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Pubs and Restaurants Guide Page 1 Pub Guide Here is the pubs & restaurants along and around the Kennet and Avon Canal. THE LOCK KEEPER THE JOLLY SAILOR BRISTOL 54 minutes - 24.4 miles BRISTOL 1hr 1 minute - 26.3 miles Good food and drink beside Keynsham Lock. Beside Saltford Lock - beautiful setting. Website: www.lockkeeperbristol.com Website: www.facebook.com/The-Jolly-Sailor- 158709470820203/ THE BIRD IN HAND THE DOLPHIN SALTFORD 53 minutes - 21.8 miles BATH 48 minutes - 17.7 miles A short walk from Keynsham Lock - well worth a visit - By Weston Lock - edge of town conviviality - good food good food - traditional cider. - pleasant atmosphere Website: www.birdinhandsaltford.co.uk Website: www.plus.google.com/111394525441617380430/ about?gl=uk&hl=en BATH CITY CENTRE THE GEORGE INN BATH 42 minutes - 16.5 miles BATH 28 minutes - 13.1 miles Too many to mention - something for everyone. Canalside at Bathampton - a canal user's favourite. Website: www.visitbath.co.uk/eating-and-drinking/pubs Website: www.chefandbrewer.com/pub/george-inn- bathampton-bath/c5957/? tm_source=g_places&utm_medium=link&utm_campaig n=pubs&utm_keyword=&utm_content= THE HOP POLE INN THE CROSS GUNS BATH 43 minutes - 16.8 miles AVONCLIFF 28 minutes - 10.3 miles In the village of Limpley Stoke - well worth the short Ideal for the first night of your cruise - great value for walk - real ale, good food - garden. money. Website: Website: www.crossguns.net www.plus.google.com/103851764139577708784/ about?gl=uk&hl=en Pub & restaurant details are correct at the time this document was created. PLEASE NOTE: Times and distances are approximate driving times. Rew Farm, Seend Cleeve, Seend, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6PS 01380 828582 | [email protected] | www.rewfarmholidays.co.uk Page 2 Pub Guide THE LOCK INN THE CANAL TAVERN BRADFORD ON AVON 22 minutes - 9.2 miles BRADFORD ON AVON 22 minutes - 9.2 miles By Bradford on Avon Lock. Run by Dick and Jane and Below the Bradford-on-Avon Lock - good food - real home of the famous Boaters Breakfast. ale. Website: www.thelockinn.co.uk Website: www.ctbc.co.uk/Tavern.htm THE BARGE INN—BRADFORD ON AVON THE BOATHOUSE BRADFORD ON AVON 23 minutes - 9.3 miles BRADFORD ON AVON 20 minutes - 8 miles Above Bradford-on-Avon Lock - good food - friendly Riverside family pub/restaurant - value for money. atmosphere - families welcome Website: www.boathouse.pub Website: www.thebargeinn.co.uk THE KING’S ARMS—HILPERTON THE SOMERSET ARMS TROWBRIDGE 13 minutes - 6.1 miles SEMINGTON 8 minutes - 3 miles The Kings Arms won Wiltshire Pub of the Year in 2011 In Semington Village - Excellent food - Friendly atmos- & featured in the 2012 & 2013 Good Beer Guides. phere - Worth a visit. Website: www.thekingsarmstrowbridge.co.uk Website: www.somersetarmssemington.co.uk THE BARGE INN—SEEND THE BREWERY INN SEEND CLEEVE 6 minutes - 0.5 miles (walking) SEEND CLEVE 5 minutes - 0.3 miles (walking) Waterside above Lock 18 - It's excellent. 200 yards south of Lock 19 - More of a 'local' Website: www.bargeinnseend.co.uk/home Website: www.breweryinnseend.co.uk THE THREE MAGPIES THE GEORGE & DRAGON SEEND 5 minutes - 3 miles CAEN HILL 9 minutes - 4.3 miles 100 yards from Sells Green Bridge - An ideal stop be- Based at Rowde, the George and Dragon is a 1 mile fore or after Caen Hill Locks. walk north from the canal Website: www.threemagpies.co.uk/home Website: www.thegeorgeanddragonrowde.co.uk Pub & restaurant details are correct at the time this document was created. PLEASE NOTE: Times and distances are approximate driving times. Rew Farm, Seend