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Real
Ales on Tap:
Theakston Best Bitter
Guests.
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Nearest
Accommodation:
Town Farm
Milton Bryan, Milton Keynes
Bucks, MK17 9HS
01525 210001
S: £25, D: £22.50 pp.
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This pub should be easier to find, but on this
occasion wasn't as the turning to Eversholt was obscured. The Green Man is
opposite the church on a bend and its car park is to the right, not left. You
will know when you are in the Green Man's car park as there is a fenced beer
garden with an aviary at the bottom. This can get a little dark in the spring in
the afternoon due to the angle of the sun, but you can sit in the car park area
on picnic benches and take in the sun too. You can enter from the front - not
good for the disabled, or from the rear, only marginally better. To your left is
a drinking area, that is mainly used for eating and is set out in rustic style.
The narrow entrance has the bar to the right where there is a real fire and
original wood seating and studded walls. The seating is a mixture of benches and
chairs at dark wood tables with 'odd' legs. Not that there is anything wrong
with them, they are just unusual. These are complemented by large bay windows
and you can sit here and watch the light traffic or sun cross the sky.The
village itself is a mixture of small 'ends' (hamlets to you), so you are never
quite sure where you are. Once in the friendly pub you feel right at home
though. The 'L' shaped bar serves Theakston Best all the time, and allegedly has
up to rotating gust beers on, but we visited on a Saturday lunchtime and they
had none on. So, we recommend you call to check before travelling to be sure.
There is also a pool table in the bar near the garden. Food is served here
12-9pm, but not Sunday evenings (good value Sunday lunch available - booking
recommended). The restaurant specialises in Indian food, not tried on this
occasion. However, there seemed to be a children's menu and a selection for
vegetarians. No accommodation here but that in the box above is only 2 miles
away and is quaint and friendly. The Green Man is also only 2 miles from Woburn
Abbey and Safari Park. The following is on the Eversholt web site:
| Recorded in 1765 under the name "Go
Further, Fare Worse", the Green Man is a substantial early Victorian
building erected at a time when the whole of the village formed part of
the Duke of Bedford's Woburn Estate. Eversholt is a village with thirteen
`Ends', or clusters of houses, and no obvious centre. `Church End' is at
the southern end of the village, a group of attractive buildings that
includes St John's Church, notable for its 13th century font, 14th century
piscina, 15th century porch and 19th century wall paintings by Edward
Aveling Green (1842-1930) who lived in the village. |
  
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