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Old Road Tavern, Chippenham
Chippenham
SN15 1JA
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Old Road Tavern
Jamaican-owned backstreet pub close to the station and accessed from either Old Road or using a cut-through from New Road into the pub garden.
Inside, there are 3 small rooms. Two have access to the bar, with 3 handpulls on either side. A third room leading off to the gents' contained a pool table. Most customers appeared to be in the garden, whilst the pub dog was wandering around looking as if he'd gone for a swim somewhere.
The pub's 4 regular beers are Marston's 61 Deep, Exmoor Ale, Stonehenge Danish Dynamite & Bath Gem. Guest beers on yesterday's visit were Wadworth Burnt Orange & Brain's The Rev James. I went for the Danish Dyanmite, which was a decent way to round up by rather hot visit to Chippenham and a few other pubs in Wiltshire. This one would certainly be on a list of pubs to re-visit.
On 18th July 2022
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about Old Road Tavern
Just over the ‘wrong side’ of the rail station, this is a traditional locals pub with a bit of atmosphere and a number of interesting characters. Two rooms with a central bar as well as a big rear garden with impressive home-made set of chipboard snugs. Plenty to catch the eye inside, with a blue and white colour scheme underneath all the knick-knacks. Obviously likes its music, with a 60s soundtrack on the go. GBG-listed and three ales on; Otter Bitter (NBSS 1.5 – apples) grudgingly exchanged but not taken off, the replacement of Bath Gem was pedestrian (NBSS 2) with Stonehenge Bustard the other ale I decided I had no motivation to sample. Nice pub, shame about the beer – a Chippenham speciality. The local CAMRA branch must have a tough time on a night out. Or they have very low expectations.
On 25th September 2021
- rating: 6
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Graham Coombs left this review about Old Road Tavern
Wonderfully unspoilt or a bit grotty, depending on your point of view, but something of a classic and the only pub remaining on the north side of the railway. A rather jumbled layout of half knocked-through rooms lies around a small central bar, with sundry knick-knacks around the walls ranging from a ship's wheel to tennis racquets. A room to one side holds a pool table, the back room has a dart board and a sports TV hangs to one side, apparently only used for specific events not just on all the time. At the back is an unkempt beer garden and a 'barn' available for functions. Th beer range is the main draw though, with the six ales at time of visit being Bath Gem, Otter Ale, HPA, Robinsons Pint of Thrones, Stonehenge Danes Revenge and Summer Lightning.
On 25th April 2019
- rating: 8
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Melksham, 7.14 miles, 2 hr 17 min walk (show)
Bradford-on-Avon, 11.95 miles, 3 hr 50 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 01 August 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 01 August 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Darts : Yes last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Function Room : Yes last updated 25 April 2019 by Graham Coombs
- Hot Food : Yes - Thurs-Sat - last updated 25 April 2019 by Graham Coombs
- Jukebox : No last updated 01 August 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Live Music : Yes last updated 24 October 2013 by Moby Duck
- Live TV Sports : Yes - BT Sport - last updated 02 January 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Micropub : No last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 01 August 2015 by Jonathan Wilde
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
- WiFi : Yes - BT wifi - last updated 25 September 2021 by Quinno _
