The Swan, Banbury

Looks like an interesting old pub, but it's a nondescript semi-refurbished sports-bar mess inside (although, if you have a vivid imagination, you could still just about envisage what could have been done instead.) No real ale from the solitary handpump, nothing of much interest in the fridges and only the likes of John Smith's (£3.60) on the keg taps. However, having said all that, it does offer regular live music, and I might have had a different opinion had that been the case on my Sunday evening visit.

Old stone building housing a modern sports bar,with the keg only servery infront as you enter and two wings back with lots of high tables and two large flatscreens. Packed to see Man City v Arsenal,a laddish atmosphere and nothing authentic about the interior at all.One to avoid ,unless you like pub televised sport.