Crown & Horns

29/10/2026

🥂 **Special occasions, precious family time** ❤️

A birthday, anniversary or simply getting everyone around the same table—make it a date at **The Crown & Horns, East Ilsley**.

Enjoy delicious food, a cosy country-pub atmosphere and time to catch up with the people who matter most. Bring the family—and your four-legged friends too! 🐾

✨ Let us take care of the cooking while you make the memories.

📩 **Get in touch to book your table and tell us what you’re celebrating!**

https://www.crownandhorns.co.uk/food/

Dating back to the 19th Century, the Crown & Horns is a beautiful country inn with heaps of character and history. The perfect place to sit back and relax with your favourite drink in hand. Soak up our friendly service and homely charm nestled in the heart of West Berkshire's racing countryside.

28/10/2026

🎶 THROWN TOGETHER — LIVE AT THE CROWN & HORNS! 🎸🍻

Get your mates together and join us for a cracking Saturday night of live music and good company!

📅 Saturday 14th November
⏰ From 8:30pm
📍 Crown & Horns, East Ilsley

🎥 Get a taste of what’s coming — watch their highlight reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsDWdnaEVUs

Who’s joining us? Tag your pub crew below! 👇

Thrown Together are a highly in demand duo perfect for Pubs, Partie...

27/10/2026

🇬🇧 TWO BRITISH CLASSICS FOR £23.00! 🍽️

Make your evenings delicious at the Crown & Horns, East Ilsley. Enjoy two dishes from our British Classics selection for just £23.00.

🗓️ Monday–Thursday evenings
🕔 From 5pm

DONT COOK BOOK:

https://www.crownandhorns.co.uk/food/

27/10/2026

WOW 🔥

This has been such an honour to be a part of!

Huge thanks to Coca-Cola for championing community leaders around the UK and for picking our very own Simon Dafforn-jones as Local Royalty!

It was a privilege to have portrait artist to royalty, Jamie Coreth, capture Simon in his natural habitat, the FBI.

Read more here 👇🏼

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pub-landlord-given-royal-treatment-37812329

26/10/2026

Dating back to the 19th Century, the Crown & Horns is a beautiful country inn with heaps of character and history. The perfect place to sit back and relax with your favourite drink in hand. Soak up our friendly service and homely charm nestled in the heart of West Berkshire's racing countryside.

25/10/2026

21/10/2026

🎄❄️ Eat, drink & be merry at the Crown & Horns, East Ilsley! ❄️🎄

Planning the work Christmas party, a festive meal or a catch-up with friends? Gather your favourite people for delicious festive food, warming drinks and plenty of Christmas cheer! 🥂✨

Let us take care of the cooking while you enjoy the celebrations.

🎅 Book your festive gathering here:

https://www.crownandhorns.co.uk/event/christmas/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

20/10/2026

At Punch, we're proud to see young talent thrive across our pubs and support teams. From first jobs to leadership roles, remains one of the UK's greatest industries for developing skills, building confidence and creating rewarding careers.

That's why we're backing a hospitality-wide call to Government ahead of the Budget, championing the sector's ability to create jobs and opportunities for young people.

Hear Harry Bourne's story and why he's proud to support this message.

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 🍍

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 👏