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The Cross Rifles, Bridgwater
Bridgwater
TA6 4PH
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A Georgian town pub on a busy corner on the main road into town. It’s a wedge-shaped building with a small yard at the front which is partly used as a car park, though the presence of a wooden smoking shack makes it less useful than it might be. However, there is no back garden so they don’t have much flexibility here. Inside, the single large bar has a raised area at one end which has a pool table and dartboard, the latter pinned to the back of the fire door. There are also a couple of speakers which suggest the raised area might also be used for musical entertainment, and there are a few large TV screens which were showing the news. The furniture and carpet are battered, scruffy and filthy, and the pub smells musty and stale. This isn’t a comfortable pub to visit, and we certainly didn’t feel that welcome. Two ales on, Doombar and Old Speckled Hen, in predictably poor condition. I doubt I’ll return.
On 22nd March 2019
- rating: 5
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Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea, 7.26 miles, 2 hr 20 min walk (show)
Taunton, 11.14 miles, 3 hr 35 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Car Park : Yes last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Micropub : No last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Pinball : No last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 09 May 2014 by Dave McNally
- Real Cider : No last updated 05 November 2016 by Jonathan Wilde