The Chequers, Milton Keynes

Called into this bar while visiting 2019 Good Beer Guide pubs around the Milton Keynes area. It is owned by Vale brewery, and re-opened in 2017 after extensive refurbishment. Up a few steps to the entrance and you are in a single room bar with a separate area with seating and sport TV screen. There are 6 ales from both Vale and guests, some of which are on gravity. Also available are around 6 keg lines and shelving beside the bar houses a good selection of bottled ales, mainly Belgian. Disabled access is available from the car park at the rear of the pub. We enjoyed Vale Brill gold and Vale Life and Songs of the Crow.

This is a small two room local's pub close to Fenny Stratford train station. The interior is very compact with entrance into a small carpeted main bar with lots of dark wood beams and a limited selection of standard tables and chairs towards the rear plus some smarter leather chairs under the front window. Unfortunately for me, my visit coincided with the pub being redecorated, so much of the rear seating area was out of bounds and almost all of the other customers were packed into the even smaller bar on the left hand side of the pub. There were more of the smart leather seats in this room, as well as a nice brick fireplace and lots more dark beams, many lined with horse brasses and the like. Everyone in this room was watching the early Premiership match between Liverpool and Man Utd on the large TV screen, which was amazingly, one of four screens in this tiny pub to be showing the match. Both rooms give access to a large concrete beer garden at the back which looked to have quite a lot of bench seating. The pub is tied to the local Vale Brewery and I was encouraged to see many of their pump clips lined up along the side of the servery, but there was just the one beer available whilst I was there - a hoppy number called Gravitas (£3.10) which was very nice and served to me by a friendly barmaid. It seemed a bit strange that the brewery would only want to showcase one beer at a time, but perhaps there just isn't the demand to justify further hand pumps being put into use. I thought this was a nice enough place for a pint considering that I didn't exactly see the place at its best. I'd prefer to see a wider beer choice if I was going to spend more time in here, but as it stands it's still worth a look for a quick pint.

A lovey and cosy pub. Great prices! Friendsly atmospher. 5 rooms at £20 a night (PP) with 2 avalible with en suits. Each room has tea, coffee and television. All room in good clean condition! Down in pub there is dart board, biggest projector screen in fenny stratford. Very fun and nice bar staff and the owners John and Annie are LOVELY. VERY attractive pub with alot of character!!! There is a back yard for a smoking area. Regular activities. Comfy sofas and seating, great place to relax! The Chequres is in the best beer guide for 2011, and so deserve it! Very welcoming and friendly to everyone and HIGHLY RECOMENDED TO EVERYONE!!