The Castle Inn, Axminster

A basic back-street boozer with no frills. There are to small room furnished minimally, one is a games room with a pool table and darts, the other a floorboarded square bar with tables and chairs, and TV showing live sports. Some of the seating was formed from empty beer barrels. There was a good local feel to it, and it certainly isn't a tourist destination. There were 2 ales on from St Austell, Tribute and Cornish Best, both in fair condition. I'd be happy to come back for a pint or two.

Town centre pub with fairly basic interior, popular with locals. At time of visit had three ales from St Austell on (the sampled HSD in good form) although judging from the pump clips on display it has others also, plus a couple of ciders.

When i went in this pub it was just called the Castle Inn so since then it has lost the Inn and gained the Axminster. This is a smallish pub that was nothing special inside but this may have altered since my visit,there were two real ales on the bar i had a drink of Courage Directors which was ok but nothing special the other beer was GK Abbot. Pub visited 20 August 2002.