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The Rising Sun, Aylesbury
Haddenham
Postal town: Aylesbury
HP17 8EN
Served areas
The Rising Sun
It's Quiz Night!!! Question 1. Where is the only place you can get 6 real ales from @xtbrew , and the new XT Eisbar… https://t.co/zTFlx9yXAf
6:11 PM Jun 13th 2017 from Twitter for iPhone
Reviews of The Rising Sun (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Rising Sun
With quite a few pubs having closed in the fairly large village of Haddenham in recent years, the Rising Sun is now probably the best of those that remain. Set to the north end of Haddenham, it is a fairly basic but comfortable drinkers' pub with no food served.
The bar is on your left as you enter and stocks 4 real ales. The local XT 4 is a regular, whilst XT 3 and Animal Hop Kitty were also available from the same brewery, with the fourth beer being Vale Gravitas. Craft beers were also represented, with XT Orca, Tiny Rebel Clwb Tropica & Verdant Light Bulb. However, there was no real cider.
The drinking space near the bar felt a little on the dark side, with no windows in that area. However, there are much brighter areas at the other end of the room. If I lived in Haddenham (and I nearly moved to here or the nearby town of Thame at one point), this would be my choice for a local.
On 1st July 2024
- rating: 6
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Quinno _ left this review about The Rising Sun
Cosy and modernised local (2015 refurb). Unusual layout, three rooms knocked together lengthways into one, you enter halfway with the bar off to the left. Clashing two tinge green colour scheme including the tongue and groove wood panelling plus a gold and red swirly pub carpet. Nice rear garden. Six pumps with five ales on, probably a couple too many based on my tasting on an early weekday evening; 2x Big Hand (Seren NBSS 3), Bastion (2), Downlands Best (2) plus 2x XT. Noticing that the toilets were labelled ‘Bonnies’ and ‘Clydes’ sealed my opinion. Buckinghamshire CAMRA Pub of the Year 2019. Well, it is Buckinghamshire I suppose…
On 1st July 2019
- rating: 6
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Komakino . left this review about The Rising Sun
Taken over by the Oak Taverns team who were behind the successful makeover of The Cross Keys in Thame this has been turned into the go-to pub in the large village of Haddenham. As noted below, XT have adopted this as their brewery tap, so of the six handpumps, XT 3 and 4, Animal Fox and Hop Kitty were XT-related along with two beers from Magpie (Hoppily Ever After and Thieving Rogue) from their brewer exchange programme (both Magpie beers were excellent) along with their keg Eisbar as a fizz alternative. This was well-populated on my Monday evening visit, with the hubbub of local drinkers drowning out the barely-audible background muzak. This is a brisk 5- to 10-minute walk from nearby Haddenham & Thame Parkway on the Chiltern main line and is definitely worth a look-in if in the area.
On 3rd June 2019
- rating: 7
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Monks Risborough, 5.77 miles, 1 hr 51 min walk (show)
Aylesbury Vale Parkway, 6.96 miles, 2 hr 14 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Car Park : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Darts : Yes last updated 05 June 2013 by Will Larter
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Hot Food : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Jukebox : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Karaoke : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Live Music : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Special occasions - last updated 03 June 2019 by Komakino .
- Micropub : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Pinball : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Pool Table : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : No last updated 08 September 2019 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : No last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 28 October 2018 by Komakino .
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