On 23rd December 1986 Anne decided to make The Mount pleasant Inn not only her new business, but a family home. She feel in love with the old black smiths forge, which was a working forge until the late 60′, which after that became a beautiful room that has seen many celebrations over the years, from weddings, birthdays, Christmas parties, dinner with friends or a cosy meal for two. Originally the building was an Ostlers house used for changing the horses when a coach came through the village, and dates back to the 18th century.
For the past 38 years Anne, Charles, Sarah and Karen have been welcoming you to the Mount Pleasant offering refreshing beverages, home cooked food, roaring fires in the colder months and a beautiful garden on the sunny days.
We have done so much in those years and many of you will have your own special memories of days gone by, we certainly do ! The people we have met, the stories we have shared, the celebrations we have catered for, the organised chaos we have survived along side our always amazing hard working team. Its been, and still is, quite the journey !
Hospitality has change so much over the years, and its not all about covid!!! We have seen changes in the licensing law, many many recessions, smoking ban, supermarkets with great offers, social media and yes covid was a tough one! But we are still here and we keep on adapting. We are always doing our best and keeping strong.
For those that remember The Mount Pleasant from the past ….things have changed! There are positives that have come out of the past few years, (covid times). We are still here, but we won’t be going back to running at the same level that we once did, which was pretty full on as you know! For us as a family covid times and coming out of the pandemic, gave us time to take the opportunity to step back. We now close Sunday evenings from 5pm and all day Monday, and on the other days that we are open we have reduced our opening hours for food and drink. After 38 years (nearly 39) we think its time to give ourselves a bit of a break ! We would really like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has been with us and supported us on not only the covid journey but over the many years we have been here. Thankfully we made it and that’s down to you are incredible customers, our amazing team and just down right determination. We hope that the service we will be providing form now on will fit into your weekly planner.
.…Our future ?? JUNE 2024 – We have decided as a family that it is time to put our pub on the market – 38 years is a long time so we feel ready to see what possibilities are out there for a new family to come in, as we once did, and to put a new name above the door, make it a home and loved pub – is that you ??? We want to be open with you all on our decision , and to reassure you all that as of now nothing has changed. NOVEMBER 2025 UPDATE – we can now officially confirm we are sale agreed with the aim to complete in the new year. To some this may not be a surprise, gossip has been crazy over this year, but we will only share with you all as and when we are ready, and it will be updated on this site. The festive months ahead are going to be UNCHANGED, all bookings and menus are still as normal and if you haven’t booked for a MP Christmas now is the time to get booking!
……..now you have some more information on where we are at, lets sit back and carrying on as normal running and enjoying our pub by continuing to do our best and be the family & team we have always been by providing good local beers, ciders, home cooked food, warm fires in the winter.
So if you are travelling by foot, car, bike, tractor, horse or steam engine, you are all very welcome to rest and re fuel as many have always done :)
health, peace and kindness to all and my our dreams and your dreams come true for 2025
The PUB x
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