The Digby Tap

The Digby Tap Welcome to the page of The Digby Tap, Sherborne. The Digby Tap is an institution in the pub trade (Camra GBG).
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Part of the building is C16 and it became a parish workhouse in 1749. It became the 'Tap House' for the Digby Hotel in 1869 and remained so until the Hotel was sold to The Boys School in 1964. Fortunately, the Pub survived and very little has changed since then.

03/09/2026

Morning all and welcome to National Welsh Rarebit Day.

Yesterday's answers...
1. Spring Watch.
2. Summer Holiday.
3. Autumn in New York.
4. The Lion in Winter.
5. I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Today's pub quiz...
1) Enoki and morel are types of what edible fungus?
2) Odd or even: in an English game of scrabble, most of the tiles have what type of point value (zero is even)?
3) In 1929, the Lateran Treaty recognised where as an independent state?
4) Armadillos are an important animal in the study and research of which affliction also known as Hansen's Disease?
5) How many feet high should a tennis net be at its centre?

Good luck all...

Morning allWet Wednesday's fare for you.Come and join us...
02/09/2026

Morning all
Wet Wednesday's fare for you.
Come and join us...

02/09/2026

Morning all and welcome to National Blueberry Popsicle Day.
Many congratulations to Dylan and Kathleen on the birth of their daughter last night...no idea of a name yet.

Yesterday's answers...
1. Ben Gunn.
2. Connah's Quay.
3. seaweed.
4. Molly Malone.
5. A clock.
Today's pub anagrams are TV programmes with a season in the title...
1) CHIRPS TWANG (6/5)
2) DREAMILY HUM SO (6/7)
3) RUIN MEAN TOWN YUK (6/2/3/4)
4) O WIN THIRTEEN NIL (3/4/2/6)
5) OUTWIT MAD SLASHER NOW KID YUM (1/4/4/3/3/4/6)

Good luck all...

Afternoon allApologies for lateness, been driving.Here are your goodies.Come and join us...
01/09/2026

Afternoon all
Apologies for lateness, been driving.
Here are your goodies.
Come and join us...

01/09/2026

Morning all and welcome to World Letter Writing Day.
Summer is officially over!!

Yesterday's answers...
1. Budgies
2. Wolverhampton.
3. The Importance of Being Earnest.
4. Two.
5. The Who.
Today's pub quiz...
1) What is the name of the marooned former pirate whom Jim Hawkins meets on Treasure Island?
2) What is the largest town in the Welsh county of Flintshire?
3) What is the main ingredient of the Welsh delicacy of laverbread?
4) Who wheeled a barrow around Dublin, calling out 'Cockles and mussels, alive alive-o'?
5) Where would you find an escapement, a gear train and a mainspring all working together?

Good luck all...

Morning all Bank holiday bonanza for you.Come and join us...
31/08/2026

Morning all
Bank holiday bonanza for you.
Come and join us...

31/08/2026

Morning all and welcome to National Eat Outside Day.
Walk over...thank you to all that supported along the way in what ever way you could...so kind. Boots hung up for a bit!!

Yesterday's answers...
1. That’s all folks!
2. Eve Muirhead
3. Sun Hill
4. Hats
5. Irn-Bru
Today's pub quiz...
1) The F1 driver James Hunt bred what animals as a hobby?
2) The Mercian noblewoman Wolfrun founded which major English city?
3) Jack Worthing is a leading character in which Oscar Wilde play?
4) What is the only even prime number?
5) Which celebrated rock group were briefly known as The Detours and, later, The High Numbers?

Good luck all...

30/08/2026

Morning all and welcome to National Beach Day...wish I was sitting on one but have to do the last leg of our walk...a nice little 15 miler from Cerne Abbas to Compton House Cricket Club...please stay away rain!
Talking of which the rain got the better of all the cricket matches yesterday.

Yesterday's answers...
1. Eddie Merckx.
2. Scotch Corner.
3. Oslo.
4. Neptune.
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Today's pub quiz...
1) Which three word phrase sits above the name of Mel Blanc's gravestone in LA?
2) Which GB team gold medallist has announced she is coming out of retirement for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games?
3) Which police station is the focus of the TV series 'The Bill'?
4) Homburg, pillbox, stovepipe and toque are all types of what?
5) According to its most famous slogan, what drink is 'made in Scotland from iron girders'?

Good luck all...

29/08/2026

Morning all from a very wet Bridport.
Sadly with the weather forecast of thunder and lightning this morning we have taken the wise decision not to risk walking today. Not putting anyone's life in danger. We will have to do it another time.
Not sure how much cricket we will get in today but if they do start it is nitty gritty time...
Sherborne CC 1s host Chalke Valley CC 1s, 12.30pm.
Compton House CC host Charlton Down CC 1s, 1.00pm.
Sherborne CC 2s are off to Poole Town CC 3s, 1.00pm.
More likely to see some footy today...
Sherborne Town FC 1s host Andover New Street 1s, 3.00pm.
The Reserves are off to Holt United FC 1s, 3.00pm.

Yesterday's answers...
1. HMS Belfast.
2. Harold Wilson.
3. Queen Elizabeth I.
4. Darcy.
5. Puns.
Today's pub quiz ..
1) Five riders are quintuple winners of the Tour de France - Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hainault, Miguel Indurain, Tadej Podacar- and which other?
2) A 1st century Roman battle against the Brigantes tribe was fought near which major current road junction in northern England?
3) To what did the European capital city of Kristiana change it's name in 1925?
4) Despona, Proteus and Triton gave their names to moons of which planet?
5) 'We have all the time in the world' are the last words of which Bond film?

Good luck all and try and stay dry out there...

Morning allFriday's fare for you.Come and join us...
28/08/2026

Morning all
Friday's fare for you.
Come and join us...

Address

Cooks Lane
Sherborne
DT93NS

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 11pm
Tuesday 11am - 11pm
Wednesday 11am - 11pm
Thursday 11am - 11pm
Friday 11am - 11pm
Saturday 11am - 11pm
Sunday 12pm - 11pm

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+441935813148

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