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The Anchor, Brampton, Chesterfield
Chesterfield
S40 2BS
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Old Boots left this review about The Anchor
A long thin one room pub just down a side street from the main drag but very visible from it. One end has a games room with pool table, the centre houses the servery and towards the back is seating and an outdoor drinking area with picnic tables. Five pulls with a range of three local beers and two ciders, plus a couple of T-Bars of fairly usual stuff. Quality of my Thornbridge was middling. As with many pubs a lot of interest is in the little details often missed, you always have to look beyond the obvious for the little items and features that may have a story. It’s got the banquette seating and cast iron based tables of old pubs but there’s a lot of sad modernisation has gone on, pace tall seating and big screens.
On 20th July 2025
- no rating submitted
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Anchor
An attractive looking pub with a good sized interior. The bar area faces you as you enter, with a tongue and groove painted bar front in a bluey green colour, which matched all the painted walls in this area. The rear part of this long room had a more traditional feel with brown buttoned back leatherette banquette seating.
The pub was surprisingly quiet for a Friday Eve. The young barmaids were arranging what looked like a birthday party, so hopefully the place will be rammed later on.
Five handpumps serving two ciders and three cask beers, Abbeydale IPA, Thornbridge Melba and Stancill Stainless. The Stancill was in good shape and the pub was comfortable.
On 19th July 2025
- rating: 7
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Anchor
Side-street pub with hints of Brewers' Tudor on the gable ends and above the central entrance doorway. A dark and traditionally decorated bar with oddly sparse furniture is located on the left-hand side, but it is housed within quite a large building so there must be another room at the other end. Rear patio garden. Three cask ales - TT Boltmaker, Djambo Untrained from Bentley Brook and Castle Rock's seasonal Tackle This! - on the five handpumps, along with Lilley's Peach cider and Broadoak Premium perry.
On 5th March 2025
- rating: 7
[User has posted 8813 recommendations about 8813 pubs]
Will Larter left this review about The Anchor
One of a group of three really nice looking pubs, but the other two (Barrel and Duke) have been eviscerated while this one has been revived with a semi-traditional interior. And with five hand pumps, three with cask ale plus two ciders . There are two from Thornbridge, and I dithered between their Jaipur and the Landlord on the next door pull. I'm glad I went for the latter, as it was my best beer of the day, in a narrow victory over the Real Ale Corner and the Victoria (NBSS 4 - but only just). I think I've seen the lass serving before, but even if not she was very friendly and engaging, possibly helped by the fact that it was a quiet time of day. My previous visits here have been after dark, and it certainly looked a lot better with the curtains drawn back and a bit of late January sunshine lighting up the interior. Definitely one to include on a real ale Brampton Mile research trip.
On 24th January 2025
- rating: 7
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Graham Coombs left this review about The Anchor
A nice-looking pub with lots of dark woodwork and green walls inside. A light refurbishment has seen some comfy sofas added at one end and a dining area at the other. The 5 handpumps offer rotating beers, with TT Landlord as the regular and one dark beer always included, on this visit from the Empire Brewery. Late afternoon the place felt a bit empty but with a few people in it ought to be quite a good pub.
On 28th January 2023
- rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about The Anchor Inn
Recently reopened under temporary management that may, I was told, become permanent. Unfortunately no real ale when I was here last week, though there are two hand pumps and the manager is hoping to get Marstons EPA started fairly soon.
On 26th March 2012
- no rating submitted
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