Kings Head, Buxton

The Kings Head is a large L-shaped pub that was very busy during a recent Wednesday evening, in fact every table was taken so I had to stand with my drink at the central L-shaped serving counter. To the right of the entrance is seating that was full of dining families and up the left-hand wall is more seating that was full of diners and drinkers. At the rear is a sunken area with a pool table and dartboard. Televisions are located throughout for showing live sport. I gleaned during my visit that the pub was so busy because all the Premier League matches were available on TNT Sport and the Man U match would be shown in one side of the pub and the Man C match the other. The service was friendly, but alongside the standard and premium keg only two of the six hand pumps were in use drawing Banks Bitter and Pedigree. This place is popular, but it does feel like a high street chain pub so I wouldn’t go out of my way to revisit.

Pretty standard pub showing the football. 2 beers from the Marston's range. My Pedigree was decent. Not a bad place but there are better options nearby.

A pleasant enough pub though a bit soulless. 2 roomed with the room to your right on entering being the quieter one. The main larger room contains a pool table and both rooms are pleasantly furnished. Its a Marston's pub and though there were 3 handpumps in each bar only Pedigree and Bitter were available.