The Coach & Horses, Chertsey

Close to the town's football and cricket grounds is The Coach and Horses, a cosy and comfortable smallish Fullers tied house in a residential area of Chertsey. As you approach the pub, at the foot of St Ann's Hill, a sandwich board welcomes you with the message - "Claire would like to welcome you to The Coach and Horses". People, not just pub anoraks like me, do notice small things like this. An attractive hanging tiled exterior leads into a pleasant, but somewhat unremarkable, traditional single bar pub with a number of nooks and crannies breaking up the floor space. It advertises accommodation - £ 68 for a double room - but this is a pub with rooms, not a hotel. It is however noticeably cheaper than that nearby bistro / wine bar place - Windsors - that featured on the TV programme, The Hotel Inspector, several weeks ago. On my recent Saturday afternoon visit, despite the warm welcome promise, the pub was very quiet. The London Pride - £ 3.20p - was reasonable. The pub is a CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular. This is a comfortable, welcoming, seemingly well run pub in a town where options appear distinctly limited

Pleasant pub in a residential part of Chertsey with an outside drinking area on the way in to the pub. Inside the pub has been opened out but still retains secluded seating areas. Three Fullers ales were available on our visit. if in the Chertsey area. Worth visiting even with the 10 minute walk from the railway station.