Duke of Cornwall, Weymouth

Small inside with part given over to stage and there is a smakers area at the rear

Now we are heading towards the autumn, Mondays, and Tuesdays, down at the Duke are quiet. On the first Monday of every month there is a cheese night, anyone is welcome to join in so long as they turn up with some rare pieces of cheese. Wednesday night there are a few more people. Thursday night there are a lot more people. Friday and Saturday nights it is like the Black Hole of Calcutta. Sunday afternoon quite a few people come especially if there is sport on the TV. Live music every night apart from Mondays All types of music rock pop and folk

I popped into the Duke of Cornwall on a recent Thursday evening and found a small pub that was fairly quiet with only a handful of locals in attendance. The bar is located just over to the right and there is a door opening to a small seating area at the rear of the pub. To the left of the entrance is a dartboard, but a game wasn’t possible as some DJ equipment was on the oche? There was no sign of a DJ anywhere, but this pub is open daily from noon until 2am so maybe the tunes get blasted out later in the night. A plasma screen on the right hand wall was showing muted Olympic coverage. Out the back is a small beer yard with some seating for smokers and at the rear of this area are the toilets. The bar is stocked with standard draught and I counted four hand pumps that were drawing Dartmoor Brewery’s Jail Ale, Ringwood’s Old Thumper, Dorset Brewing Company’s Chesil and Addlestones Cider. Cornish Rattler was also available on draught for the cider fans. I thought that this was a friendly local boozer with nice staff and I would have no problem returning.

A little terraced white rendered pub, with black paint work. In the GBG 2010. Funny, as JB says below, the multi-colour window scrawl did set me a back for a few seconds, but hey! i try anywhere. The interior is a single room, in blue, cream, light wood panel, ceiling beams, floor and tables - yes a bit of wood there! There were also a couple of undressed brick walls with fireplaces in. There was eclectic ephemera dotted about, fishing featuring a bit, but i saw no TV. There was a live acoustic duo on when i visited and they were pretty good and the service was fine - the clientele, which i feared also maybe youngie, were in fact a good mix and the place was busy. Beer; tap stuff with a good Cotleigh Blue Jay, a very good Dartmoor Jail Ale and a well kept but frankly dull DBC Chesil on handpull I approached a little nervously, i left having enjoyed my time here drink-wise and music-wise. I would happily go back.