PlacesLocals’ pickFood and drinkWalcot

The Star Inn

An unspoilt pub first licensed in 1760, with beer poured from the jug and a long bench in the small bar the regulars call death row.

Category
Food and drink
Area
Walcot
Where
23 The Vineyards, BA1 5NA
Opening
Daily, noon to late
Price
£
Best time
Quiet weekday evening
Website
abbeyales.co.uk
The Star Inn on The Vineyards, Bath, with its painted pub signs

Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is The Star Inn. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

51.38781, -2.36019 · Open in a map

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Nearby

Near this

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