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Whale, Buckingham

14 Market Hill
Buckingham
MK18 1JX

Phone: 01280815537

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Fuller's

Served areas

Buckingham Town

Reviews of Whale (Average Rating: 3 of 10) Add Review see review guidelines

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Komakino . left this review about The Buckingham Inn

Living in a village which had seven pubs at the turn of the century, now reduced to three, I'm always appreciative of resurrection efforts such as this. Previously a Fuller's pub named The Whale (and before that The Whale Hotel) this now has "pub and smokehouse" as part of its nomenclature, so burgers, ribs and pulled pork abound. Goth-like internally, with a colour scheme veering from black to red to white, this is three-stepped, entered from the front of the building with the bar one step up to the left. I'm not quite sure whether the Fuller's vestiges have completely gone as a two-ale salvo of London Pride and St Austell Trelawny with keg options of Montana and Frontier suggested the association isn't that far. Hats off to a rejig, and it was busy, so let's give them credit for trying something different.

On 29^th May 2017 - rating: 4
[User has posted 1077 recommendations about 1077 pubs]

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Nigel Sheppard left this review about The Whale Hotel

Nice pub with 3 real ale pumps serving the usual run of the mill beers. the one we tried would go well with fish and chips.

On 21^st September 2009 - rating: 2
[User has posted 192 recommendations about 192 pubs]

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Map location corrected by Blackthorn _

Wolverton, 10.76 miles, 3 hr 27 min walk (show)
Bicester North, 10.9 miles, 3 hr 30 min walk (show)
Milton Keynes Central, 12.41 miles, 3 hr 59 min walk (show)

Latest updates View all updates for Whale, Buckingham

19th Feb 2025, 19:37

Request to mark pub as open by ROB Camra approved

19th Feb 2025, 19:37

Request to mark pub as open submitted by ROB Camra, with included notes: Reopened as Whale