This delightful, atmospheric hostelry was built in the 14th century as a farmhouse, at which time it was encircled by a deep moat, long since filled in although still discernible in places.The pub is haunted by a ghostly prankster who delights in hiding the personal possessions of staff and customers alike, and who has locked the landlady out of her pub on more than one occasion.

Laura Gambling took over the pub in November 1997 and on her first Sunday was enjoying a cup of tea just prior to opening for the busy Sunday lunchtime session. She noticed a glass on the shelf above the bar move just a little. As she watched it she was astonished when it began to slide along the length of the shelf, stopping when it reached the edge. Other ghostly activity includes: an unseen hand that lifts cutlery from the dresser and arranges it neatly on the side; a spot in the kitchen where the pet dogs stop abruptly and bark at something, or someone, that only they can see; and an upstairs room that the dogs refuse to enter and where Laura’s twelve-year-old daughter has seen a ‘nice lady in a red dress’. Indeed, so haunted is this delightful and cosy old pub that it makes the ideal place to relax and unwind at the end of your perambulation around England’s most haunted village.

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