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The Bicton Inn, Exmouth

5 Bicton Street
Exmouth
EX8 2RU

Phone: 01395272589

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Exmouth Central

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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Bicton Inn

This community pub has won lots of awards over the last ten years and all the certificates are displayed in frames near the bar. There was also a daily events board displaying something going on every day of the week. The beer in here was very well kept, with 8 handpumps on the bar. Six were in use on our visit, Branscombe Vale Brewery Branoc, Dartmoor Jail Ale, Legend and Port Stout, Hanlons Citra IPA. Two clips on the last pump displaying Sandford Rib Tickler cider and Silly Moo cider.

On 13^th October 2024 - rating: 8
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Pub SignMan left this review about The Bicton Inn

Just a short walk from the town centre, this is a very pleasant, two room backstreet pub, popular with a predominantly older clientele. You enter into a parquet floored main bar with the servery to the left and an open seating area to the right. Half panelled walls with lincrusta uppers have been decorated with many old photos of the pub and lots of rather encouraging CAMRA certificates, as well as a dartboard and a large TV screen, which remained switched off throughout the duration of this visit. Hard benches run around the perimeter and tables and chairs fill the space in the centre of the room. There’s a lot of stained glass around the room including in the top window panes, a few partitioning screens and the bar canopy, all of which catches the eye in the right light and adds a welcome splash of colour. The bar has a wood panelled counter front and rather simple bar back with a hatch to the smaller rear room. A space to the right of the entrance had been given over to an acoustic duo, who were churning out heartfelt ballads to a packed house, with not a single seat available. Thankfully, the rear room was empty as a result, so I could take the weight off my feet on the hard bench seating which runs around the perimeter. The room has low wall panelling, lots of local photos on display and another inactive TV screen, plus a dartboard which is pretty impractical to use thanks to the room’s layout. Upon entering, I was accosted by a friendly, if slightly mad, local lady who was jokingly denying me entry for not having bought a ticket for the live music.
The pub appears in the latest edition of the Good Beer Guide and had Dartmoor Jail Ale and Legend, Exeter Darkness, Salcombe Gold and Hanlon's Citra available across five handpulls. I gave the latter a try and thought it was in great condition - it certainly slipped down very quickly and it was a shame I ended up drinking alone in the back room rather than being able to enjoy the atmosphere in the rammed front bar.
This felt like a popular, traditional, back street boozer with a good band of friendly locals, some very well kept Devonshire beer and a nice two bar layout. This may well have been my favourite pub of the five I visited in Exmouth and I’d make an effort to come back here again the next time I happen to be in town.

On 5^th June 2022 - rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Bicton Inn

Quiet back street community pub - with good quality ales deserving its place in the 2022 GBG.

I only noticed the large single room at the front, with a long bar taking up nearly the length of the building until it hits the door to the gents. Bench seating around the outside and typical pub chairs and tables across the floor.

Dartmoor Jail Ale in fine condition

On 21^st November 2021 - rating: 7
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