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Bencoolen, Bude

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Opens at 12:00pm
Bencoolen Road, Bude, EX23 8PJ (View on Google Map)
(01288) 354694
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Friendly and spacious pub, with a huge U-shaped bar at its centre, welcoming all ages and varieties of customer. Three handpumps on the bar but the beer is usually fetched from the cellar and gravity fed. The pub is named after a locally-wrecked ship, which foundered in Oct 1862 on its way from Liverpool to Bombay - some of the ship's timbers were used in the pub's construction, and it is the home of local singing group, the 'Bencoolen Wreckers'. Take time to read the account of the wreck, which occupies one of the walls. As well as bar food there is an attached restaurant serving a la carte international cuisine with a Spanish flair.

Information for this venue is provided by the Cornwall Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Cornwall
Last updated
23/03/2025
Last surveyed
11/02/2024
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
COR/33
Asset of Community Value
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Monday
Noon - Midnight
Tuesday
Noon - Midnight
Wednesday
Noon - Midnight
Thursday
Noon - Midnight
Friday
Noon - Midnight
Saturday
Noon - Midnight
Sunday
Noon - Midnight
Monday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 3:00pm & 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 8:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves no changing beers and 3 regular beers.

Regular and recently seen

Dartmoor - Legend TasteMatch Prediction

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Dartmoor Legend Pump Clip
Dartmoor - Legend Premium Bitter • 4.4% Spotted 5 times.
Dartmoor Legend Pump Clip
Dartmoor - Legend

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 5 times. recently. Last spotted 3 days ago at Bencoolen, Bude.

ABV 4.4%
Dispense Gravity, straight from the cask
Style Premium Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

Sharp's - Doom Bar TasteMatch Prediction

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Sharp's Doom Bar Pump Clip-1
Sharp's - Doom Bar Session Bitter • 4%
Sharp's Doom Bar Pump Clip-1
Sharp's - Doom Bar

This beer is served regularly at Bencoolen, Bude.

ABV 4%
Dispense Gravity, straight from the cask
Style Session Bitter
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

St Austell - Proper Job TasteMatch Prediction

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St Austell Proper Job Pump Clip-2
St Austell - Proper Job Premium Pale Ale • 4.5% Spotted 8 times.
St Austell Proper Job Pump Clip-2
St Austell - Proper Job

This beer is served regularly and Spotted 8 times. at Bencoolen, Bude.

ABV 4.5%
Dispense Gravity, straight from the cask
Style Premium Pale Ale
Colour
Vegan No
Gluten Free No

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Facilities
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Live Music Live Music
Garden Garden
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Parking Parking
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
only in garden
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Features
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Transport
Close to bus routes (220m)
Stagecoach: 6, 128, 219, 319, 595
Ordnance Survey Reference
SS209061

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