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The Bell Inn, Aylesbury
Chearsley
Postal town: Aylesbury
HP18 0DJ
Pub Type
Fuller'sReviews (Current Rating Average: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Bell Inn
This is the only pub in the village of Chearsley, which overlooks the village green. We arrived to find a few people sat on tables outside the front of the pub, with a separate undercover area on the left-hand side of the car park entrance. To the rear of the car park is a garden area complete with children's play equipment.
The single bar interior is quite dark and atmospheric. Local drinkers were crowded along the bar deep in conversation, whilst a couple of groups were sat finishing Sunday lunches at two tables nearest the large fireplace on the right-hand wall. Blackboards advertised the various food options, which seemed to include plenty of pizzas.
The two female bar staff were quite cheery and being a Fuller's house, we had the regular Pride & Seafarers to choose from, alongside a guest beer, which was Hophead. The pub is listed in the latest Good Beer Guide.
Euro 2024 football was being promoted. Whilst I didn't spot a TV, some of the local drinkers were on their way home for lunch before promising to return for the England match later in the afternoon. So, they were presumably showing it somewhere (possibly outside).
As Fuller's pubs go, this is quite a decent one. With friendly staff and a nice drinking environment, it is just the limited ale selection that sets it back slightly.
On 1st July 2024
- rating: 6
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Komakino . left this review about The Bell Inn
Set back from a three-treed triangular green with a charming thatched roof, this isn't quite chocolate box-like, but it's quaint, and one you'd take a Trans-Atlantic friend to as an example of a traditional British village pub. The interior is small with an entrance-facing bar, tiny dining area to the left and a few tables in front of the bar and to the right. It's a Fuller's pub, so a three ale Chiswick-flavoured line-up of London Pride, Oliver's Island and Gale's Seafarers with a fourth stump unclipped. The Gale's was in good shape and a reasonable £3.60 for a pint's worth. The bar was surrounded by locals of the friendly variety, although with the weather being clement I chose to sit on one of the benches out front. If Fuller's beers are your thing, this is worth a visit if you're in the area, and the excellent XT brewery and its tap, The Eight Bells are both around a mile away if you fancy something a bit more local.
On 28th May 2018
- rating: 7
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john mcgraw left this review about The Bell Inn
One of the best looking pubs in Buckinghamshire
On 30th June 2008
- no rating submitted
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