2015 Pub Challenge

The Oxford Monopoly Pub Challenge Event - 2015

The 2015 Event took place on Saturday 15th August at Banbury.
There will be around 19 pubs to be visited on the day and as the majority are pretty near to each other, could be one curry house visited at the end of the day.
There are trains from Oxford at 12 mins past and 20 mins to every hour to Banbury, with the Oxford bus passing through Kidlington. Note the last train leaves Banbury for Oxford at 22:00. (Or 22:23 if you want a 90 min journey)


Bell Inn
Bell Inn
Mill Arts Centre
Mill Arts Centre
Wild Lime
Wild Lime
The Fleur-de-Lis
The Fleur-de-Lis
The Wheatsheaf
The Wheatsheaf
The Blarney Stone
The Blarney Stone
The Easington
The Easington
The Swan
The Swan
Horse & Jockey
Horse & Jockey
Whately Hall
Whately Hall
The Dog and Gun
The Dog and Gun
The Cromwell
The Cromwell
Three Pigeons
Three Pigeons
White Horse
White Horse
The Exchange
The Exchange
The Coach & Horses
The Coach & Horses
The Wine Vaults
The Wine Vaults
Ye Olde Reindeer Inn
Ye Olde Reindeer Inn
The Old Auctioneer
The Old Auctioneer

The 2015 Pub Challenge Photos.

The day started at a nice café, where we all meet up for a cooked breakfast. We then proceeded to The Exchange (Wetherspoon) Pub for a quick pre-event drink.

The Mill Arts Centre was closed, so we went instead to the General Foods Club. The Horse & Jockey didn’t have any draft beer, so instead went to The Church House.

We also visited The Banbury Cross, which had been missed in the original planning.

There were chip butties waiting at The White Horse, thanks to Mel & Darron for (secretly) organising this, wonderful, it just doesn’t get better.

Not too sure whether we all managed to visit the last pub, The Auctioneer.

Great day, thanks to all the attendees.

1. The Bell

Arrived : 11:58 – Drink : Town Crier 4.5 Hobsons.

2. General Foods Club

Arrived : 12:25 – Drink : Bombardier Burning Gold 4.1%

3. Wild Lime

Arrived : 12:47 – Drink : Doombar 4.0%

4. The Fleur de Lis

Arrived : 13:05 – Drink : Session Room 4.0%

5. Wheatsheaf

Arrived : 13:30 – Drink : Guiness

6. The Barney Stone

Arrived : 13:52 – Drink : Guiness

7. The Easington

Arrived : 14:41 – Drink : Summer Lightening 5.0%

8. The Swan

Arrived : 15:25 – Drink : Purity Pure Gold 3.8%

9. Whately Hall

Arrived : 15:58 – Drink : Guiness

10. The Church House

Arrived : 16:30 – Drink : Doombar 4.0%

11. The Dog & Gun

Arrived : 17:03 – Drink : Pedigree 4.5%

12. The Cromwell

Arrived : 17:29 – Drink : Golden Galaxy 4.0%

13. The Three Pigeons

Arrived : 17:24 – Drink :Purity Pure Gold 3.8%

14. White Horse

Arrived : 18:05 – Drink : Eric 3.6% and Chips, lots of chips.

15. The Exchange

Arrived : 18:55 – Drink : Stairway to Heaven 5.0%

16. The Coach & Horses

Arrived : 19:20 – Drink : Hooky 3.5%

17. Banbury Cross

Arrived : 19:40 – Drink : Courage 4.0%

18. The Wine Vaults

Arrived : 20:10 – Drink : Hooky 3.5%

Left Hand Photo sums up my vision at this point!

19. Ye Olde Reindeer Inn

Arrived : 20:40 – Drink : Hooky 3.5%

20. The Auctioneer

Arrived : Not sure – Drink : Who knows ??