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We are a family owned free house, meaning we are completely free of tie to any brewery or group. We offer home made pub food including desserts with table service as standard. Of course you can go to the bar and order a drink but food orders are strictly taken at the table to ensure a smooth & consistent service.
We are open our doors at 12pm Wednesday to Sunday & serve food till 8.30pm (7pm on Sundays)
Yes, you can either call us directly on 01538 300324 or make a reservation through our website, just click the 'BOOKINGS' button at the top. Friday evening & weekend booking is strongly advised
Yes, we have two bar areas, both of these areas as well as the separate Hikers Snug room are dog friendly. If you wish to have your four legged friend on the seats then please bring a clean blanket.
Yes we are, simply turn up and park on our front carpark, across the road from the pub, staying here is free, however, we do ask that you use the pub for drinks and or food for each day you plan on staying. You don't have to book your motorhome in but we do advise booking a table for food especially if you plan on staying a Friday night or weekend. Toilet access is strictly during our opening hours. We don't currently offer electrical hook-up
We NEVER put a service charge on your bill, here we strongly believe it should be your choice as a customer should you wish to add anything. Both cash & card tips are accepted... we will never ask you so please make it clear to us should you wish to add anything. 100% of tips go to staff & these are equally shared between all team members working both front of house & kitchen. Please note that card tips are classed as income & therefore taxed accordingly.
So the Roaches are a popular walking, hiking & climbing destination. If you walk from our pub then you are roughly 15-25 minutes away from the foot of the Roaches depending on how fast you walk. You can park nearer but parking is limited & sometimes restricted, don't park on the grass verge or block access to any farms, many people have been fined by the council for doing this who patrol the area daily.
So as of 2026 it is our understanding that the tearooms is permanently closed, naturally that is subject to change & we will update this as and when we hear differently. The Rock Inn is the closest public venue to the Roaches. We don't offer cakes but we do offer tea, freshly ground coffee & home made desserts & lunchtime sandwiches.
Feel free to park in our carpark, we don't charge, we do however politely ask that you come in and buy a drink to show your support, this helps us keep the carpark free. We open at 12pm & NOT BEFORE!
We accept all Visa & Mastercard Credit & Debit cards, American Express as well as cash payments. We do however ask that you be sensible with cash, i.e. don't use a £20 note to buy a bag of crisps as change is increasingly harder to come by & we have to pay to swap change
Yes we have a dedicated DOC-M compliant disabled washroom with a baby changing unit. For disabled people in wheelchairs we advise parking on our rear carpark in the dedicated disabled bays, this gives straightforward easy access to the pub via the rear entrance which is on one level. We do advise phoning or submitting a note with any online booking if you require a table with wheelchair access just so we know to expect you.
Certainly, drinkers are always welcome, if you see a table with just beer mats on that usually means we have kept it free for drinkers, these are usually around the bar areas of the pub. You can also sit at the bar. Please don't sit at a table pre-set for dining without speaking with a member of staff first.
While we have a very good team of people we are limited in number so our ability to do larger tables is reduced. When we can do bigger tables mid week, say up to 12, potentially more, these would require a preorder & potentially a reduced menu offered. As of 2026 onwards the most we can offer at weekends is tables of 6 without exception, if for example there are 8 of you wanting a table on a Saturday night then you will be offered 2 tables of 4, we will try to seat you near each other but your food order will be taken separately.
PLEASE GIVE US A CALL prior to your visit & we can let you know what items might be compatible for you. Our kitchen is small so to give one example the fryers are used for multiple items meaning our chips are sadly not gluten free given they go into a gluten containing environment, so technically class as 'may contain'.
We can show free to air sport on our Hikers Bar TV which usually shows the latest news. We do NOT show anything on SKY TV
Our hikers bar features a TV for free to air news & sport. A Pool table which takes a 50p coin per game (we advise bringing change, we can swap coins and small notes for 50p coins at the bar in limited amounts, sadly this CANNOT be done via card). We also have a BLADE 6 darts board which is free to use, however, due to misuse in the past you must bring your own darts.
Yes feel free to bring them. If you wish waiting on staff to bring the cake out with candles lit we do ask that you bring the candles with you & make it clear to staff as to when you wish the cake to come out, many people forget to say and staff often have to guess. Unlike some places we don't charge nor do we stop you from eating the cake on the premises.