Onslow Arms, English pub, with canal and horse brasses, and pub name books

An English country pub. In late September the pubs are still bedecked with hanging baskets of flowers.

Most country pubs have plenty of parking space.

A beer garden and designated smoking area. (It is illegal to smoke indoors in public place so often a seating area for smokers is provided outside.)

Increasing numbers of pubs are serving meals lunchtime and evenings and coffee.

It's worthwhile walking into the garden.

At the Onslow Arms we found the canal and canal boats.

Inside are horse brasses as you see down this pillar.

Along the top shelves this pub is decorated with model horses. In the days of our grandparents or great-grandparents horses would have brought carriages along the road, mail coaches between cities, and horse-drawn barges along the canals.

The shelves of books are wallpaper.

Check your bookshops for books on

Pubs: 

Britain's Best Real Heritage Pubs (CAMRA) by Geoff Brankwood.

Good Pub Guide by Alisdair Aird.

Scotland's Real Heritage Pubs.

Michelin Eating Out in Pubs.

Pub Names:

The Dictionary of Pub Names by Leslie Dunkling.

Discovering Pub Names & Signs by David Brandon.

The Old Dog and Duck: The Secret Meaning of Pub Names by Albert Jack.

Real ale:

CAMRA London's Best Beer Pubs and Bars.

Gourmet food: 

Michelin Great Britain and Ireland.

Hotels: 

Good Hotel Guide.

Scotland's Good Hotel And Food Guide.

CAMRA = Campaign for Real Ale