The Lion, Newbury

Large brick built corner pub with a new old-style interior and a splendid carved bar counter. Basically one big square room with a square servery off set into one corner leaving a corridor like seating area to the back and side. The main area in front of the counter has a pool table and various screens and machines, a fish tank lurks at one end. The plaster/tongue and groove walls are finished in cream with blue dado rails, the area behind the servery houses a collection of old whisky bottles. All the seating is either chairs by tables or bar stools seating a varied collection of middle aged men while the younger ones played pool. The two main faces of the counter have four handpumps on each serving Wadsworths beers in good condition at low to average prices for the area. The barmaid won my “cleavage of the month “ award very easily.