09/06/19 - The Castle, Edgehill

Distance - 4.5 Miles
Geocaches - 0
Walk Inspiration - Jarrold Book 33, Walk 10


This was well worth the journey. Beautiful walk, architecturally interesting pub with beer quality only matched by the Sunday Lunch. 

It was that good.

We start at the Castle in Edgehill. First the history - Edgehill was the scene of the first battle of the English Civil War in 1642. 100 years later, Sanderson Miller commissioned a tower to commemorate the anniversary.

That tower is now a pub. The website claims there is no more unusual or with better views. They may be right, but I have been to Manchester's Temple Bar (a converted Victorian toilet) and drank in the Brewers Arms in Malvern - winner of best pub with a view.

Architectural Oddity that is the Castle, Edge Hill

First the walk. The footpath down to Radway runs next to the pub - a descent through woodland, revealing what must be all of Warwickshire.

Guide Dog in Training Joy, taking a break from Squirrel Hunting

Warwickshire Below

Hitting the flats of the bottom of the hill, we head west through grassy fields, walking under the escarpment. A short, nasty bit of road walking up the A422 at Rising Sun Hill and we are back on the hill, for a couple of miles of top quality woodland walking. Gaps in the trees reveal the occasional views.

You have to be there!

Midday and we hit the pub, with a table booked for 12:30.  We'll take our drinks into their wonderful beer garden to soak up the sunshine.

Summer Time Drinking

Its a Hook Norton tied house, so you would expect the Hook Norton to be in great condition.   This really was wonderful.   Easily winner of best pint I've had in June 2019. Take a look at yesterday's blog, if you don't believe me.

The food was exceptional as well. Sometimes in life you get what you pay for. Having phoned and checked it was dog friendly, I shared the link to their menu with Mrs M. Next door heard her shout "£17 for a Sunday Lunch!"

The service and quality fully deserved it.

Even if Mappiman finances dictated pudding sharing.