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The Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough
Loughborough
LE11 5BE
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Swan in the Rushes
Its beer and snacks in front of the fire time!
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Reviews of The Swan in the Rushes (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about The Swan in the Rushes
No change here. It’s a scruffy and disappointing pub in my view – we were the only customers on an early afternoon. Luckily my Charnwood Outfoxed was in good form (NBSS 3.5) so someone is making an effort to get the ales prepped. Whether it would have scored that an hour later, who knows? Castle Rock really are missing a trick here by not spending a few quid on tidying the place up a little.
November 2022
Was looking forward to this one as a Castle Rock run CAMRA National Inventory pub but sadly what I got was a down-at-heel place. There’s a bit of heritage over the two rooms off an impressive entrance porch. The lounge was deserted but in the public bar were a smattering of punters. Quite shabby here with the banquette fabric worn to the quick and scuffed magnolia woodchip wallpaper. Tinny modern music to detract further from the ambience. Three Castle Rock beers and a guest in the form of Charnwood Vixen which was in good shape (NBSS 3.5), saving the visit a bit. The brewery need to pull their finger out of their shive and spend a few quid getting this place back up to muster. It’s GBG’22 listed. Rated 6
On 19th June 2025
- rating: 6
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Strongers . left this review about The Swan in the Rushes
Swan in the Rushes is a Castle Rock Brewery pub with left and right-hand bars, so hearing some noise coming from the wooden floored right-hand bar I decided to give that a go first. There were five or six customers sat at the counter across the rear, that extends across both bars, and a couple of young ladies were sat at a table. It soon became apparent that everyone either worked in the pub, was family or was staying in rooms upstairs. I ordered a pint of Harvest Pale and sat on the banquettes that run under the front window and up the right-hand wall. I noted fairy lights across the ceiling and a jukebox in the right rear corner before deciding to give the empty parquet floored left-hand bar a try where banquettes run around the walls and a fireplace sits on the left-hand wall. There are five hand pumps on each counter, in addition to Castle Rock’s Harvest Pale were Wainwright Gold, Tollgate Brewery’s Billy’s Best, Milestone’s Italia and Honey Porter as well as Little Brewing’s Taj. I think this is the weakest CR pub I’ve visited, much like their Harvest Pale.
On 7th June 2025
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Swan in the Rushes
Housed in an impressive, built 1932 building, a two bar pub belonging to Castle Rock. I used the bar to the right but they’re both similar, five pulls on the counter in each bar with four in use, a brace from Castle Rock plus one from Brewsters and one from Grainstore, a low T-Bar has a quartet of national keg brands. They sometimes have different beers on in each bar so check the blackboards. Another blackboard lists 11 kegs so that’s mostly in the left hand room. There’s a fridge with bottles and cans behind the counter, but largely uninteresting. The room has a lived in look and is equipped with screen, machine and juke box, banquette seating round two walls with cast iron based tables and brown wood chairs so fairly traditional. No modern toys in the left hand bar, you could be in the 1930s in a quiet moment. There’s a selection of odd pictures, maps and adverts on one wall otherwise the walls are blank dirty white. The left hand bar has more older photos including one when it was called the Charnwood and another when the site was occupied by the Charnwood Railway Hotel. It’s GBG 2025 listed and the beer was impeccable, Camra also list it as an Heritage pub due I guess to the unspoilt 1930s fittings. It has a games room that’s at the back accessed via the left hand bar with pool and darts. Upstairs has a function room called the Hoploft. Merv’s kitchen supplies burgers, wings, dogs, pizza and stuff in the evenings.
On 25th April 2025
- no rating submitted
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- Accommodation : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : No - upstairs tterrace - last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Function Room : Yes - upstairs - last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- Karaoke : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : Yes last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 19 November 2022 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : Yes last updated 04 December 2016 by Aqualung .
