Page 28 - link magazine

Swindon Wide

Village pub celebrates opening of new guest rooms

Beer and organic canapés were very
much in evidence at the official
opening of a dozen new rooms at
Helen Browning’s Royal Oak pub in
Bishopstone.
At the launch event were Mrs
Troughton, the Lord-Lieutenant of
Wiltshire as well as pub landlords
Helen Browning and Tim Finney,
members of the Arkell’s family and
invited guests.
To mark the opening, Mrs
Troughton, Helen Browning and
Arkell’s Brewery managing director,
George Arkell planted two oak trees.
Helen Browning said: “Working
with Arkell’s Brewery, we hope
to have created something really
special here – bringing elements
of the farm and beautiful Wiltshire
countryside into each room. Not
only can we welcome more visitors
to the pub and Eastbrook Farm, but
this new venture will create more
jobs. At a time when many farms From left, George Arkell, Lord Lieutenant Sarah Troughton and Helen Browning OBE
get by with very few people, I’m
proud that this place is so alive and long-standing tenants who have effort between the brewery and strong eco-friendly credentials and
busy.” invested a huge amount of their Eastbrook Farm to give the village two of the rooms are dog friendly.
Brewery managing director, own time and money building the and surrounding area a pub we Helen Browning’s Royal Oak will
George Arkell, said: “It’s been a trade over the last ten years or so. hope they’ll be proud of.” employ the equivalent of four
long time in the planning but we’re “They’ve successfully created a Named and themed after fields additional full time staff taking the
delighted to be backing Helen destination pub in a really gorgeous on the Browning’s farm, the new number of employees to over 35
Browning and Tim Finney. They’re part of Wiltshire, so it’s been a joint bedrooms have been designed with across the businesses.

28 swindonlink.com n June 2017

SE June 2017 Master Pages.indd 28 19/05/2017 07:01