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The Swan Inn |
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PUBLICANS |
Vic & Jenny Harrison. |
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ADDRESS |
Basingstoke Road, Three Mile Cross, Reading,
Berkshire RG7 1AT Tel. 01189 883674 Fax. 01189 884551
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MAP |
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PUB EXPLORER
REFERENCE |
10844. |
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PUB
OPENING TIMES |
Monday - Friday 11am
- 11pm.
Saturday 12noon - 3pm & 7pm - 11pm.
Sunday 12noon - 3pm. |
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DRAUGHT BEERS
SERVED |
Becks Vier, Fosters, Stella, Guinness,
Stowford Press Cider.
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REAL ALES |
5 Cask conditioned handpump ales
always available.
Wadworth 6X, Fuller's London Pride,
Young's IPA, Adnams Bitter & Timothy Taylor Landlord.
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CLUB MEETINGS |
AC Cobra, TVR, BMW & Hillman Imp
owners car clubs.
Balloonists & Clay Pigeon Shooting Association etc. |
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DINING AT
THE SWAN INN
All our food is freshly
prepared & cooked to order. Lunches, Evening Meals & Bar
Snacks available daily including daily fresh fish, our own pies, soups, patés
etc.
Wherever possible we source our ingredients locally. We have
fresh fish delivery 6 days a week from 'Frosts Fishmongers' of
Reading. |
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ACCOMPANYING
DRINKS |
Range of wines tea &
Coffees. |
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MEAL TIMES |
Monday - Friday 12noon - 2.30pm &
7pm - 9.30pm.
Saturday 12noon - 2pm & 7pm - 9pm.
Sunday 12noon - 2pm. |
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FACILITIES |
Heated Southerly Facing Paved Patio
Area (partially covered), Beer Garden, Barbecue Facilities. |
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OTHER |
Extra
Large Car Park. Debit & Credit Cards
accepted. |
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The Swan Inn is a traditional 17th
Century pub specializing in real ales
& home cooked foods. We have survived for 400 years and our reputation
precedes us. Near to the Madjeski Stadium, the Swan is a popular
meeting place of the local business community & home to Irish Wolfhounds
'Miss Haversham' & the famous 'Mr. Doyle' - official
mascot of the London Irish R.F.C. You can dine in the bar or restaurant at lunchtimes
and evenings, were we offer food which is all cooked from scratch on the
premises, with choices from our kitchen such as soups, pates, curries,
chili con carne etc. We are famous for our homemade steak &
kidney pies and fresh cod (with homemade batter). You
can be assured that the freshest of ingredients is used, including fresh
fish deliveries from the last surviving fishmonger in town - 'Frosts'. We are also
well known for our BBQ's for
private parties. Our slogan is 'Real Beer & Real Food'. To find us take junction 11 of the M4 and follow Basingstoke sign,
at the 1st roundabout turn left for
Three Mile Cross,
we are on left opposite BP garage, half a mile form motorway.
A Potted History of The Swan Inn
The Swan, believed to
have been constructed in the early 17th century started life as three timber-framed
artisans cottages. Some 50
years later two of the dwellings became used as an ale house in those
days known as "The Globe Inn". Business flourished and in
1760 the premises were sold for £24 10s under the new name "The
Three Sugar Loaves". At that time is was used as a changing station for
horse on the stage route from London to Portsmouth.
Mary Russell Mitford, the celebrated authoress and dramatist came to
live next door in 1820. In her famous book "Our Village" she referred to
the pub as "The Rose Inn" although by that time it was actually known as
"The Swan". You can see the house she lived in to the left of the pub in
the photo above.
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