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Country Inn. Features Include :

Accommodation (Four Diomond Silver), Beer Garden, Children Welcome, Outdoor Play Area, Disabled Access, B&B, Function Room, (Horse Racing), Darts Board, Fruit Machine, Bar Games
Drinks: Real Ales (Donnington), Cider Selection, Stout, Wine List, Cocktails,
Food: Light Meals, Traditional Inn Food, Home-cooked, Roast, Steak, Brunch, Curry, Vegetarian, Homemade Desserts

The Plough Inn

Ford
Nr Temple Guiting
Cheltenham
GL54 5RU.


Tel: 01386 584215

Landlord: Craig Brown

Setting the Scene

Sitting in the hamlet of Ford this popular 16th Century Inn is ideally placed for explorations of all the nearby Cotswold attractions.

The Plough Inn has recentley been awarded Four diamonds by the Heart of England.

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Prices per night and to include full English breakfast

- £60 double/twin (2 pers)
- £35 Single
- P.O.A* family room
   

History

Once inside, you will discover the unusual features of the Inn, which has probably origins back to the 13th Century. In one of its earlier incarnations the Inn served as the local courthouse, the cellars being used as cells for sheepstealers. Under the rear lounge window are the remains of the indoor stocks, which once held miscreants - however seating arrangements are now more hospitable with real fires lighting up the many comfortable nooks and crannies. Popular pub games also available, especially shov' halfpenny.
As may be expected at an Inn, which is part of the Donnington's independent Brewery chain (established in 1865), the cellars hold great delights! For example 2 traditional Donnington's Ale are available (BB & SBA) plus Addlestone's Cider and a large but select wine list.

(Beer Gardens)
(Pull across bar)

No Holds Barred

On entering the main central bar you will discover yet another rare feature giving a unique meaning to the term 'you're barred' - a pull across bar device (pictured above) to reinforce the door - this being a relic of the legal past when no one could enter the court once in session. Also of the past, but certainly not past it, are the local characters who regularly 'hold court' in the central bar area an its four interconnecting rooms, these being the dual drinking and dining areas. Of these interesting rooms the most notable is the BK room, which used to double as a chapel - the local jockeys and stablehands now put this to more intemperate use!

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