This film is part of Free
Tour of the Inns
Join this pub crawl and tread in the ghostly footsteps of innkeepers, smugglers, authors and bargemen of old.
Overview
Ever been on a pub crawl? You'll enjoy this one whether you like drinking or not. The starting point is a magnificent art deco hostelry, the New Mermaid Inn in Wansford, Cambridgeshire, which is sadly now derelict. Other stop-offs include the Butt & Oyster Inn at Cobald, Suffolk - made famous in Arthur Ransome's novel We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea - and the iconic timber-framed Angel Hotel in Ludlow, both of which still thrive today.
Whatever you do, don't skip the Bear & Billet Inn in Chester, purportedly the birthplace of John Lennon's grandmother. And a note of caution: some of the pubs are haunted.
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