‘Now the village is dead. It’s awful’: why was one of Britain’s best pubs forced to close?
- Posted on May 7, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘Now the village is dead. It’s awful’: why was one of Britain’s best pubs forced to close?
For 400 years, The Hare and Hounds in Bowland Bridge offered a warm welcome to locals and travellers. Then the rent doubled. With two pubs a day closing in England and Wales, can the community save this 17th-century gem?