The Coachmakers Arms, Newport Pagnell

Official site of The Coachmakers Arms - www.coachmakersarmspub.com

Official site of The Coachmakers Arms - www.coachmakersarmspub.com

A basic, no frills boozer just off the High Street, this is clearly quite an old building with a few original features although it lacks much in the way of any “olde worlde” charm. It’s a single room, U-shape layout wrapped around a central bar with a rough wooden floor. Seating is mostly around the perimeter with a mixture of chunky wooden tables and leather armchairs. There is quite a bit of exposed stone work on the walls and elsewhere the walls are whitewashed. A large stone fire-place is off to one side and a plasma stuck on the wall next to it which was showing a sports channel, although the volume was off so this was not too intrusive. There were a couple of fruit machines opposite the bar. A large recess to the right must have been an impressive fire-place at one time but has since been whitewashed and turned in to a seating area. A darts board was at the rear and a match was in progress on a recent Monday evening visit. A friendly pub dog turned up and encouraged us to throw his stick for him and there is a garden at the rear. Food is offered at lunch times, although I didn’t inspect the menu. The solitary been on tap was Doom Bar and the only cider was Strongbow, unfortunately.