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An Edwardian roadside hotel whose roots probably lie more with the railway than any equestrian form of transport, given that it sits so close to Crewkerne Station. It’s not the most elegant of settings – it’s on a main road just outside the main town, there’s an industrial park next door and there’s a new housing estate round the back. It doesn’t have any pleasant outside areas, just a paved front garden which is strewn with smokers’ litter. Inside, there are two main bars, one a dining room and the other a much more entertaining public bar. The latter has a comfy seating area around a very healthy woodburner, above which a TV screen shows live football. There is a pool table and table football in the opposite quadrant. The landlady was very welcoming indeed, and the locals were a decent bunch. Water was provided for the dogs, who were allowed in the public bar, there were some toys for younger children, and the food, although we didn’t try it, looked like good value. Three ales on draught – Ascot Starting Gate, Tribute and Exmoor gold, all in very good condition. There was also a mango cider but I couldn’t quite bring myself to try it. I’d be very happy to drop in if using the station, and it’s on the Somerset 2018 Ale trail.

A very nice old style pub a well kept good selection of ales, good food friendly staff,a delight to sit and take in the atmospere

this is a really nice friendly pub, can always rely on it for a pleasant pint when many nearby pubs are packed with student hordes or trying to be too upmarket for their own good

Close to the railway station this is very much a rock music pub. I only had a fleeting visit here but it seemed OK, though its probably patchouli oiled up of a weekend night. I seem to remember about 3 handpulls but I can't remember if they were any good.

A pub, originally called the Roebuck, has been here since at least the late 18th century. I came here once, not out of choice, but to wait for the bus queues to die down following a tube strike around 1990. Back then it was called Canons, later a Firkin pub, the original name reinstated I know not when.
This area isn't exactly a hotbed of quality pubs and there are few positives here in what is essentially a transient tourists' and officer workers' watering hole with a sports bent. It's a formulaic pub with conventional furniture including some peripheral leather banquettes. The bored-looking mainly middle-aged male clients are entertained by a couple of games machines and three TVs showing the footie, thereafter muted music played when the game finished.
Ales: Greene King IPA, Redemption's Trinity, Fuller's London Pride, Sharp's Doom Bar and Hogsback's TEA at a very decent £1.90 a half. Though a little dull, it was ok and the quality, choice and especially price are way more of an incentive to drink here rather than in the Fitzrovia Belle over the road which charges twice the price for a similar beer, has a less appealing interior and assaults the senses with fully four extra TVs; this is clearly the better of the two, but I can't see a reason to return.