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Pub of the week: The Plough Inn
There aren’t many pubs that host their own music festivals. Nor pubs that have their own fishing club.
The Plough Inn, between Pilning, Easter Compton and Tockington in the South Gloucestershire countryside north of Bristol, is a rare exception.
The Wurzels are playing this year’s two-day festival, headlining on Saturday, September 13. There is also the annual blues festival on July 26.
And the fishing club meets on the first Monday of every month.
This pub doesn’t just have a garden, it has an adjoining paddock in which a temporary stage is erected for the big music events here.
A pub for several centuries, the Plough Inn has been extended over the years resulting in a mixture of styles inside.
The oldest part now has a pool table and flatscreen television alongside thick stone walls and wooden beams on the ceiling.
It’s owned by Wadworth’s, which means 6x and Henry’s on tap, with Thatcher’s Gold on draught and guest ciders by the barrel.
Food is typical pub fare, from light bites of baguettes for £3.95 to mains including ham, egg and chips (£6.95) to a 10oz rump steak (£10.95).
A tractor drove past as I sat inside after a long bike ride from Bristol. I had fancied getting a train back from nearby Pilning station, the last station in England before the Severn Tunnel to Wales.
What I hadn’t counted on is that Pilning is one of the least-used stations in the UK with barely any stopping services.
Anglers and music fans take note.
The Plough Inn, Pilning Street, near Pilning, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4JJ
01454 632556
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