Licensee information

Licensee name
H E Macaulay
Free house

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Worth a Visit

Unspoilt and unchanging (in same family for over 250 years), simply furnished, panelled rooms, beams in ochre ceiling, ancient one-handed clock, woodburner, glass-panelled hatch serving Arkells, West Berkshire and a monthly guest, Upton cider, nice house wines, maybe winter mulled wine, good value rolls, ploughman's and winter soup, traditional pub games, no mobile phones, credit cards, background music or machines; can get busy weekends; well behaved children and dogs welcome, seats in quiet, cottagey garden by village cricket ground, animals in paddock behind pub, maybe Christmas mummers and summer morris, closed Mon (open lunchtime bank holidays)

Rating

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Rating: 3/5 (528 votes cast)

Reader Comments

bigbobby

Tuesday 31 May 2011 7:36:09 pm

The best pub in the world. Full stop.

Jim F

Thursday 26 May 2011 11:53:36 am

What a wonderful find! A trip down memory lane to (if truth be told) a little before I was born....I am not sure that every pub should be like this one but I am so glad that places like this have survived. You can't copy or recreate this feel even if some of the big boys try. Didn't have time to eat but the beer was great and will be back.

dickbrown@waitrose.com

Saturday 19 December 2009 10:38:14 am

An outstanding pub which attracts walkers, bikers, parents with young children and dogs. Gets very crowded but no one seems to mind and one is welcomed in to share a table if necessary. Garden is well kept and always clean. Great beer and fresh rolls with pate, cheese or soup.

sophieharrowes

Tuesday 20 October 2009 8:47:52 pm

Just one of the best places on the planet. Great beer, excellent straight-forward food (with mercifully little choice) and a garden in which to enjoy it all. It also strangely seems to be able to expand to cope with the crowds even on the most sunny summer Sunday.

Rob

Thursday 07 May 2009 7:08:19 pm

Fabulous place.

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