Thirty definites for me and a few possibles.Think they have went for good looking pubs.Hamilton Hall looks particularly good .
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Thirty definites for me and a few possibles.Think they have went for good looking pubs.Hamilton Hall looks particularly good .
Here's a random list of re-opened/refurbed pubs. 0 for me though I had been in the original Gun.
Only one for me the Rusty Bucket last summer. It's well worth a visit.
Just the one for me - Groove Pad, Otley. However, I'm surprised to see it on the list, as it's nothing special. Still, it made me finish my review, which had been festering in my documents for a few weeks.
I've been to the Green Man in Ashbourne, but only when it was a fairly large hotel, with two distinct bars. The new pub is in what used to be occupied by the Leatherbritches Brewery in the back yard, so I've opened it as a new pub rather than a reincarnation of the old one. Unusually, the new owners have named the pub as the Greenman (it's usually two words). This, together with the new Queen's Vaults, gives me a new reason to visit Ashbourne again. If only to take a photo to confirm whether it's Queen's Vaults (photo on WhatPub) or The Queen's Vaults (photo on Facebook).
Here's an interesting article in Hidden-London.com looking at the real ages of the many pubs claiming to be the oldest in London. How surprising that, with a couple of exceptions, most of the famous "olde worlde" ones are bogus for one reason or another!
And their final list of the oldest 10:
The Seven Stars Carey Street, WC2
The Olde Wine Shades Martin Lane, EC4
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Fleet Street, EC4
The Old Bell Tavern Fleet Street, EC4
The George Inn Borough High Street, SE1
The Hoop and Grapes Aldgate High Street, EC3
The Spaniards Inn Spaniards Road, NW3
The Lamb and Flag Rose Street, WC2
The Grapes Narrow Street, E14
The Guinea Bruton Place,
I don't think I have visited the Wine Shades, which is part of El Vinos nowadays and may not even sell beer, but glad to say that I have been to all the rest.