Great Pub Walks | Pubs Worth The Walk

If you don't go in, one day it won't be there

Over 1,100 pubs closed their doors for good last year.

When I see yet another pub boarded up it feels like a piece of our 'nation story' fades away with it — the memories of laughter, friendships, and community are just that, memories.

And then comes that thought: “I wish I’d actually gone in when I had the chance!” Sound familiar?

#SaveOurPubs

Pubs Worth The Walk is my way of promoting the interesting pubs I’ve visited, and the walks I’ve taken from the pub door and back again.

It's a social enterprise website to help promote pubs. Many are fighting quietly, stubbornly, to stay open.

Many pub walk books and websites introduce a walk, and merely name a local pub connected to it.

Instead, you'll see that I'm focusing on the pub, sharing my experience of it, and curating a walk around it.

Many of the pub walks described here take place in South West England and South & West Wales — regions where I’ve lived, worked, grown up, and returned to time and again. These are landscapes I know and love.

The pubs closest to my heart are the cosy village locals & community pubs, remote & countryside inns that keep traditions alive — where the beer is well kept, the welcome is warm, and the landlord knows the lanes and footpaths as well as the regulars.

Thanks for Visiting

Like many walkers, I’m partial to what comedian Mike Bubbins famously calls a “righteous pint” — a beer that tastes all the better when it’s earned.

Every time we choose to lace up our boots, follow a footpath and end the day with a drink at the bar, we’re doing more than enjoying a walk.

We’re helping to keep something precious alive, while enjoying that righteous pint.

So thanks for visiting Pubs Worth The Walk and helping me to celebrate the places that make our landscapes richer.

Let's help #SAVEOURPUBS, one walk at a time.

Some Pubs Worth The Walk to Get You Started

Some of the most recent entries: give them a try, but no matter where you're walking.....go in, don't walk past.

The Hop Pole Inn,
LIMPLEY STOKE
Wiltshire

Kennet & Avon Canal walk by train, via Bath. Fabulous community pub.

The Litton
LITTON
Somerset

A superb renovation of a 15th Century Pub, and easy reservoir walk.

The Black Horse
CLAPTON-IN-GORDANO
North Somerset

Gordano Valley loop, near Portishead. Timeless pub handy for M5.

Suggestions & Recommendations

I rely on the following products and websites in planning and enjoying many of my pub walks, so have inevitably leveraged some of the ideas, content and tools on this site.

By way of thanks, I'm happy to freely promote these organisations to readers of Pubs Worth The Walk via links below.

The Ordnance Survey Maps app is particularly useful. The best £35 I'll spend (again) this year.

No payment is received from pubs, breweries or organisations for this website.