2014-2015
Aylesbury VALE RECOMMENDED VILLAGE PUB GUIDE
WINNER 2014-15
The Rising Sun, Ickford
sponsored by Aylesbury Vale, The Vale For Aylesbury VALE All Seasons, covers over 300 RECOMMENDED square miles of rolling north VILLAGE PUB GUIDE Buckinghamshire countryside with busy market towns, enchanting villages and magnificent country houses. Nothing perhaps sums up the spirit of Aylesbury Vale quite as well as the cosy country pub, of which thankfully there are many.
The pubs were judged on a number of criteria including their overall character, friendliness of staff, quality of Overall Winner and Best food and drink, community spirit and family facilities. All Family Pub Runner Up pubs were nominated by members of the public, be they contented locals or enchanted visitors. A total of sixteen quality establishments have been selected The Rising Sun, Ickford to appear in this guide. Warm, friendly staff equally charming to ‘newcomers’ as they are with the charismatic ‘regulars’. The Aylesbury Vale Village Pub Competition 2014/15 is sponsored by 15th Century thatched pub, exposed timbers and open fire, Dayla. Formerly North and Randall Ltd, quality draught real ales, lagers and wines. Comfortable, established in 1851, Dayla has grown from a very small discreet restaurant, enjoying traditional, freshly cooked food. mineral water manufacturer into a leading name in the Occasional themed nights and live music. Quiz nights and wholesale drinks world. Now run by the third generation traditional games. Large garden, children’s play area and bouncy castle. Dog friendly. of the Cooper family, Dayla today embraces a portfolio of more than 1,500 items. As well as being recognised Worminghall Road, Ickford, Bucks HP18 9JD partner distributors for the national brewers, soft drink Telephone: 01844 339238 manufacturers and cider houses, Dayla also handles over Email: [email protected] 400 cask conditioned ales from its purpose built chilled Website: www.risingsunickford.com store. In addition, the locally famous range of Dayla soft Opening Hours drinks enjoys a very strong following. An ever-growing wine and spirit range completes the full drink package with Mon to Fri: 12pm-2pm & 4pm-11pm Sat: 12pm-12am crisps, nuts and snacks also available. Originally brewers, Sun: 12pm-11pm the family continue to make service their true hallmark. Food Serving Times ££ Mon to Fri: Lunch 12pm-2pm Wed to Fri: Dinner 6.30pm-9pm Accessibility: We advise that you contact the Sat: 12pm-2pm & 6.30pm-9pm pub you plan to visit in advance to check their Sun: 12pm-3pm facilities meet your needs.
Accessibility: Access via the back doors of the pub for wheelchairs, there KEY: This year we have introduced a symbol system is one step at the front door and toilets are a small step up. to indicate the average cost of a two course meal per There are no disabled toilet facilities. person at each pub. £ £15 and under ££ Over £15 Overall Runner Up Best Food Runner Up The Pheasant, The Mole and Brill Chicken, Easington An amazing location & fabulous No better place to enjoy dinner homemade food. and the views of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire countryside. Opening Hours The Pheasant offers fresh homemade Opening Hours Mon to Fri: food, with a varied menu catering for Open fires, large terrace with fantastic Mon to Fri: 12pm- 11.30pm everyone. The pub has an open fire views, living willow house for children, 7.30am-11pm (Last orders 10.45pm which creates a welcoming atmosphere outside BBQ area, children’s menu, Sat: 8am-11pm Mon-Thurs & during the cold months and there cater for many dietary requirements. Sun: 