The Cross Hands, Bristol

Large old coaching inn on a busy crossroads east of the village, and still very much a hotel as well as a pub / restaurant. The Beaufort Bar sits in the apex, with the dining room (and another counter) beyond. All traditional in a slightly corporate way, except the plainly decorated small pool room to the right of the bar. Patio beer garden at the front. As a Greene King house, I found a duplicated selection of Old Golden Hen (£5.15), Abbot and (oddly, being a long way from Scotland) Deuchars on the two banks of three handpumps.

Official site of Cross Hands Hotel - www.oldenglishinns.co.uk

Official site of Cross Hands Hotel - www.oldenglishinns.co.uk