Cleeve, Seend, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6PS 01380 828582 | [email protected] | www.rewfarmholidays.co.uk Page 3 Pub Guide THE RAVEN THE BLACK HORSE CAEN HILL 10 minutes - 4.6 miles CAEN HILL 9 minutes - 4.5 miles Based at Poulshot, the Raven is a 3/4 mile walk from The Raven Based at Poulshot, the Raven is a 3/4 mile the canal walk from the canal. Website: www.ravenpoulshot.co.uk Website: www.wadworth.co.uk/pubs/black-horse- devizes-devizes THE KING’S ARMS—ALL CANNINGS THE OLD CROWN DEVIZES DEVIZES 30 minutes - 10.9 miles DEVIZES 12 minutes - 5 miles 2 miles south of the canal from the All Cannings Bridge Moor at Devizes Wharf and walk across the car park. 127. Website: www.crowndevizes.co.uk/home Website: www.kingsarmsallcannings.co.uk THE MOONRAKERS THE BRIDGE INN DEVIZES 18 minutes - 6.6 miles DEVIZES 20 minutes - 7.9 miles Friendly staff, good home cooked food. At Horton - moor in the gardens, eat in the pub! Website: Website: www.thebridgeinnathorton.co.uk www.plus.google.com/117263735707098994420/ about?gl=uk&hl=en THE BARGE INN—HONEYSTREET THE FRENCH HORN HONEYSTREET 31 minutes - 13.3 miles PEWSEY 35 minutes - 16.5 miles Canalside at Honeystreet. Across the bridge from Pewsey Wharf - it comes highly recommended by other guests. Website: www.the-barge-inn.com/index.php Website: www.thefrenchhornpewsey.co.uk THE CROWN INN THE HARROW PEWSEY 38 minutes - 18.7 miles FROXFIELD 52 minutes - 27.4 miles Located in Pewsey offering great food and real ales High quality food, wines & ales located in Little Bedwyn Website: www.thecrowninnpewsey.com Website: www.theharrowatlittlebedwyn.com Pub & restaurant details are correct at the time this document was created. PLEASE NOTE: Times and distances are approximate driving times. Rew Farm, Seend Cleeve, Seend, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6PS 01380 828582 | [email protected] | www.rewfarmholidays.co.uk Page 4 Pub Guide THE THREE TUNS FREEHOUSE THE PELICAN INN FROXFIELD 48 minutes - 26 miles FROXFIELD 47 minutes - 26.8 miles Traditional pub food, good selection of ales. Traditional pub favourites, will cater for all dietary re- quirements. Website: www.threetunsbedwyn.co.uk Website: www.pelicaninn.co.uk THE SWAN INN THE LOCK STOCK & BARREL WOOLHAMPTON 1 hr 7 minutes - 43.6 miles NEWBURY 1 hr 5 minutes - 37.8 miles 17th-century venue specialising in organic food with Family-friendly pub with a Modern European menu and Italian influences and outdoor seating. tables on a terrace beside the River Kennet Website: www.theswaninn-organics.co.uk Website: www.lockstockandbarrelnewbury.co.uk THE ROWBARGE THE HIND’S HEAD HUNGERFORD 1 hr 22 minutes - 44.6 miles ALDERMASTON 01 hr 21 minutes - 51.5 miles Ample pub with wood beamed ceiling, comfy Upmarket coaching inn with a cosy oak-beamed banquettes and paved, decked or grassy outdoor interior, comfort food menu. seating. Website: www.hindsheadaldermaston.co.uk Website: www.brunningandprice.co.uk/rowbarge/ FOX & HOUNDS GRIFFIN—CHEF & BREWER THEALE 1 hr 20 minutes - 67.6 miles READING 1 hr 32 minutes - 73.9 miles Pub with a garden and a rural feel, for traditional local A no-nonsense chain pub with a menu of traditional beer, food British dishes and a family-friendly vibe Website: www.foxandhoundstheale.co.uk/home Website: www.chefandbrewer.com/pub/griffin- caversham-reading/c2528/ Pub & restaurant details are correct at the time this document was created. PLEASE NOTE: Times and distances are approximate driving times. Rew Farm, Seend Cleeve, Seend, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6PS 01380 828582 | [email protected] | www.rewfarmholidays.co.uk .
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