Six Bells

Lively, unpretentious village local with good weekend live music, extremely good value bar food and friendly long-serving landlord

A perennial favourite for live music at weekends, this cheery place manages to keep its food prices at a bargain level. The bars have a shabby charm, lots of fusty artefacts and interesting bric-a-brac collected over the years by the landlord, solid old wood pews and antique seats, plenty of local pictures and posters, and log fires. A sensitive extension provides some much needed family space; cribbage and dominoes. Courage Directors, Harveys Best and a guest beer on handpump. Outside at the back, there are some tables beyond a big raised goldfish pond and a boules pitch; the church opposite has an interesting Jefferay monument. Vintage and Kit car meetings outside the pub every month. This is a pleasant area for walks. Note that dogs are allowed in one bar only.

The tasty but traditional bar food is exceptionally good value: sandwiches, french onion soup, filled baked potatoes, ploughman's, stilton and walnut pie, lasagne, shepherd's or steak and kidney pies, chicken curry, barbecue spare ribs, ham hock, and puddings such as banana split and steamed puddings.