29 Market Street, Tamworth, B79 7LR
Albion Road, Marden, TN12 9DT
Riviera Centre, Torquay
11-13 April 2025
23 Haltwhistle Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5ZA
Unit 11, Valley Point Industrial Estate, Beddington Farm Road, Beddington, CR0 4WP
Argyle Place, Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NZ
116, Foregate Street, Chester, Chester, CH1 2HH
The pub consists of a small traditional public bar, with a darts board, a slightly larger lounge bar with a dining-room annexe. Out the back is furnished with timber garden furniture on the partially covered paved patio area, with a log burner, and the lawned area with a hexagonal open-sided summer house, with a block paved floor. After many years in brewery ownership (Ind Coope, then Burtonwood, then Marstons), the Brookside is now an independent free house, popular for local ales and Indian food.
Historic Interest
This historic inn first started trading in the 18th century. It is tucked away in a secluded part of the village, so much so that, many years ago, former proprietors placed advertisements in The Leicester Mercury, issuing a challenge for consumers to find the pub. In bygone days, long before refrigeration, barrels of beer were cooled in Barkby Brook, immediately to the front of the pub. The barrels were laid in the running water, along a stone trough, which is still in situ to this day. A commemorative plaque fixed to the side of the brook bank brickwork, is visible from the footbridge, and reads: "A short run of specially shaped stones down the centre of the brook bed. Beer barrels from The Brookside Inn were rolled onto the stones to cool. In use until the early 1900s".
This Pub serves 1 changing beer (Constantly varying) and 0 regular beers.
Brookside, Barkby
Garden
Family Friendly
Parking
Dog Friendly
Games
Real Fire
Restaurant
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Quiet
Love Cask Beer?
Join CAMRA to support the campaign to access more features plus access to a range of different benefits.
Become a member