I don’t understand some of the negative comments about this pub. It is an absolute must visit being totally unique. It is our favourite pub and we bring all our visitors here for a pint. It has so many features that despite our regular visits, even now, we usually find something new to see. As for the locked up shoe, this is because even rural Devon is not totally immune to mindless vandalism and is a sad reflection on past experience and costs incurred in putting damage right.
MarcCo
Rating des Ortes: 5 Okehampton, United Kingdom
absolutely agree. It is well worth the 10 minute detour from the A30 for the experience. Good beers too.
Harwoo
Rating des Ortes: 5 Aldeire, Spain
Situated in the village of Sourton just off the A30 nr Okehampton, this very unusual pub is said to date back to 1282 and is said to be haunted. There is ample free parking available. This pub has several themed bars which are all decorated differently in an olde worlde style with cider presses for tables and antlers for lamps, you can spend all night looking around and the more you look the more strange and unusual things you will spot. The main entrance into the building is built to resemble a stage coach with seating inside it, to the rear, adjoining the building there is a giant boot just like the one out of the nursery rhyme about the old woman who lived in a shoe which houses a slide for the children and adults if you can fit down it!!! This pub is a MUST for a visit, the owners are very friendly and will tell you the history of the establishment and give you a tour of the various different rooms.
