PUBS NEAR CRANWELL
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PUBS NEAR CRANWELL
Hope you guys don't mind a question not DIRECTLY involved in aircraft.!
I have a friend over from France tomorrow and am planning a whistle stop tour of Coningsby, Cranwell and Cottesmore.
Do any of you know of a decent pub for lunchtime bar meals in the vicinity of Cranwell / Cottesmore or in between the two?
Any assistance greatly appreciated
I have a friend over from France tomorrow and am planning a whistle stop tour of Coningsby, Cranwell and Cottesmore.
Do any of you know of a decent pub for lunchtime bar meals in the vicinity of Cranwell / Cottesmore or in between the two?
Any assistance greatly appreciated
If you are around Conningsby at lunchtime the village is full of pubs, however the Leagate (near the threshold of the west runway) is worthy of a visit; good food and beer in nice suuroundings. (My opinion!)
Tally Ho Inn at Aswarby (that's tally ho as in fox hunting rather than flying, by the way) is a really traditional pub. On the A15 south of Sleapit, not fat from the A52 junction to the A1.
Lincolnshire snorker baguette and a pint and a half of draught bitter is a good pub meal - or they have a restaurant if you want to impress.
Found their website: http://www.tally-ho-aswarby.co.uk/
(I have no commercial or other vested interest in this - apart from it being a great watering hole if I'm on my way oop 't Nawrth to visit relatives!).
Oh - and it's the George at Leadenham. The Stable Bar used to provide a variety of 'entertainment' back in the 1970s....
Lincolnshire snorker baguette and a pint and a half of draught bitter is a good pub meal - or they have a restaurant if you want to impress.
Found their website: http://www.tally-ho-aswarby.co.uk/
(I have no commercial or other vested interest in this - apart from it being a great watering hole if I'm on my way oop 't Nawrth to visit relatives!).
Oh - and it's the George at Leadenham. The Stable Bar used to provide a variety of 'entertainment' back in the 1970s....
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Pubs near Cottesmore
Not quite where you asked for but the Ram Jam on the A1 has good food but isn't a pub. There is a good selection of pubs, with food, in Greetham (Black Horse) and Cottesmore (the Sun) plus others. Black Bull in Market Overton was good but has slipped a bit with a recent change of owner/manager. Have a good day in any event!
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Near Cranwell: The Hare & Hounds at Fulbeck and the Hooblon (sp?) Arms at (forgotten) used to be great before pubs became food factories.
Near Coningsby: The Abbey Lodge near Woodhall Spa, as above.
I think I'm right in saying that access to the Ram Jam Inn is now a bit difficult going south as you have to drive 600 miles to the next turning point in the dual carriageway barrier.
Near Coningsby: The Abbey Lodge near Woodhall Spa, as above.
I think I'm right in saying that access to the Ram Jam Inn is now a bit difficult going south as you have to drive 600 miles to the next turning point in the dual carriageway barrier.
That'll be the Houblon Arms at Oasby - just off the 'Ancaster straight' south of Ancaster before you get to Barkston Heath.
Not that impressed with it the last time I was there.....
Not that impressed with it the last time I was there.....
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The Duke of Wellington
19, Lincoln Rd, Leasingham, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8JS
Tel: 01529 303027 (between CWL & Sleaford on A15) is good, or
The Tempest Arms
Hill Rise, Coleby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5 0AG
Tel: 01522 810287 (A607 towards Waddo)
19, Lincoln Rd, Leasingham, Sleaford, Lincolnshire NG34 8JS
Tel: 01529 303027 (between CWL & Sleaford on A15) is good, or
The Tempest Arms
Hill Rise, Coleby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN5 0AG
Tel: 01522 810287 (A607 towards Waddo)
Can't remember the name of the place, but the pub in the middle of Ewerby (a mile or so east of Sleazeford) did good grub a few years ago when I was enjoying the delights of Cranditz...
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Had a good session New Year's Eve at the Houblon. Also called in for a pint and a snack a few days earlier. Seemed OK and pretty much as I remembered it from my days as an instructor at Cranditz (any Cadet who as much as showed their face in there was instantly recoursed!). The Red Lion at Newton was always good and served a mean roast beef sandwich but every time I went there over Christmas/New Year they were closed!
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Agree about the George at Leadenham. RamJam, as is said is good, big comfy armchairs, settee etc.
Betweeh Coningsby and Woodhall Spa is the Blue Bell but do duck. It is like the Black Horse at Greetham used to be (not been in for many years) tiny with lots of signatures etc on the ceiling.
Then there is the Petwood Hotel at Woodhall Spa, look in the Dambuster's Bar. Even if shut they will open that bar for you.
Betweeh Coningsby and Woodhall Spa is the Blue Bell but do duck. It is like the Black Horse at Greetham used to be (not been in for many years) tiny with lots of signatures etc on the ceiling.
Then there is the Petwood Hotel at Woodhall Spa, look in the Dambuster's Bar. Even if shut they will open that bar for you.
Well, allan907, back in the good old days before RAFC Cranwell dumbed down, merged with Henlow secondary modern and went comprehensive, the Houblon Arms was a well-known watering hole for Flt Cdts. As was the Hare and Hounds at Fulbeck - both were equally popular with student officers when I returned from university for Graduate Entry training. There was no real 'us and them' - we quite often met some of the staff in local pubs.