The Anchor

10/10/2026

Happy Saturday from The Anchor⚓️

Serving up delicious food from 12-9pm🥧🥘🍖🥙

Live entertainment this evening 7-10pm 🎶🎤🎼

09/10/2026

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09/10/2026

Just work behind the bar ? ⚓️

07/10/2026

Britain’s pubs are worth up to £30 billion in wellbeing value to communities across the UK. But rising costs and high taxes are putting pressure on pubs that bring people together.

This Week of Action, join the campaign today and tell your MP to keep pubs open and pints affordable.

https://www.longlivethelocal.pub/letter 🍍

07/10/2026

The Anchor lunch menu in full flow - join us for a light bite & a drink from 🥪🫖⚓️ Monday - Friday

07/10/2026

Once the wicked witches of Bexley have gone after our Halloween party 🧙

The Anchor grotto will start to defrost ❄️

Don’t forget you can still pre book our festive fayre menu for your Christmas parties / gatherings / family meals now! 🎅🏼

Work parties that can’t get out during those festive months get in contact with us as we are happy to accommodate & help you celebrate like you deserve *January,February,etc* 🥂

Keep an eye out for more Christmas content coming soon 🎄

07/10/2026

Don’t forget dogs are welcome at The Anchor 🐾⚓️

04/10/2026

Sundays are made for good food great company & relaxing ⚓️

04/10/2026

The lunch with Santa dates are now live 🎅🏼
Please pop in to see us to pay & confirm your slot 🎅🏼

Be quick these really don’t last long ❤️

Xmas arts & crafts,games,
Xmas music, lunch and finish off with a visit & gift from Santa 🎅🏼

02/10/2026

Anchor friends please help us out! ⚓️

We are looking for pictures, news articles, information , old land lady’s / land lords, history of our pub! The more photos the better!

Please send us all that you know ?!

27/09/2026

great night at the anchor supporting our local
Community who have been affected by the nastiness that is ovarian cancer!

Unbelievable performances from SUPERDAYS & Friends who put on a great spectacle and helped raise an amazing £1900 for Target Ovarian Cancer please use the QR code to donate if you can 🫶🏼🎶

25/09/2026

Actress Daisy Edgar-Jones filmed 🎥 a promo for her new film, Sense and Sensibility in our Canonbury pub, The Marquess Tavern for Vogue 🥰

The team at Vogue were searching for a shooting location that oozes class, was timeless and in-keeping with the theme of the movie... so where else were they going to film?! 😏

Take a look at the promo - Daisy is in character as Elinor Dashwood throughout!

Sense and Sensibility hits cinemas TODAY! 🎬Why not pop into The Marquess Tavern to wash down your popcorn! 🍿🍷

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22/09/2026

We're on board, are you?

Join thousands backing Britain's pubs and breweries.

www.longlivethelocal.pub ❤️🍺

21/09/2026

This pub is a gem! 💎

The Wig & Mitre in Lincoln's Cathedral Quarter has reopened following a £100k investment. ⛪

Anne-Marie and Paul Balcomb have taken on the 14th century pub... "We’re thrilled to take control of such an iconic pub and can’t wait to meet all of our wonderful guests" ❤️

📷 Courtesy of Tory McTernan

17/09/2026

Welcome to The Buck Inn 🦌

New Management Partner Adrian McShane-Chapman has taken over the Thornton-le-Dale pub following a whopping £490k investment 🤑

🗨️ “I arrived in the UK 22 years ago from Australia, armed with just a backpack and no real plan... I’ve dipped in and out of hospitality over that time but the fire inside me to run my own pub burned bright.” - Adrian

If you're in Yorkshire, pay Adrian and his team a visit and check out this stunning pub for yourselves. 🤩

15/09/2026

Rory takes the keys to the refurbished Cross Keys pub in Nottingham! 🗝️

Our new Management Partner Rory Calladine has taken the reins at the popular city centre pub following a £100,000 investment.

🗨️"I was instantly drawn to the pub and as soon I discovered it was available in a partnership with Punch, I jumped at the chance." 🍍

Regular guests at The Cross Keys will instantly notice the pub’s traditional feel and special characteristics have been retained throughout but that a complete refresh has taken place. 💫

11/09/2026

We have reopened the Keyworth Tavern following a quarter-of-a-million refurbishment 🔥

The Keyworth pub in Nottingham, run by our Management Partner John Francis, had been closed for 5 weeks while we tore out the bar, stripped the pub back and replaced everything with new, modern furnishings. 🤩

Great work by everyone involved in the transformation 🥂

03/09/2026

We're quite fond of it too, Prime Minister! The Dog House

28/08/2026

Our Publican Beth at The Beeswing Inn 2013 has raised circa £250K for charity 😍 so if you're in the area this weekend, pop in and enjoy the music, food and drink!

Well done Beth!! 🥳

The Beeswing in East Cowton is hosting its 13th ‘Glastonbury’ festival to raise money for end of life care at a nearby hospital.

27/08/2026

Newly married couple Gareth and Jamie Furness have take the over The Bay Horse Inn in Pickering. 🔔

The pub has received a £400,000 investment and Gareth says it has been very well received by locals. 😃

“We are seeing more locals returning to the pub, faces that haven't been seen here for many years and we are seeing them on a regular basis... The refurb has really put The Bay Horse Inn back on the map and firmly at the heart of the Pickering community.” ❤️

Well done to everyone involved in this brilliant transformation 👏