The Black Horse Inn, Dursley

A good sized pub in this small village, and a handy pit stop if you need some refreshment after having climbed up to the nearby Tyndale Monument. There are a few tables and chairs outside the front of the pub, as well as a small beer garden at the rear. Internally it’s mostly one open plan room, although with plenty of supporting timberwork to break up the space somewhat and the bar counter was quite an attractive timber construction. Flooring is predominantly blue pattered carpet with some slate style tiles around the bar area, whilst the walls were a mixture of exposed stone work and Artex type plaster in either cream or pale blue finishes. A large stone fire-place was off to the left with a number of leather arm chairs in front of it, and numerous pewter tankards were hanging from beams on the ceiling. Another room off to the left had a wood strip floor and looked as though it was more geared up for dining with many of the tables being laid up for food. Beers on tap were Gloucester Brewing’s Gold, Purity Gold, Wickwar Bob and Butcombe Original. Ciders were well represented with Thatcher’s Gold, Addlestones, Rosie’s Pig and both Explorer and Philosopher from Orchard Pig. All in all, a very pleasant pub and well worth checking out.