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Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough

Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough

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Opens at 12:00pm

Operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)

21 The Rushes, Loughborough, LE11 5BE (View on Google Map)

(01509) 217014

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Historic Interior

Swan-in-the-Rushes_Loighborough. (Pub). Published on 04-01-2026

Left Hand Bar Servery. by Michael Slaughter

Formerly, this was a traditional three-room pub - a regular for many years in the Good Beer Guide - comprising a quiet, traditionally styled lounge and a lively bar with a jukebox. However, following a 'refurbishment' by Punch before Christmas 2025, the handpumps in the lounge have been ripped out, with emphasis on keg fonts. A large tv screen has been installed in the lounge for no sensible reason. In the bar there is one handpump dispensing a single cask ale. To add insult to injury, a brewery conditioned (i.e. keg) beer, Wainwright Gold, is served using another handpump.

Upstairs is the Hop Loft function room and first floor outside terrace.

Branch Cider pub of the Year in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024, Runner up in 2023. The cider situation is not clear following 'refurbishment'.

In an email from the pub (17th March 2025) we were informed:

"We will be undertaking some aesthetic upgrades...no major changes. It can only get better". See for yourselves what the reality is.

"Punch will be striving to keep the pub as we know and love it". Once again, see for yourselves what the reality is.

Historic Interest

Opened in 1932 as the Charnwood Inn.

Information for this venue is provided by the Loughborough & North Leics Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names: Charnwood.
Local Authority: Charnwood District (B)
Last updated: 04/01/2026
Last surveyed: 01/06/2021
Leasehold owner: unknown
Freehold owner: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)
Pub ID: LGH/104
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

A 1932-built town pub (originally the Charnwood Inn) with glazed stone frontage and retaining its two rooms plus lobby layout. The smoke room, to the left of the terrazzo-floored lobby, has an as-built fireplace, parquet floor, fixed seating and baffle with leaded glass. The bar back has seen some changes and the counter has a 1960s look. In the right-hand bar, the counter (with a rare shallow copper trough running round the base) and the fixed seating, with plain baffles at each end, are original. Sadly, the original leaded front windows have given way to modern replacements. A small back room was previously part of the living quarters.

General information about historic pub interiors

Built in 1932 as the Charnwood Inn (renamed in 1986) with glazed stone frontage, this town pub retains its two rooms and lobby layout. Left of the terrazzo floored lobby the smoke room retains 1930s tiled and wood surround fireplace, fixed seating, a 1930s baffle with leaded glass panel and parquet floor. The lower part of the bar back looks original but the upper part is modern and the counter looks as if it dates from c.1960 with ply panels. The right hand bar retains the original bar counter with a rare shallow copper trough running around the base, and original fixed seating with a plain baffle at each end but the bar back is likely to date from c.1986. Sadly, in typical Tynemill (now Castle Rock Brewery) fashion, the original leaded front windows with ‘Smoke Room’ and ‘Vaults’ wording on them have been replaced with modern windows. Majority of doors seem original. There is another small room at the rear that was originally part of the living quarters and upstairs is a World Beer Bar open at weekends.

General information about historic pub interiors

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Monday

Noon - 10:00pm

Tuesday

Noon - 10:00pm

Wednesday

Noon - 10:00pm

Thursday

Noon - 10:00pm

Friday

Noon - 11:00pm

Saturday

Noon - 11:00pm

Sunday

Noon - 8:00pm

Monday

No Service

Tuesday

4:00pm - 9:00pm

Wednesday

4:00pm - 9:00pm

Thursday

4:00pm - 9:00pm

Friday

4:00pm - 10:00pm

Saturday

Noon - 10:00pm

Sunday

No Service

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