8am-10.30pm 11.45pm Fri) are three real ales available. The large Sat :12pm-12.30am Easinton Terrace, Near Long Crendon, Food Serving Times ££ (Last orders 11.45pm) garden & decking area has spectacular Aylesbury, HP18 9EY Sun: 12pm-11pm views of the countryside. Mon to Fri: (Last orders 11.30pm) Telephone: 01844 208387 7.30am-9.30am & 39 Windmill Street, Brill, Bucks HP18 9TG Email: [email protected] 12pm-2.30pm & ££ 6.30pm-9.30pm Food Serving Times Telephone: 01844 239370 Website: www. themoleandchicken.co.uk Sat: 8am-10am & Mon to Fri: Email: [email protected] 12pm -2.30pm & Accessibility: 12pm-2pm & Website: www.thepheasant.co.uk 6.30pm -9.30pm 6.30pm-9.30pm Wheelchair accessible and disabled toilets Sun: 8am -10am & Sat: 12pm-2pm & Accessibility: 12pm- 3.30pm & 6.30pm-9.30pm Level access at the back of the pub 6pm-9pm Sun: 12pm-6pm
Best Food Pub and Best Food Runner Up Overall Runner Up The Old Thatched The Pointer, Brill Inn, Adstock The Pointer is a pub, restaurant, farm and butchers that serves fantastic, simple, 16th Century inn with its thatched seasonal food. roof and wonderful seasonal flower displays. Opening Hours Open fires, dogs welcome, large garden, Opening Hours Mon to Fri: children’s menu, butchers shop, events, Inside a warm welcome with roaring log Mon to Fri: 12pm-11pm Sat: 12pm-12am 2.30pm-10.30pm weddings and private functions. fires, oak beams and lots of space, with Tues to Thurs: a mixed decor combining modern and Sun: 12pm-10.30pm 12pm-11pm 27 Church Street, Brill, Aylesbury, contemporary. Daily a la carte menu Fri: 12pm-12am Food Serving Times ££ Bucks HP18 9RT with fish specials and children’s menu. Sat: 10am-12am Mon to Fri: Sun: 12pm-10.30pm Telephone: 01844 238339 Email: [email protected] Main Street, Adstock, Bucks MK18 2JN 12pm-2.30pm Telephone: 01296 712584 & 6pm-9.30pm Food Serving Times ££ Website: www.thepointerbrill.co.uk Sat: 12pm-3pm & Email: [email protected] Tues to Fri : 5pm-9.30pm Accessibility: Website: www.theoldthatchedinn.co.uk Sun: 12pm-8pm 12pm-2.30pm & There are a few steps due to it being 6.30pm-9pm Accessibility: Sat: 6.30pm-10pm an old building Sun: 1pm-5pm Few steps around the original bar areas Best Family Pub Best Community Pub Runner Up The Old Fisherman, The Eight Bells, Shabbington Long Crendon A great place to meet, relax and enjoy Opening Hours A real English pub offering great value a drink and fantastic fresh, seasonal food. Opening Hours and priceless views. Mon to Fri: Traditional English pub, local real ales, Mon to Fri: 12pm-11pm 11am-11pm Large garden, riverside location, alfresco speciality lagers & ciders, fresh seasonal Sat: 10pm-11pm Sat: 11am-11pm dining, wood burning stoves, dogs Sun: 10pm-11pm Sun: 11am-11pm menus, ‘Little Tummy’s’ menu, pizza takeaway, welcome, outdoor play area, children’s dog friendly, fantastic garden & patio Food Serving Times ££ menu, theme nights, real ales, fine wines. Food Serving Times £ including garden games, pub quizzes, live Mon to Fri: Mon to Fri: Mill Road, Shabbington, Bucks HP18 9HJ music, themed events and beer festivals. Lunch & Dinner 11am-10pm Telephone: 01844 201247 12pm to 9pm Sat: 11am-10pm 51 High Street, Long Crendon, Sat: Breakfast 10am- Sun: 11am-10pm Email: [email protected] Bucks HP18 9AL 12pm Lunch & Dinner Website: www.oldenglishinns.co.uk Telephone: 01844 208244 12pm-9pm Email: [email protected] Sun: Breakfast 10am- Accessibility: 12pm Lunch 12pm-4pm There is level access into the dining Website: www.8bellspub.com Mon to Sun: Pizza room and large print menus available. Takeaway 12pm-9.30pm Accessibility: A few steps around the building.
