Maid of the Mill, Atherstone

Nearest pub to the top lock of the Atherstone Flight on the Coventry Canal,it's a community boozer with a solid following from regulars,several on bar stools and an earthy atmosphere.Open plan but to the right is the bar and a tiled section,very much the public bar while to the left is a lot of bench seating,tables and stools,tartan carpet and the lounge.There is a juke box and quiz machine here while the rear room has a pool table.Columns of exposed brick support the ceiling but may hint at a former multi room layout. At the bar three regular ales in GK Abbot and Old Speckled Hen and Draught Bass (very good nick ,NBSS 4 ) A lot of ale shifts here and the throughput must help but well done to the pub on their conditioning. I would pop in again for a quick one,food seems limited to batches,one type advertised on a blackboard.It's an old school boozer ,strangers are tolerated.

My visit coincided with the end of the working day for some people, and there was a bit of a crowd in here, and a large truck parked outside spoiling my photo opportunity. Never mind, the service was friendly and efficient and the beer was good. There were Abbot and Old Speckled Hen as well as the Bass that I went for, which was very good. These seem to be the regular beers, though most of the people here at the same time as me were on lager. But someone must be drinking them, as the same beers were on when WhatPub surveyed here in January, and Abbot was also on when Soup Dragon was here 10 years ago!