British Lion, Devizes

A nice traditional place, fairly basic but looked after over an inverse C shaped interior, the front end of which has two bay window seating areas with wooden perch seating. A friendly welcome at the bar which sported four cask; 2x Heritage brews, Church End Stout and Palmers Copper, the latter of which was cheap at £3.50 but tasted a bit stale and cardboardy- I'm guessing an over-worked aspirator (NBSS 2). Black Rat cider also on. I quite liked it here but the cask didn't convince - mine was the only one poured for a long while. Regardless, it’s GBG’23 listed (and has been for over 28 years!). Maybe I got unlucky. 6.5

A former coaching inn which has retained its large garden and two bars inside as described below. Four pumps on the bar, three ales on, plus Black Rat cider from a pin on the bar. The ales were Ramsbury Farmer’s Best, Three Castles Best and Liquid Highway from Hop Kettle. The pub is a regular GBG entry, and there are numerous awards for excellence from various bodies on display. All the ales were in excellent condition, the landlady was very welcoming and the locals were up for some friendly banter. Well worth a visit, though dogs are only allowed in the garden.

Old school alehouse,worn but in a good way.Much as Aqualung describes,the four handpumps included a decent Stonehenge Eye Opener,served in an oversized glass,another CAMRA tick in the box.There was a pithy exchange of banter with a local which made us all laugh,in some ways it's a shame this pub has been so eclipsed by The Vaults,despite it's long running GBG membership it doesn't feel a must visit to me.

This is an old school town pub with a single room that forms a U shape around the bar. The front area has wooden floorboards and the rear has a more modern wooden flooring. There appeared to be a covered pool table at the back. It was quite busy on my early Saturday afternoon visit. The bar has four hand pumps which had Moles Tap, Otter Bright & Head and Bath Gem. I went for the Otter Head (£3.60) which was excellent. This one has had a long run in the GBG. It doesn't say much for the local regional Wadworth that they don't have a single pub listed.