The Laburnum Inn, Matlock

I was disappointed to find this pub not open when I approached, at just before 1:30pm on Saturday of Easter weekend. Current opening times at 5pm Thursday, 3pm Friday/Saturday/Sunday, but they are advertising for staff, so this may change. My schedule was flexible enough to allow me to return after Matlock Town's fruitless attempts to score a goal, and I'm glad I did, because this is a proper pub with three real ales and, perhaps surprisingly, five real ciders. (The latter from boxed polypins, I guess.) I went for Peak Ales Chatsworth Gold, which was in very good condition, the others being Abbeydale Daily Bread and Dancing Duck Ay Up. This is a friendly locals pub, with quite a few still enjoying the sunshine in the beer garden, where there is a boules terrain. I wouldn't mind coming here again, though I'm not climbing that hill at 5pm in December!

The Laburnam Inn is a nice looking stone built pub that is situated a bit out of the way in a quiet area of Matlock. Once inside i went in a nice looking room that may have been a smart bar,there may have been other rooms but i did'nt look. When i went in this pub it was a Kimberley tied house and there were two real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Kimberley bitter and this was a nice drink,the other beer was Kimberley mild. This was a pleasant enough pub and was worth the walk here. Pub visited 22/4/2006