Red Lion

Unchanging pretty 17th-c cottage with long-serving landlord; small black-beamed bar, plain seats around elm pub tables, piano squashed into big inglenook beside black kitchen range packed with copper pots, kettles and rack of old guns, little country dining room with pleasant décor, well kept Greene King IPA, Skinners Betty Stogs and Tring Side Pocket for a Toad, fair-priced wines, pubby food; live music Sat; children welcome, dogs in bar, picnic-sets out in front and on grass behind wall, back garden with little bridge over River Misbourne, two bedrooms, open all day Fri-Sun.