Orchard Pig 0623
Orchard Pig 0623
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4.0/5

Jim Grimmett

1 year ago

Great bar staff. Good selection of beers, lagers and cider.

mastap2003

2 years ago

Walked in, asked what coders they have and was abruptly told regulars only and asked to leave. Won't be back there again, despite having just moved in 2 streets away!!! Not like they needed the customers though, they had a whole 2 to keep them busy 🙄

David Stafford

5 years ago

Down to earth pub good selection of beers and cider. The people who run the place are great. Would highly recommend as long as you aren't the Proceco set!!

William Derrick

6 years ago

Friendly and welcoming, very good banter between locals and newcomers. Good sport , great beer. Excellent Xmas raffle. Always appears to be something going on. Love it.

Neddy Seagoon

11 years ago

OUT on my racing bike one evening I spot a group of elderly drinkers playing cribbage outside the Anchor & Hope. Taped to the window is a faded notice boasting "Moles bitter £2.50 a pint." I'm gagging for one. But as I head for the door, exchanging "good evenings" with the crib-players, I hear a thunderous fart, followed by gales of laughter. Then there's a crash of glass as the landlady topples off her seat, cursing. And, suddenly, I think: this is my sort of pub. Fine Melksham bitter. No food. Friendly faces. Oodles of laughter. The occasional stray fart. And a weeny white pub dog called Dylan who sits on my table outside and, I swear, almost talks to you as he watches the world go by. So why have I never used this place before? Why, indeed? For the Moles bitter is sublime. Sitting in the evening sun, I down two pints in about eight minutes. Then another. Then another two. Beautiful, gluggable stuff. And after 90 glorious minutes I begin my five-mile ride home in the dark. Lord knows how I make it down a hugely steep, winding hill near my home. Two evenings later I'm back there quaffing more of this hearty brew, evoking stark memories of my ale-sodden days as a reporter in the Sixties before a lifetime of tossing pots professionally in some of Fleet Street's most shameless watering holes. True, the Anchor's not much to look at from outside. But the friendly atmosphere and sporting banter give the place a magical buzz. And if you love good ale, you'll experience a wondrous, beery blast from the past in this white-fronted haven far from those dreary gastro-pubs, with their fearful pong of food that strips the head off your ale! But hold on a jiffy! My fifth pint of Moles has just arrived. Ah, many thanks, Dylan. And cheers!

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Orchard Pig 0623
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Orchard Pig 0623
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