Castle Inn

This was our local haunt in Totnes when I was student up the road studying Theatre at Dartington College of Arts. Sadly the college has now gone, so the student population has dried up. It’s had a pretty (ugly?) adverse effect on the town. This pub used to be comfortably full to packed at all times of day. When I pop in to walk down memory lane on a Friday at 5pm there are a few people outside chatting. True to the hippy nature of Totnesians they are talking about the benefits of a certain e-​reader over a kindle. (The parts and materials are ethically sourced, the units are made without exploiting the labour force etc.)
There are hipper places to hang out, but for an unpretentious no-​nonsense paper, pint and eavesdrop The Castle still has it.