The Duke Of Wellington, Milton Keynes

A traditional old boozer located a short distance away from the popular High Street, and consequently rather quiet. On a recent Wednesday evening visit, it was empty of other than a handful of punters sat up at the bar, who seemed to be swearing rather a lot. Not somewhere to bring the missus. It’s a two room pub, with the public bar being on the right and the lounge bar on the left. The lounge is smaller and carpeted, but has little in the way of character. The public bar has an old wooden floor, wood panelled bar, a plasma up in the corner and a couple of fruit/quiz machines and a juke box. Besides the aforementioned bar chairs, the seating is mostly stools with big old beer barrels filling in as tables. In a separate area to the rear are a few tables and chairs plus a darts board and beyond this a pool table. Paintwork is a slightly drab two tone cream and chocolate brown. It was dec’d out ready for Halloween which plenty of ghouls, skeletons and cobwebs around. Unfortunately there were no real ales on tap, and to make matters even worse the only cider was Strongbow. As such, it’s unlikely to appeal to many of the regulars on this site.