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Olde England 2, Wellingborough
Wellingborough
NN8 1BQ
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 6 of 10) see review guidelines
Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Olde England 2
Alehouse-style pub, so rather rustic in appearance, and also surprisingly devoid of much furniture around the bar. That said, the area around the bar billiards table at the far end looks quite appealing. I found five of the seven cask ale handpumps in use, with beers being the 'house' Raedwald's Gold (just £4.40 with a packet of peanuts), Adnams Broadside, Courage Directors, IPA Claudius from Roman Way and Potbelly's Best. Four of the separate bank of five cider handpumps were also operational.
On 14th July 2024
- rating: 7
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Strongers . left this review about Olde England 2
The Olde England is a wooden floored and panelled high street pub with seating under the windows either side of the entrance and a bar on the rear wall in the right corner. I counted twelve hand pumps that were drawing a mix of ales and ciders alongside a limited standard and premium keg range. In the left hand side of the pub is a bar billiards table and above is a big hole in the ceiling that has exposed the old wooden beams, must have been one hell of a shot. There’s a jukebox that sat silent, so the pub was very quiet. Looking at the goth barmaid and the illustrated customers dressed in metal T-shirts and chains I imagine it gets a bit lively in here at the weekend. There is a pub cat. Maybe the owners are going for the distressed look, but I think this pub could do with a bit of TLC. I struggled to get comfortable so wasn’t a huge fan and don’t plan to return.
On 11th February 2023
- rating: 5
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Olde England 2
First stop on a short tour of Wellingborough pubs was this sister pub to the Olde England in Northampton.
It's a fairly busy town centre pub with plenty of locals. Wooden flooring gives it a traditional feel.
The long bar has many handpulls, but the real ale range was limited to Courage Directors, Wychwood Hobgoblin & Hobgoblin Gold, Potbelly Best & Bombardier. The solitary real cider was Gwynt y Ddraig Farmhouse Scrumpy.
On 1st October 2020
- rating: 6
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Olde England 2
A traditional style pub with wood panelling and timber floors. The bar area was positioned over to the right of entrance, which was fairly compact and had a display of 15 handpumps, with 10 ales and three ciders. A bar billiards table was set up in the front lounge area on the far left hand wall. This is a Marston's house so their ale choice was fairly average and mainstream. Whatpub describes this pub as having a good choice of microbrewery beers, disappointingly there were none to be found on this visit.
On 9th February 2019
- rating: 6
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Old Swan
The Old Swan is a white painted pub situated in the middle of town.
The pub has been designed,looks empty inside and is up for sale.
Attempted visit 21/6/2014
On 24th June 2014
- no rating submitted
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