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The Bell, Ingatestone
Ingatestone
CM4 0AT
Served areas
The Bell Ingatestone
It's a big month in May at The Bell.
As the football season comes to a close we will be showing all the big games… https://t.co/ezteF8XwBq
3:25 PM May 2nd 2019 from Facebook
Reviews of The Bell (Average Rating: 8½ of 10) see review guidelines
Steve of N21 left this review about The Bell
Situated on the Ingatestone High Street the Bell is a 500-year old grade II listed traditional village pub that was originally a coaching inn and from what I could make out by reading local reviews, the least gastrofied of the two remaining pubs on the high street and the most likely to do a sandwich at lunchtime.
Internally it retains two bar areas, a small wood floored public bar off to the left as you enter that is dominated by a pool table and is decorated with a lot of rugby memorabilia. Then the larger carpeted saloon with its three distinct areas arranged around the main bar is to the right and has a lot of character, with its heavy oak beams and original fireplaces.
It’s a Shep Neame pub with a couple of their beers on the bar and I went for the Whitstable Bay and it was perfectly fine. A fairly standard pub grub menu, which does include sandwiches and the Prawn on granary we went for was passable but fair to say would not be winning any Michelin stars any time soon.
On 28th October 2025
- rating: 7
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andrew parr left this review about The Bell
excellent pub with good food and fine beer
On 28th July 2008
- rating: 10
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Shenfield, 3.81 miles, 1 hr 13 min walk (show)
Billericay, 4.41 miles, 1 hr 25 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 10 March 2025 by paulof horsham
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 10 March 2025 by paulof horsham
- Car Park : Yes last updated 10 March 2025 by paulof horsham
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 10 March 2025 by paulof horsham
- Live Music : Yes last updated 10 March 2025 by paulof horsham
- Micropub : No last updated 10 March 2025 by paulof horsham
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