Best Community Pub Consistently Excellent The Rose and The Unicorn, Crown, Ivinghoe Cublington A community pub owned and run by Consistently good food, wines, beers, local people for the enjoyment of all. ambience and service, whatever the occasion. Opening Hours Traditional 16th Century pub & restaurant, Traditional 17th Century pub and restaurant Opening Hours Mon to Thurs: Mon to Fri: 12pm-11pm contemporary interior, located in an Area with real ales, fine wines, set price 2/3 course 12pm-3pm & 5pm-11pm Sat: 12pm-11pm of Outstanding Natural Beauty, open fire menu, a la carte, bar snacks, private dining in Fri: 10.30am-12am Sun: 12pm-11pm and courtyard garden, freshly prepared adjoining clubroom, log fires, rear garden, Sat: 9.30am-12am meals and local ales, host to cycling and dog friendly, village shop, baby changing Sun: 12pm-10pm Food Serving Times ££ photography clubs, dogs welcome. facilities and regular special events. See Wed to Fri: 12pm-3pm & website for full picture. Food Serving Times ££ 6.30pm-9.30pm Vicarage Lane, Ivinghoe, Bucks LU7 9EQ Mon to Fri: 12pm-2pm Sat: 12pm-3pm & Telephone: 01296 668472 High Street, Cublington, Bucks LU7 0LQ & 6.30pm-9pm 6.30pm-9.30pm Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01296 681261 Sat: 9.30am-11am, Sun: 12pm-3pm Website: www.roseandcrownivinghoe.com Email: [email protected] 12pm-2pm & Website: www.theunicornpub.co.uk 6.30pm-9.30pm Accessibility: Sun: 12pm-4pm A few steps around the building, hearing Accessibility: loop and large print menus available. Wheelchair access and disabled toilet facilities. Highly Recommended Finalist The Seven Stars, The Crown, Dinton Cuddington A traditional British pub with a flare of Perfect stop for all the family in an idyllic Francais. country village with great food. Opening Hours Bienvenue to a beautiful 16th Century Excellent food cooked by our dedicated Opening Hours Mon to Fri: 12pm- pub and restaurant tucked away in the chefs, dogs welcome in bar area, patio Mon: 12pm-3pm 3pm & 6pm-11pm picturesque village of Dinton. Enjoy a area for outdoor dining, roaring fire during & 6pm-11pm Sat: 12pm-3pm homemade, freshly cooked meal made winter months, selection of well-kept beer, Sat: 12pm-3pm & & 6pm-11pm with only the finest local produce in the fantastic wine list. 6pm-11pm Sun: 12pm-6pm Sun: 12pm-10pm restaurant, bar, snug or large beer garden. Aylesbury Road, Cuddington, Bucks HP18 0BB Free wifi and private parties also available. Food Serving Times ££ Telephone: 01844 292222 Food Serving Times ££ Mon to Fri: 12pm-2pm Stars Lane, Dinton, Bucks HP17 8UL Email: [email protected] Mon to Fri: 12pm-2pm & 6.30pm-9pm Telephone: 01296 749000 Website: www.thecrowncuddington.co.uk & 6pm-9pm Sat: 12pm-2pm and Sat: 12pm-2pm 6.30pm-9pm Email: [email protected] & 6pm – 9pm Accessibility: Sun: 12pm-3pm Website: www.sevenstarsdinton.com Sun: 12pm – 3pm We have ramp access for customers who Accessibility: use wheelchairs. Disabled parking and wheelchair access to the bar and restaurant.
