Campaigning to restore a much-loved village pub in Kimpton, Hertfordshire
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“community pubs have a 99% success rate.”
UK community enterprise support group The Plunkett Foundation
the CAMPAIGN
AIM
- To preserve The White Horse public house and return it to use as a country pub/ cafe/ restaurant serving Kimpton village and its surrounding community
VISION
To create:
- A food-led pub serving locally sourced traditional ales, other drinks and quality food from the pub kitchen
- A daytime café service offering quality coffee, tea and refreshments to the many walkers and cyclists who use the footpaths and cycling routes around the village
- A social hub for the village and its numerous clubs and societies
PLAN
- Purchase and renovate The White Horse through a Community Benefit Society with funds raised through community share investment, complemented by additional grant funding from various local and national schemes
- Maintain an open and constructive dialogue with the owner to negotiate purchase of the pub and seek to pay a fair price for the freehold in line with its market value as a pub
- Campaign to protect The White Horse status as an Asset of Community Value, Grade 2 listed building and its designated planning use class as a pub
- Restore the image of this precious conservation area by renovating the pub’s High St frontage – the moment freehold is acquired
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campaign news
Updates and articles from the ‘Save Our White Horse’ campaign
Eat, drink and be…. festive at the White Horse PopUp pub on 8 Dec!
Enjoyed our last Pop-Up pub, did you? Wait till you see what we've got planned for you at the Festive Pop-Up pub on Friday 8 December. On top of all the things you've come to know and love - ales, wines, live music and general good-time conviviality - we've got a...
Huge support for September Pop-Up Pub
Villagers pack in at White Horse campaign event Kimpton's most recent 'Save Our White Horse' Pop-Up pub proved to be its most successful yet, with a packed Dacre Rooms testifying to the huge local interest in the campaign's work of restoring this much-loved pub...
WHY VILLAGE PUBS ARE VITAL
A VISION OF THE FUTURE WHITE HORSE By Cherry Maslen What do you think of when you think of a village? It's a safe bet that a traditional, cosy pub with beams and a log fire is part of the picture, along with an ancient church, cottages and a village green. The...