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Having drunk in a previous pub the NVB White Hart beer celebrating 20 years of this pub's existence, it would have been churlish not to do so again once I made it here. It was Very Good (again) and £6.00/pint, which is a bit less than I was charged at Paten & Co an hour earlier, but still quite steep. (Of course, halves may be charged at premium prices, but I never ask and simply double the price unless I see it displayed.) I liked it here, and was lucky enough to share a table (it was a busy Saturday afternoon, forcing me to be sociable) with two locals of a similar age to myself. They recommended two pubs I hadn't been to, the Lord Burghley around the corner, and the Copper Room on the way to the station. When I asked them to choose just one they plumped for the latter, which suited my inclination to get nearer to the transport hub towards the end of a crawl. Not that this was a crawl, of course, it's a pub research trip. This is another good Good Beer Guide pub, and is up there with the Green Man for my pub of the day.

Now back open as a Desi pub called Spencer's - A nod to the original name The Spencers Arms I imagine.

A very attractive collection of old buildings brought together to form a pub now owned by Greene King.The pub used to be famous for it's food but that team left a long time ago.

The front doors are non operational so enter off the carpark.The building shows it's age with a charming ,sunked library snug with room for just three small round tables,before the lounge is reached with two real fireplaces at either end,seating in the bay windows,traditional furniture and a side restaurant section with light leather seat covers.Lots of exposed beams ,many whitewashed and a small door leading to the quite seperate public bar with french windows onto the beer terrace high above the High Street.
Locals gather in the public bar,so do the bar staff so in the lounge it is necessary to ring the bell for service,which was friendly.This maybe a Local Heros lease from GK where you can have as many guest ales as you take GK produce which explains the choice of GK Abbot and Timothy Taylor Landlord ,NBSS Acceptable.
Food is served,hot rolls at lunchtimes,while there are meal deals (Pie and pint,tapas,grill night) on Wed - Friday and a Sunday roast.Outside there is a seafood shack at weekends with a wide choice of shell fish.
The current tenants seem to be making a large effort,and the public bar retains a working class boozer atmosphere but the nearby Bull has been a village institution for many years and the G&D seemed quiet on my Saturday visit.Shame because the interior is interesting ,worth a squint even if it's only with a half.

Not open on Friday at 4.

Visited 26/08/26.

No cask. Keg offering of Stella, Fosters, Camden Hells, Inch's, Budweiser, dark fruits Magners cider, Camden Pale, Madri, Guinness.

Roadside pub with a small, paved seating area to the right-hand side of the venue. The right-hand bar area is bare boarded with the bar counter against the rear wall with tall stool seating at the bar counter. A couple of regular tables and chairs to the left of the right-hand entrance and a banquette under the window to the right of the entrance serving a regular table and then a pool table in the floor space on the right-hand side. Another banquette serving regular tables at the side of the pool table added to seating capacity on this side. TV's on this side were showing Sky Sports News with sound. The left-hand bar area with its own entrance and akin to a lounge bar had its own bar counter but it was out of action on my visit due to being set up for an imminent function. A bit on its own and lacking any ambience on my mid-evening visit – the drab colour scheme and minimalist feel didn’t help that when the venue was devoid of punters!