Finalist Finalist The Bull and The Hundred Butcher, Akeley of Ashendon, We’ve upped the steaks at the Bull & Butcher. Ashendon Genuinely seasonal British food, locally Opening Hours Fine home-cooked food, spectacular Opening Hours sourced with a menu that changes daily. Mon: 12pm-3pm & Sunday lunches, lovely gardens, log fires Mon: Closed 6pm-11pm and excellent real ales. 17th Century building with original features, Tues to Fri: 12pm-3pm & 6pm-11pm Tues to Fri: 12pm-3pm restaurant & bar menus, local ales, extensive & 5pm-11pm The Square, Akeley, Buckingham, Sat: 11.30am-11pm Sat: 12pm-11pm Bucks MK18 5HP wine list, open fire, dogs welcome in bar, fresh Sun: 12pm-10.30pm Sun: 12pm-11pm Telephone: 01280 860769 coffee, family friendly, garden and spectacular Food Serving Times ££ Email: [email protected] views, great local walks, five B&B rooms. Food Serving Times £ Mon: Closed Website: www.bullandbutcherakeley.co.uk Lower End, Ashendon, Bucks HP18 0HE Mon: Closed Tues to Fri: 12pm – Telephone: 01296 651296 2.30pm & Tues to Fri: 12pm – Accessibility: 6.45pm -9pm 2.30pm & 6pm-9pm A few steps around the building. Email: [email protected] Sat: 12pm-2.30pm Website: www.thehundred.co.uk Sat: 12pm-2.30pm & 6pm-9pm & 6.45pm – 9pm Sun: 12pm – 3pm Sun: 12pm-4pm Accessibility: Due to the age of the building it is not ideal for wheelchair access. Finalist Finalist The Robin Hood The Chandos Arms, Inn, Bufflers Holt Weston Turville Traditional country food pub, perfect for The only family friendly, family run pub families or evenings out with friends. in the village. Opening Hours Home-cooked food, steak night Tuesday, Large sun trap garden with children’s area, Opening Hours Mon to Fri: 12pm-3pm traditional Sunday roast, children’s menu, homemade main menu (meats are sourced Mon to Thurs: & 5.30pm-11pm gluten & lactose free options, local cask from local supplier Kings Farm), seniors and 12pm-11pm Sat: 12pm-11pm ales, open fire, dogs welcome, garden & children’s menus available, themed food Fri & Sat: 12pm-12am Sun: 12pm-10pm patio area, smoking shelter, outdoor play nights (including our famous Jamaican Sun: 12pm-10.30pm area, car parking. evenings!), live music, open log fire, Food Serving Times ££ Food Serving Times ££ dogs and owners always welcome! Mon to Fri: 12pm-2pm Bufflers Holt, Buckingham, MK18 5DN Mon to Fri: 12pm – & 6pm- 9pm Telephone: 01280 813387 1 Main Street, Weston Turville, HP22 5RR 3pm & 6pm-9pm Sat: 12pm-2.30pm & Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01296 613532 Sat: 12pm-3pm 5.30pm-9.30pm & 6pm-9pm Sun: 12pm-8pm Website: www.therobinhoodbuckingham.co.uk email: [email protected] Sun: 12pm-5pm Website: www.chandosarmswestonturville.co.uk Accessibility: Only one step inside (restaurant area Accessibility: on one level). We have access in the dining room for people with walking difficulties or for those who use wheelchairs Finalist The Lowndes Arms, Whaddon A perfect stop for walkers, cyclists and tired, hungry travellers. Opening Hours Beautiful 17th Century Listed building with Mon to Fri: 12pm-11pm a wood burner in an Inglenook fireplace, Sat: 9am-11pm beams, themed food evenings, speciality Sun: 9am-10pm steaks, children’s menu, dogs welcome, large garden with spectacular views, out- Food Serving Times £ door play area, events catered for, en-suite Mon to Fri: 12pm-3pm accommodation and large car park. & 5pm-9pm Sat: 9am-9pm 4 High Street, Whaddon, MK17 0NA Sun: 9am-6pm Telephone: 01908 501706 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.lowndesarms.com Days out on
Accessibility: your doorstep Large print menus on request, one step and grab handles at side entrance. www.visitbuckinghamshire.org THE BULL AND BUTCHER
THE ROBIN HOOD THE LOWNDES ARMS
THE OLD THATCHED INN
THE UNICORN
THE ROSE AND CROWN THE PHEASANT THE POINTER THE HUNDRED OF ASHENDON THE CROWN THE SEVEN STARS THE CHANDOS ARMS THE MOLE AND CHICKEN THE EIGHT BELLS
THE RISING SUN THE OLD FISHERMAN
For further information or places to eat and stay in Aylesbury Vale please contact:
Aylesbury Visitor Information Centre The King’s Head Passage, off Market Square, Aylesbury, HP20 2RW Tel. (01296) 330559 Email: [email protected]
Buckingham Tourist Information Centre The Old Gaol, Market Hill, Buckingham, MK18 1JX Tel. (01280) 823020 Email: [email protected]
www.visitbuckinghamshire.org www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk
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