Hope & Anchor, Wokingham

Discovering this open on a lunchtime when it wasn't expected to be, so popped in to find a quite pleasant and fairly traditional pub with a beamed ceiling. Down one side is a rather cosy snug area with sofas and armchairs, while the other side had an extended area in what felt like a former garage. A drum kit and piano hinted at live music at some point., On handpump were Brakspears Gravity & Gold and Hobgoblin. It didn't seem too bad a place.

A one roomed low ceilinged Brakespears pub, the beer choice was ordinary and expensive, Brakespear Bitter and Top Notch,Hobgoblin ,Hogs Back Tea and Deuchars IPA at £2.20 a half. Not a great pub ,dropped a point on price.

This is one of six original Brakspear pubs in the Wokingham area and remarkably all six are still open. Only three could be regarded as being in the centre of Wokingham and this is one of them. It's a single L shaped bar with wooden floors but there is a small carpeted snug on the far right. There is a bar billiards table and a darts area down the far end on the left. It was quiet on my Friday afternoon visit. The bar has five hand pumps with Brakspear Bitter, Oxford Gold & Hooray Henley, Hobgoblin and Thatcher's Cider. I went for the Hooray Henley (£3.80) which was in excellent condition but at that price it ought to be. I thought this was pleasant enough but if the price paid for the 4% ABV beer is typical I won't be returning.