The Black Horse, Reading - pub details

Black Horse
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Address: Checkendon, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 0TE [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 32503) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train station Goring & Streatley (4.8 miles)

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I'm not saying anything good about this pub because that might encourage too many people and we love it just the way it is. PS: lovely bacon baguettes last time we were there...
AJM - 3 Dec 2011 22:02
A national treasure, and I can't believe I haven't heard more about it before. For best effect, try finding it without any modern gimmickry.

The feel is like one of the handful of remaining parlour pubs, but it's more akin to the Bell at Aldworth than those pubs in West Wales run by octagenarians.

Apart from the domestic style and outside toilet, I particularly liked the pricing (£3.14 and £3.16, cheap for the area); the beer was good but not great.


mtaylor40 - 11 Jun 2011 17:21
Beautiful and homely, give it a try if you can find it.
BELAM - 7 Jun 2011 16:00
Found this place by chance whilst out on bikes with my brother a few years ago. Stunned - it was like stepping back to the 1930's. The two ladies 'running' the bar, both wearing jodphurs, were slightly surprised to see us and we were the only people in the place. Two pints of ale (I can't remember which), two cheese sandwiches, we sat on the old cracked leather sofa in a bare and slightly cold room, happily taking in the ruralness of it all.
As we cycled off into the early May evening, I still wasn't sure what year it was - until I saw a car in Checkendon.
RichRichMan - 18 Jan 2011 16:08
As has been said before - this is a superb pub in the true country inn traditional. However - please be aware that it is a good 8 or 9 miles north of Reading and you will need a car to get there. It is in Oxfordshire despite the RG postcode. Don't let this stop you getting there though as it is well worth seeking out.
mcroyal - 10 Nov 2010 10:48

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