The Oakley Arms, Stafford

Former Country Club (where we had our wedding reception), now a pub. It has fantastic grounds and beer garden. The inside is a sprawl of rooms and dining features heavily. Service was good and it was very popular with a mixed crowd. It isnt cheap. Several ales, with a decent enough Tim Taylor Boltmaker. Worth a visit for one - and for nostalgia!

Typical Brunning & Price country pub / restaurant, much extended behind the farmhouse-type building you can see from the road. Numerous different dining areas arranged around the central bar area, all decorated in the expected upmarket semi-traditional style. Benefits from a patio terrace on one side, overlooking a very attractive pond. I found six of the seven handpumps in use, including their 'house' Bitter and a pair from Big Hand, but that's probably too many cask ales if my pint of Seren from the latter is anything to go by (£4.60).