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Which
Pub Tonight ?

Buck
& Bell
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The Green, Long Itchington, Southam
Free house
Tel:01926 811177
Reopened at end of February 2005 after
an extensive rebuild following a period of many years closure.
Food is served at all times except between 3pm and 6pm in the
afternoon. On Sunday food is served all day.
Set back from the Canal, with a long
garden leading down to the water. Boaters can moor to the pubs
own landing stage - on offside of canal.
Large mock Tudor pub. Formerly the
Jolly Fisherman. Under threat of demolition in 1999 but
survived and reopened as an Anglo-Mediterranean Country Pub,
part of a small chain of pubs owned by Colm O&Rourke,
formerly the owner of the Little Pub Company (MAD O&ROURKE&S).
Sold on to Greene King in spring 2001.
On loop road west of the church.
From the canal take bridge 27 (Bascote). Cosy village pub -
beware low ceiling beams ! Popular venue for folk music.
Three cask ales on sale at any one time, one of which is an
ever changing guest ale. GARDEN
- Greene King - Ruddles County
Harvester
Inn
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6 Church Road, Long Itchington, Southam
Free house
Tel:01926 812698
Village local with a wide
appeal. Small bar with pool table, comfortable lounge and
a popular restaurant (booking advised). Originally two
houses, it was a Hunt Edmunds pub until becoming a free
house in 1976. Very good value prices (for food and
drink). Note this is the Harvester, not part of any chain
of a similar name!
A truly free house.
Two
Boats Inn
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Southam Road, Long
Itchington, Southam
Punch Taverns
Tel:01926 812640
Two bar welcoming canal side
pub, with comfortable lounge and public bar with SkyTV.
Formerly a Whitbread pub, then for many years was a free
house before being acquired by Punch Taverns early in
2000. Outside seating area alongside canal towpath.
- Charles Wells -
Bombardier

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Long
Itchington is in Stratford-on-Avon
district of Warwickshire,
England.
The village is located around two miles north of Southam
upon the A423
road. Just south of the village is the Grand
Union Canal.
The village is named after the River Itchen which flows to the south and
west. The village lies six miles due east of Leamington Spa on
the Coventry to Banbury road, close to Southam.
It got a mention in the Doomsday Book as a place of more importance than Coventry.
In the 2001 census Long Itchington had a population of 2,161
Long Itchington is mostly made up of 20th
century developments, but includes several historic buildings, including
the half-timbered
"Tudor House" on the main road. Queen Elizabeth
I is said to have stayed there in 1572 and 1575. The old "Manor
House" in the Square dates from the 15th
century.
St
Wulfstan is said to have been born in Long Itchington in around 1012,
he became Bishop
of Worcester in 1062.
Other notables born in the village include the journalist Tom
Hilditch.
The village was once served by the former Weedon
to Leamington
Spa railway line. The village station was half way between Long
Itchington and Southam, and was therefore known as "Southam and
Long Itchington" station, but this closed to passengers in the
late 1950s.
Part of the old railway line has been converted into a cycleway
as part of the National
Cycle Network.
South of the village is a former cement
works, which closed in the 1990s but still remains in place.Quarrying
at the site however still continues. Opposite the old cement works is a
small "Model Village" which was built to house the workers
There are
several old and interesting houses, and 7pubs.
The church in one part dates
from 1190. On two occasions Queen Elizabeth I was entertained at Long
Itchington on her way to Warwick and Kenilworth castles. There is a
British Legion Home in the parish. Stoneythorpe and Bascote Heath are
hamlets.
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