It will be ‘Love at first pint’ when Where to buy? you taste one of our range of beers. Roaring Meg is the leader TM Our beers continue to be supplied direct by the of the pack and is a smooth brewery to pubs within a 100 mile radius and by golden beer with a sweet, citrus reputable wholesalers and pubcos throughout England, honey aroma, and a long dry finish. Scotland and Wales. Springhead brew 5 core beers all Roaring Meg and The Leveller in 500ml bottles are year round following traditional available nationally from Morrisons, and from most East methods and using quality English Midlands supermarkets, as well as Nottingham, Derby, ingredients, with no additives -Roaring Meg, The Northampton, Stockport and Sutton Coldfield Majestic Leveller, Bramley Bitter, Maid Marian Blonde and outlets. Robin Hood Bitter, with a seasonal special each month. Casks and half casks of beer are available to the public. Brewery tours Please ring the number below. An informative brewery tour runs daily (2.30pm lasting 1 hour) and finishes with a light-hearted tutored tasting Springhead Pubs of a range of Springhead ales. Group tours are also available (day time and evening) but these require The Bramley Apple Inn, 51 Church Street, Southwell, pre-booking. NG25 0HQ. Tel 01636 813675. Excellent food and Adults £7.50, Children £2.00, Family ticket £17.50 accommodation. The Vine Hotel, Barnbygate, Newark, NG24 1QZ. Contact Paul Goodman on 07855 305009. Regular live music and a large function room for hire. Both stock a variety of the beers from the Springhead As well as hosting the tasting session for brewery tours, portfolio and offer a warm welcome. Meg’s Bar is open to the public. We are always keen for you to share a pint or 2 with us! Other Laneham attractions: Opening hours: Supporting the local community is Thursday 4pm - 11pm very important to us and we work Friday 4pm – 11pm closely with two neighbouring Saturday 11am – 11pm businesses – TrentField Farm, a Sunday 12 noon– 8pm superb camping and caravan site in Church Laneham Outside opening hours, (www.trentfield.co.uk) and The • Tour the micro-brewery please ring Jonny on 07870 827 360 Ferryboat Inn, a ‘real’ country to book private parties and brewery tours pub with excellent ales, • Follow a Laneham heritage trail including a selection of As well as selling 6 Springhead beers and a real cider on hand pull, we also operate a ‘try before you buy’ Springhead brews, and policy. Bottles of Roaring Meg and The Leveller can be delicious food. • Sample!our brews!in Meg’s!Bar bought for home consumption. Available also are 2 different bottle and branded pint glass gift sets - an ideal present for a real ale fan, as well as branded T shirts and polo shirts. Our gift shop will evolve over For more information contact us on 01636 821000 Springhead Fine Ales Ltd, time as we search for items that may take your fancy. or out of hours, Jonny Holmes on 07870 827360 Main Street, Laneham, Retford, Notts DN22 0NA www.springhead.co.uk www.springhead.co.uk Earn yourself a pint with a gentle stroll You will pass the Village Hall, again with a slate roof, on the right. This was the old village school that closed in the around Laneham! 1960’s. Walking a bit further on brings you to the Methodist Chapel. At one time the two villages were known as Chapel Distance: 1.6km (1 mile) Laneham and Church Laneham. Approximate time: 30 minutes. The Methodist Chapel was built in 1834 and renovated in Route not suitable for wheelchairs. 1884. Next you will come to the Old Post Office, originally built as a tailor’s shop. Recently this gem of a building was Start the walk from the Springhead Brewery car park. The renovated, keeping much of its old character. former Butcher’s Arms Inn on the adjacent empty site was an Inn for over 200 years and presumably got its name from the Past the Old Post Office is the war memorial providing you butcher’s shop which was housed in the grounds of the Inn with the sad story of young lives lost in the First World War. up until the beginning of the 20th Century. There were many Fortunately there were no lives lost in the Second World War Inns in Laneham catering for people using the ferry, Lincoln despite numerous men and women being called to serve their being approximately a day’s ride away. country. The name Rawson has only recently been added. Originally his family were disappointed that the memorial was The Springhead brewery site used to house the thriving not erected in the Church grounds and refused permission village post office and shop. The outbuildings were used to for his name to be engraved on it. His grave is in the church produce flour and animal feeds and have now been graveyard and he is the only person to be buried in Laneham converted into the brewery. with full military honours. You will notice some of the buildings have slate roofs — this Cross the road to Springhead Brewery to complete the walk Springhead Brewery is a large, modern micro-brewery was not typical but a sign of affluence. and visit Meg’s Bar for a well earned, refreshing tipple! that started life in Sutton-on-Trent asthe smallest Turn left out of the car park and you will pass typical old brewery in England in 1990, gaining a place in the farmhouses on both sides of the road. The house by the Guinness Book of Records with a brew length of just stables to your right has a particularly steep roof which indicates that the original roof was thatched. 2.5 brewers barrels (about 10 casks for a day’s work). Successful recipes soon led to national prizes and a Walk on and as you approach the T junction you come to huge increase in sales, so the brewery moved in 1993 ‘The Cottage’ on the left. In its early days it was used by the village blacksmith. Note the stone circle in the verge used for to its second premises where itexpanded to a 10 putting the metal rim on wheels. Opposite is ‘Endon House’. brewers barrel plant. Pay particular attention to the outbuildings on the right which are the oldest buildings in Laneham. One of these was used as a granary. The steps leading up into the granary are well Further success increased capacity in 2003 to 50 worn by the constant use of the grain carriers. brewers barrels, making it one of the largest micro-breweries in Nottinghamshire. Continued Opposite ‘Endon House’, where the bungalows stand is an area called Ring O’ Bells, the site of another Inn. The Ring O’ success meant that Springhead had again outgrown Bells was turned into two cottages before being demolished their site, so in May 2011 the brewery relocated to a to make way for the bungalows. converted old animal feed mill in the picturesque Proceed left along Dunham Road until you cross the Beck. village of Laneham near Tuxford and Retford. This Take the footpath immediately on your left over the stile. provided much more production, office and storage Enjoy a country walk around the back of Laneham. Notice plants growing in the willows, particularly gooseberries. capacity and enabled the brewery tooffer tours, Cross four stiles toreach the road linking Laneham and develop a visitor centre and open a brewery tap - Church Laneham. Turn left and walk back into Laneham. Meg’s Bar..