The Bell Inn, Aldworth - pub details

Bell Inn
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Address: Bell Lane, Aldworth, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 9SE [map] [gmap]

Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 3426) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

Nearest train stations Goring & Streatley (3.2 miles), Cholsey (4.6 miles)

Pub facilities/features:

  • Food served

Pub suggested by Lee Newton on 10 Jul 2003

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One of Britain's classic pubs but be warned it is at least 9 miles from Reading and you will either have to walk or take a car (the nearest station is at Goring and sadly the summer bus service stopped some time ago). However, please do make the effort as you will be well rewarded in this historic family-run gem where there is no music; no machines; no mobiles allowed - just great beer; conversation and a peaceful setting in which to sit and enjoy your pint. Ducks and geese in the yard; the village well opposite and the church down the road. It can get busy at weekends but it is well worth the effort and it one of my all-time favourite pubs.
mcroyal - 1 Sep 2011 23:03
A nine mile circular walk from Goring and Streatley station had as its prize a lunch time stop at The Bell, so the Ramble Then Lunch team went for it.

The walk was great - a long slow climb up The Ridgeway with views improving with every step with some fantastic vistas at the top. But even better was the pub. No bar, just some odd serving hatches. You choose your beer ( Arkells and West Berkshire Brewery), collect it through the hatch, squeeze past everyone else in this small pub and find some aged seating where you can slowly descend into a haze befitting this amazing place.

Some great stuff on the walls, including some history of nearby but now defunct Hampstead Norreys airfield, which had a lot of crashes !

No hot food of any description here, just rolls and Ploughmans. When I got home and told my wife I'd had salad for lunch she thought I really was drunk.

Well worth a visit.
ramblethenlunch - 11 Jul 2011 17:39
I can walk to the Bell from where I live. It's four miles across country and I'm seventy but a very few things are worth it. The Bell is one of them.
Ridgeway.Rambler - 19 Jan 2011 22:04
Lovely country pub with an excellent range of beers always served in top condition on the 7 or 8 times I've visited this pub over the last 2 years. Don't know why I've not posted a comment before. Probably cos I don't want any more people to know about this little gem.
topsailjon - 9 Jan 2011 11:47
Not much more to add to the other reviews of this, my favourite pub. One great time to visit is at Christmas when the local Mummers perform. This is possibly the most traditional village event I have ever attended & can be fuelled by mulled wine & mince pies.

My sister, brother-in-law & I have always planned to ask if we would be allowed to pitch a tent in the paddock at the back of the pub so we could enjoy an evening here & not have to drive home. I beleive that they have opened a B&B so canvas may not be necessary...

Incidentally the Gents is known by some as "The Planetarium" because of the lack of a roof.
FoggyBalla - 29 Nov 2010 23:02

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