The banned list.
Some of it is the sourcing rule. Some of it is a grudge. We are not always going to tell you which is which.
Banned, and why.
| What | Why | Negotiable? |
|---|---|---|
| Coca-Cola | Not British | No |
| Coffee | Does not grow in Britain | No |
| Black pepper | Same problem | No |
| Avocado | Same problem, plus a general feeling | No |
| Ketchup | Banned at launch. A British one now exists and has been let in. | Partly resolved |
| Large parties | This is a pub, not a venue | No |
| Weddings and wakes | See above | No |
| Cash | Card only, everywhere | No |
| Overnight camping | In the car park, no | No |
| Sir Keir Starmer | Theatrically banned on opening day | Unclear |
| James May | Theatrically banned on opening day | Unclear |
The ketchup saga, briefly.
At launch there was no ketchup at all, because there was no British ketchup that met the standard. This became, improbably, national news.
The farm shop now makes a British Tomato Ketchup — British tomatoes, British vinegar, British sugar — which took an unreasonable amount of effort and which we would like acknowledged. It is on the shelf at five pounds fifty.
Not a gimmick
It costs money every day.
Explained daily
To somebody who wants a coffee.
The point
Every supplier is a British business.
One exception
Tap water. Cotswold, free.
The full sourcing rule.
What is in, what is out, and why it is worth the trouble.
What people actually ask.
The two questions this page gets most, answered without a support ticket.
The garden bars are walk-in and always have been. The restaurant is not, and pretending otherwise only creates a queue of disappointed people.
Both, gladly, in the bars and the garden. The restaurant takes children until eight; the dogs have no such curfew.
First sight of every drop
The things that sell out do it in minutes. This is the only warning anyone gets.
