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THE ADDRESS BOOK
Worth stepping inside.
CHILCOMPTON · SOMERSET
The Redan Inn
The Redan has made a suspicious number of arrangements for people who were only popping in. A bar to begin with. Food when someone sensibly suggests it. A covered terrace for those determined to sit outside. And rooms upstairs, should the original plan become administratively inconvenient.
This is a Somerset country inn with options. Come for lunch, meet friends for a drink, or book a room and remove the need for a convincing departure altogether. Wells, Bath and the Mendips are within exploring distance, if you feel the visit needs an itinerary.
G&D is at the bar. What happens after that is between you and whoever booked the table.
PRIDDY · SOMERSET
The Tipsy Farmer
Most farmers have quite enough to do without opening a pub. Jo and Will Symonds appear to have treated that as a scheduling issue.
At Townsend Farm in Priddy, they’ve turned their former café into The Tipsy Farmer. The family farm has been here for more than a century, so the rural credentials are fairly difficult to dispute. The timber bar and tractor-seat stools aren’t working especially hard to disguise them, either.
Come for a drink, but leave room for something from the kitchen. There’s traditional home-cooked food, local produce and, when the season allows, vegetables grown on the farm. “Locally sourced” has a rather shorter journey here.
Jo and Will wanted to bring back the feeling of a proper pub. We suggest pulling up a tractor seat and seeing how they’re getting on. There’s G&D behind the bar, should you need somewhere to start.
BINEGAR · SOMERSET
The Horse & Jockey
Some pubs have a talking point. The Horse & Jockey has a bottom bar full of them.
Tucked into Binegar in the Mendip Hills, this eighteenth-century pub has had plenty of time to develop a personality. Down in the cider bar, you’ll find traditional Somerset scrumpy and characters stronger than the Wi-Fi. If your afternoon needed another opinion, you’ve come to the right place.
Upstairs, there’s home-cooked food, a changing specials board and the choice of eating in the top bar or settling into the restaurant. Winter brings the wood-burning stove into play. Summer makes a persuasive case for sitting outside, surrounded by fields and temporarily unavailable.
Bring an appetite, bring the dog for the bar, or bring someone who thinks every country pub is much the same. The bottom bar should give you something to discuss on the way home.
G&D is behind the bar. The local colour needs no further additions.
WELLS · SOMERSET
The Grape & The Good
A good bottle often starts with a conversation. At The Grape & The Good in Wells, that’s very much the idea.
Since opening in 2015, the shop has encouraged people to explore, ask questions and discover something they might otherwise have passed by. Whether you know exactly what you enjoy or simply know what’s for dinner, there’s a welcome for both.
The wines are tasted before they earn their place on the shelves, with a range spanning different styles and budgets, alongside carefully chosen craft beers and spirits. It’s somewhere to find a present, choose a bottle for friends or give your usual something to compete with.
We’re particularly pleased to be part of the selection. The Grape & The Good is our first retail stockist, making it the first shop where you can call in and take a bottle of G&D home.
Drop by when you’re next in Wells. Leave a little time to browse.