Crown & Trumpet

One happy reader wrote about his visit here that he was ‘delighted to find such a genuine pub. There was a blazing fire and a folk group – really lovely', and that's just how we know this cheerfully bustling down-to-earth place. The relaxed beamed and timbered bar has antique dark high-backed settles, large solid tables and a blazing log fire. Seasonal beers (one for each season) are brewed for the pub by the local Stanway Brewery and served on handpump alongside Cotswold Spring Codrington Codger and Stroud Tom Long, local cider, hot toddies, mulled wine and a good range of soft drinks. They have a an assortment of pub games, including darts, shove-ha'penny, cribbage, shut the box, dominoes and ring the bull as well as a quiz machine, TV and piped music. The hardwood tables and chairs outside, among flowers on a slightly raised front terrace, are popular with walkers - even in adverse weather.