Swan & Three Cygnets, Durham

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The Swan & three Cygnets is a Sam Smiths pub found behind railings and picnic tables on the East side of Elvet Bridge over the River Wear. No technology is allowed, so my notes were brief as I no longer carry a pencil and paper, maybe I should. To the right of the entrance is a seating room with green banquettes, and the same colour banquettes are found under the front windows to the left. The bar is in the left rear where a serving counter up the right faces standing room to the left, it was good to see Old Brewery Bitter on cask, something I haven’t seen during my visits to Manchester SS pubs over the last few years. There seating across the rear of the bar area and sunken seating is found to the very left. The toilets are located downstairs where there’s a second bar that I assume doubles as a function room when open, which it wasn’t during a recent midweek late afternoon visit when the pub was comfortably busy with an old local and student crowd, probably drawn in by the low prices. The service was friendly and I enjoyed looking at the historical mining stuff on the walls while listening to clever people waffle on about Virginia Woolf. I’ll probably pop my head back in when next in the city.

On 6^th February 2026 - rating: 7
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