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The Running Horse, Swindon, Wiltshire
The Running Horse, Swindon, Wiltshire, dispenses Real Ales and serves Good Food. Families are welcome. The Running Horse has a Beer Garden.
There has probably been an inn on the site of The Running Horse since early in the 18th century, but the current building is relatively young - only 107 years old! In 1825, a John Garlick built a pub here and called it The Royal Oak but the name was shortlived and only a year later it was re-christened The Running Horse. Arkell's were the fourth owners in 1883 and rebuilt it in 1891. Outwardly it remained the same until 1964 when the front of the building was altered to its current appearance. By 1985, when Arkell's leased it to Beefeater Inns as a pub/restaurant, a row of adjoining cottages were demolished to make way for a car park, in many ways symbolising a change in the role of The Running Horse. Standing right next to the main westward road out of the centre of Swindon, it captures a huge passing trade, though it is also a favourite eating place for the town's families. Downstairs, however, the atmosphere of the place has been largely retained and The Running Horse is still a comfortable place, stylishly decorated and furnished and somewhere to enjoy a pint or two, whether or not you are also eating.
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