The Plough Inn at Brackenfield - A 16th Century listed building and former farmhouse near the village of Brackenfield on the edge of Derbyshire’s Peak District. The Inn serves value for money traditional Coaching Inn fare, with a modern twist, and guests can choose to dine in the large bar area, which offers three distinct levels, the Orchard Restaurant, or the ‘Potting Shed’. The Inn caters for weddings, celebrations and business meetings, as well as more intimate dining. There is an excellent selection of real ales, locally sourced micro-brewed ales, fine beers and wines, with an excellent cellar. The Plough is situated a few miles from Matlock and Alfreton on the A615 road.
Blazing log fires, fine festive foods and fine wines, in fact the very best the season has to offer, combined with peace, tranquillity and beautiful surroundings, is the essence of Christmas at The Plough.
Telephone: 01629 534437
Facsimile: 01629 534169
E-mail: info@theploughbrackenfield.co.uk
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The Plough Inn
On the side of the A615, former Matlock turnpike road, near the village of Brackenfield in Derbyshire, sits the Plough Inn.
This 16th century grade ii listed building was originally a farmhouse, and at some point was also used, rumour has it, as a courthouse. It’s recorded on an early Brackenfield tithe map as ‘Moor House’, though in the tithe schedule it is actually referred to as ‘the Plough Public House’, and indeed in Kelly’s later Directory of 1891, the Inn shares this duality, possibly to supplement the farmers income, or to indulge his passion for the ale! When the farmhouse began serving drinks is somewhat unclear, however it probably took on its current singular role around the turn of the 19th century.
The village name comes from the Norse, ‘Brackenthwaite’, as it was known in early medieval times, which literally means ‘bracken clearing’. Bracken and gorse still flourish on the acid soils overlying the dark gritstone from which many of the older village cottages & farmhouses, including the Plough, are constructed.
Whether you call in for morning coffee, afternoon cream tea, a hearty meal, or a more refined experience in the Orchard Room restaurant, you can always rely on excellent service and hospitality from Manager’s, Daniel and Lauren, who continue the Inn’s time-honoured tradition of ‘honest food, good ale, and a warm welcome’.
