The Weston on the Upper Bristol Road reopened on the 21st of April after an extensive refurbishment. It now has a more sophisticated atmosphere with restrained decor and no TV screens. Food is served every lunchtime and every evening except Sunday. (27th April 2008).

Campaigners have won the first round of their fight to stop the Belvoir Castle pub on the Lower Bristol Road being converted into three houses. The owners of the pub, GRS Inns, have withdrawn their planning application because of local opposition, though they may review the situation in the future and resubmit a revised application.

The 100 year old Old Spot Inn in Cotswold Way, Dursley has been judged CAMRA National Pub of the Year. (14th February 2008)

Bath brewery Abbey Ales has added a third pub to its growing pub estate, The Foresters at Beckington. The pub which situated in the conservation village has been given a complete refurbishment by Abbey Inns an off shoot of the brewery which already runs The Star inn on the Paragon and The Coeur De Lion in Baths city centre.

The Barley in Bathwick is holding a mini beer festival from Friday the 26th of October to Sunday the 28th of October. There will be twelve guest beers, three guest ciders, and live music on Saturday night.

The Barley - 32 Bathwick Street, Bath, BA2 6NZ. Tel 01225 464845 (25th October 2007)

The Old Green Tree in Green Street has been awarded the accolade of "Town pub of the year" in the new Good Pub Guide. (18 October 2007)

Bath and North East Somerset Council are reviewing their alcohol and entertainment licensing policy three years after it was first introduced. If you are interested in having a look at the draft, or would like to comment, visit this part of BaNES's web site here. (4th September 2007)

We now have a local news section, thanks to the publishers of the Bath Chronicle. (13 August 2007)

The Raincheck Bar has relocated to Bradford on Avon, where it will open on the 28th of July. The bar will be located in the cellar of the refurbished Swan Pub. (27 July 2007)

The Bath Pubs website has been completed refurbished with updated software and a new look. We hope you like it! (22 July 2007)

The Weston will re-open after a £250,000 refurbishment in a few months time. Punch Taverns are looking for a new licensee to run the pub, which will offer quality food. (12 July 2007)

The Star Inn on the Paragon is staging its annual Cornish Beer Festival, starting tonight and finishing when the beer runs out. Beers featured include Spingo Special, Cornish Blonde, Heligan Honey and Organic Lizard Point.
(5 July 2007)

The Dark Horse in Northampton Street closed in May 2007. It will probably be converted to residential use. (7 June 2007)

The Crown and Anchor in Weston High Street has been refurbished and there is now the Welcome addition of an Indian Restaurant (The Shaad) upstairs. All the ingredients of an excellent night out. (12 May 2007)

Beer enthusiasts will be able to enjoy a wide range of beers from across the UK and Europe, during a two-week festival at the King of Wessex, Wetherspoon’s Bath Pub in James Street West.

The beers on offer will include six award-winners, seven beers not brewed before 2007, fruit, coriander, ginger and organic beers, as well as foreign beers.

The festival will run Monday April 23–Monday May 7, inclusive.

Customers will be able to enjoy the beers in special third-of-a-pint glasses, which will be available in the pubs for the first time.

The beers on sale will include Brakspear Organic (from Oxfordshire), Caledonian Top Banana (Edinburgh), Elgood’s Black Dog (Cambridgeshire), Highgate Highland Whisky Ale (West Midlands), Jennings Snecklifter (Cumbria), Mauldons Cuckoo (Suffolk), Sharp’s Doom Bar (Cornwall), as well as Anker Gouden Carolus Ambrio (from Belgium) and St Georgen Bräu Keller Bier (Germany).

In addition, to celebrate the first day of the festival, St George’s Day, the pub will serve Manns St George & The Dragon Ale (from Wiltshire).

Tasting notes about all of the beers will be available in the pub. (14 April 2007)

A new photo gallery has been added to showcase The Pubs of Frome. (10 March 2007)

The Royal Oak on Pulteney Road is closed for refurbishment until the 26th of February. (10 Feb 2007)

The New Burnt House Inn on Odd Down, the first pub that most visitors to Bath from the South see when they enter the City is to be demolished. The pub, which dates back to before 1871, is to be replaced by 18 flats. It is expected that the pub will be knocked down before Christmas. (23 November 2006)

John Bradshaw, of The Farmhouse on Lansdown Road retires on the 24th of August after 30 years as its landlord. The pub has been the centre of Bath's jazz scene. Wadworths are closing the pub for refurbishment. (23 August 2006)

The Slug and Lettuce at the top of Broad Street has closed. RSVP has now shut after resolving some planning issues, and will reopen shortly as... The Slug and Lettuce. (14 August 2006)

The Marlborough Tavern is now open again after its refurbishment. It looks good too. (28 July 2006)

The Marlborough Tavern is currently closed for a major refurbishment. It should reopen around the middle of July. (08 June 2006)

The Garrick's Head, next to the Theatre Royal, has re-opened after being closed for a year. The new landlords, Amanda and Charlie Digney, transformed the King William on the London Road when they took over, which bodes well for the Garrick's. (14 April 2006)

The Midland has been renamed as the Metropolitan, and DYMK has become the Cork and Bottle. (9 April 2006)

Sam Wellers in Bath city centre, which has been closed for nearly a year, officially re-opens on Friday. The pub is located on Upper Borough Walls. The new landlord is Mike Hoskins, who used to run the Saracens Head. (6 April 2006)

The Roundhouse, one of Bath's most central pubs located almost next to the Pump Rooms, still remains closed. The pub was only recently renovated, but it has now been shut for a few months and it currently has an estate agents sign in the window.

Rumour has it that a chain of sandwich shops is interested in the building, which is unfortunately quite believable given that the site is right in the centre of the main tourist area. (12 February 2006)

Yesterday we attended the launch of Andrew Swift's and Kirsten Elliot's new book, The Lost Pubs of Bath. This is the keenly awaited final book of their Bath Pub Trilogy, and the also the biggest book of the series at nearly 400 pages. (29 November 2005).

Bath has been named the "Top Town" for real ale in The Real Ale Pub Guide 2006, a trusted independant guide that annually reviews thousands of pubs and breweries. It especially highlights the Old Green Tree (Green Street) and the Bell (Walcot Street) as pubs not to miss. Other pubs singled out in Bath for real ale fans include the Pig and Fiddle (Saracen Street), The Hop Pole (Upper Bristol Road), The Dolphin (Locksbrook Road), The Pulteney Arms (Daniel Street), and the Salamander (John Street). Country pubs mentioned include the Old Crown at Kelston and the Wheatsheaf at Combe Hay. (3 November 2005).

The Pulteney Arms changes hands on Tuesday 18th October with Ash McMorris taking the helm. After being dominated by welsh landlords for 25 years, Ash maintains the celtic theme but brings his Irish conviviality to bear in this well renowned Bath pub supported by a great team!

As Bath's top rugby pub Ash intends that The Pulteney Arms will cement it's strong links with the sporting fraternities of Rugby, Hockey, Rowing and Cricket. It will close for a few days to give the place a facelift and further details of this and other events can be found on the new website www.pulteneyarms.co.uk which also goes live on Tuesday!

PS - the famous Pulteney Arms Yorkshire Puddings and Giant Baps will be back soon! (17 October 2005)

The Royal Oak on the Lower Bristol Road is re-opening as a free house on the 5th of August after being closed for a number of years. The new landlords, John and Becky Whinnerah, were until recently in charge of the Hobgoblin. (29 July 2005)