The Bridge Inn

Hosted by Test · Herefordshire Hr2 0 Jw, England

A tiny camping gem, just3⁄5 acre in size.

There’s a small back road from the Welsh village of Pandy that skirts around the bottom of the Black Mountains, and so unwittingly finds itself in England for a stretch. Just before it heads back for the border at Hay-on-Wye, it slides into Michaelchurch Escley, a sinuous village named after both its church and its brook. At one of the few turnings-off sits the deftliest of hidden pubs, the Bridge Inn. The demarcation here is clear: campervans and caravans are corralled by the riverside, while a grassy terrace plays host to the two-man tents. The top terrace – a sunny circle bounded by trees – accommodates the family-sized dwellings. In summer, children play in the stream by the inn’s eponymous bridge, while their parents sit out in the beer garden pretending to keep an eye on them. The pub, a low-beamed inn of indeterminate age, was once a place where drovers slaked their thirst before taking their herds or flocks across the river. Today it still serves locally brewed real ales, and meals that use locally sourced produce wherever possible. A large folder in the pub bulges with scores of local walks – if you did one a day you’d be here all summer – urging hikers up to Hergest Ridge, the Devil’s Pulpit, Arthur’s Stone and beyond. The cycling is pretty good here too, with plenty of very minor roads wending their way from somnolent village to somnolent village, before surprising the patient pedaller with huge open vistas of Herefordshire hills.

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Herefordshire Hr2 0 Jw, Herefordshire, England, United KingdomTo respect the Host's privacy, the precise address of this land will be provided after booking

Hosted by Test O.

Joined in January 2015

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A tiny camping gem, just3⁄5 acre in size.

Nearby attractions

The 177-mile Offa’s Dyke Path and the Black Mountains are just 4 miles away as the crow flies (though the crow will need to gain some height), both offer superb walking possibilities. Llanthony (13½ miles by road, around 5 by footpath) – a hamlet in the high Vale of Ewyas that plays host to the ruins of 12th century Llanthony Priory, part of which is an exquisite hotel whose bar is always worth a visit; 01873 890487.

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The Bridge Inn (free house) is right on the doorstep.

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