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Crown & Sceptre, Stroud (Hat & Stick)

Operator: Independent
98 Horns Road, Stroud, GL5 1EG (View on Google Map)

Lively back-street local that is at the heart of its community. Landlord Rodda Thomas is Cornish and the pub has a special relationship with the Blue Anchor Brewery at Helston, with Spingo Middle a regular guest beer. Spingo Special and Extra Special also make occasional appearances on high days and holidays - and always at the pub's Easter and August Bank Holiday beer festivals, held in a marquee in the garden.

A large oak table in a side room is popular with local groups - including Knit and Natter on Tuesday and the Friends of Daisy Bank (the park and children’s playground directly in front of the pub). The pub also has its own motorcycle society. The Hat & Stick (as it is affectionately known) raised £1,800 for a public defibrillator, which is housed on the terrace at the back of the pub and available 24 hours a day.

The walls display an eclectic mix of framed prints, many of vintage motorcycles, and old film posters, and the ceiling of the side room is covered with band posters. There is some new stained glass - look for the Crown & Sceptre in the fanlight over the front entrance passage and the Gents above the passage to the men’s loo. The walls and ceiling of the Gents themselves are covered in posters, while the Ladies are palatial. An elaborate mantelpiece clock, a cuckoo clock and a Che Guevara clock argue over the time.

Famed for its Up The Workers good value set meal on Wednesday and its Sunday roasts (booking essential). Saturdays are pasty days, the first Wednesday of the month is steak night, the second pie night and the last Wednesday of the month is curry night. Meat-free Mondays on the last Monday of every month. Football, rugby and cricket screened in the back bar.

A south-facing terrace to the rear offers panoramic views across the Stroud valley to Rodborough Common.

[OPENING HOURS updated 16 December 2021 from A-board outside pub]

Information for this venue is provided by the Gloucestershire Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Local Authority
Stroud District
Last updated
25/04/2024
Last surveyed
24/02/2023
Pub ID
GLO/0615
Asset of Community Value
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Opening
Monday
3:00pm - 10:00pm
Tuesday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Wednesday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Thursday
3:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday
Noon - 11:00pm
Saturday
Noon - 11:00pm
Sunday
Noon - 9:00pm
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Current beers

This Pub serves 1 changing beer and 3 regular beers.

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Changing

Changing beers typically include: Blue Anchor - Spingo Middle , Butcombe - Haka , North Cotswold - Green Man IPA

The venue's range of changing beers regularly includes the following rare beer styles: Strong Mild, Porter, Strong IPA

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Facilities
Sports TV Sports TV
Sky & TNT Sport
Lunchtime Meals Lunchtime Meals
Sunday lunch only
Evening Meals Evening Meals
Wednesdays, meat-free Mondays on the last Monday of the month.
Live Music Live Music
Garden Garden
Large open garden down steps from the small car park to rear of the pub
Family Friendly Family Friendly
Daytime
Disabled Access Disabled Access
Parking Parking
Small car park with a capacity of around 6 cars. If full (likely) best place to park is on Bowbridge Lane and walk up Spider Lane (steep). Horns Road is not good for parking due to the width and residents' parking.
Dog Friendly Dog Friendly
Events Events
Music regularly on Fridays, Motorcycle club meetings. Annual events such as Outer Fringe over August Bank Holiday..
Games Games
Ringing the Bull, chess, draughts, Jenga
Newspapers Newspapers
Real Fire Real Fire
Smoking Smoking
Wi Fi Wi Fi
Features
Real Ale Real Ale
LocAle LocAle
Beer Festival Beer Festival
Transport
Close to bus routes (160m)
Cotswold Green: 8 (Bus stop on Bowbridge Lane, walk up Spider Lane to the pub)
Closest station (1050m)
Stroud (Gloucs)
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