The Crown Inn, Buckingham

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A good sized pub in the centre of the village with a few picnic benches out at the front, this seems to be very much a local’s boozer and in many ways had more the look of a members club about it than your traditional pub.

It’s divided in to two rooms, a long room across the front and a larger squarish room at the rear. The front bar had a brick fire-place at each end, one of which was in use burning a few logs. The friendly pub dog was curled up in a basket next to it. Decor wise it is fairly unremarkable, with green carpet on the floor, metal chairs with red velvet upholstery and a brick built bar counter. There were plenty of beams on the ceiling, but these were quite insubstantial and clearly more decorative than functional. The rear bar was a large open space that looked rather like a function room in a village hall and from the sound of it there was a football match showing.

Unfortunately despite the sign outside to the contrary, there was no food available, although the landlady did say I could buy something from the Chinese opposite and bring it back to eat. There must be food on some occasions however as a notice was advertising a forthcoming Italian night.

Although there were a couple of pumps on the bar, regrettably neither were in use. There were a number of beer mats in a frame on the wall suggesting that perhaps the lamentable lack of beer is not always the case. They did however have Thatcher’s Gold cider which was a bit of a result.

On 30^th May 2013 - rating: 4
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