Pub
THE JOLLY HUNTSMAN
The Jolly Huntsman Public House
Kington St Michael
Chippenham
Wiltshire, SN14 6JB
Tel: 01249 750305 Fax: 01249 758846
E-mail: thejollyhuntsman@aol.com Website: www.jollyhuntsman.com
Licensees: Helen & Simon Curtis
OPENING HOURS:
Monday to Thursday ~ 11.30am - 2.30pm
6pm - 11pm
Friday & Saturday ~ 11.30am - 2.30pm
6pm - midnight
Sunday ~ 12 noon - 3pm
7pm - 10.30pm
Full menu every lunchtime and evening, plus Chef's specials.
Roast Sunday lunch available Sunday lunchtime.
En-suite Bed and Breakfast:
4 double rooms, ensuite.
2 twin rooms (sleeps 3), ensuite.
1 family room (sleeps 4), ensuite.
For up-to-date rates please click here. All rates include Full English Breakfast.
All rooms are en-suite with colour television and tea and coffee making facilities.
**Wireless broadband in all rooms**.
"Travelling bar" available.
**Wireless broadband in all rooms**.
We are the proud owners of an 'outside' bar' - beer engines and pumps, cooler, the lot! If you are organising an event (in a marquee, village hall, etc) and need a bar, we can now do this for you. A temporary licence requires to be applied for by us as licence holders, in good time for the event.
REGULAR EVENTS:
Sundays: Whist. 8pm start. £1 per person. All monies raised go to benefit village organisations.
Mondays: Quiz Night, usually on the first or second Monday of each month. 8.30pm start. £1 per person. (Please note that occasionally this may vary, so please check below first).
MENU:
Please click here to visit the menu page of the pub's own website for all up-to-date menus.
There are lunchtime and evening menus plus a "specials board.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
Monday 6th September
Quiz Night
£1 per person, starting at 8.30pm'ish. For further details contact Linda Durno on 01249-750514.
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Friday 8th October
Music Night, featuring blues singer Andrew Bazeley.
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NEWS:
2010
Whist Players' Donation
May 2010: The Sunday night whist players have made a donation of £50 to St Michael & All Angels Church, to go towards the cost of repairs to the wall in Stubbs Lane. Whist takes place at The Jolly Huntsman on Sunday evening - details frrm John Hall on (01249) 750550.
2010 Regional CAMRA Pub of the Year
We are delighted to have been named as the winner of the Regional CAMRA Pub of the Year Award in March, following last year's Highly Commended. The Jolly Huntsman has also featured in the Good Beer Guide from 2006 until the present day.
We are also pleased to report that following our recent annual inspection by Wiltshire Council Environmental Health, we have been awarded the highest rating of ***** 5 Stars in recognition of our hygiene standards and kitchen procedures. This inspection covers all aspects of the kitchen and bar areas.
Drinkers' donations
Thanks to all patrons who have put their loose change in the Acorns Pre-school collection box. This has just been emptied and has raised £30.30 for the pre-school's funds..
2009
Landlord and Regulars Complete the Three Peaks Challenge
Landlord simon Curtis (top left) with friends and regulars Rob Durno,
John Martin, Matt Reese-Hill & Neil Walton
On the first weekend in September, Jolly Huntsman landlord, Simon Curtis, walked the three peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon with friends Rob Durno and John Martin, known as Kington Walkers. They were supported by drivers Matt Reese-Hill and Neil Walton. The walkers endured cold, rain and thick fog to complete all three peaks within 24 hours, raising over £1,000 for The Macular Disease Society.
From barmaid to top landlady in five years at Kington St Michael
Former barmaid Helen Curtis and her husband Simon have scooped a Pub Of The Year award after taking over the pub five-and-a-half years ago. The couple have been been highly commended in the North Wilts Campaign for Real Ale Pub of the Year award.
Helen, 39, was a barmaid in the pub when it came on the market and she and her husband, 33, took it over. She said: “I have been here now, as a barmaid and landlady, for more than seven years and it has been the hardest but most rewarding profession I have ever had.”
Helen described the award as a testament to her husband’s hard work and their joint determination to make the Jolly Huntsman into a great community pub. The couple have changed the menu, refurbished throughout and work hard to offer a huge selection of real ales and local ciders. “We have guest ales and ciders which we change all the time,” said Helen.
(August 2009)
Whist Players' Donations
The whist players meet Sunday evenings at 8pm in The Jolly Huntsman; all welcome. The cost is £1 each and the money is donated to local causes once £50 is reached. The last two beneficiaries are Wiltshire Air Ambulance and St Michael and All Angels Church. Details from John Hall on (01249) 750550.
2007 ~ On Tuesday 18th December, landlady Helen Curtis was asked to make the draw for the community shop's Christmas Hamper raffle, and the lucky winner was Andrew Fussell. Here's Helen shortly before she made the draw:
~ We are pleased to announce that we are in the Good Beer Guide for 2008. Do come along and try our ales.
~ What a huge success our new menu has been, launched in July following the appointment of Adrian Lait as Head Chef . The menu is available every evening, with a lighter selection of tempting snacks and dishes from our specials board and lunch menu available durning lunchtimes. We offer a choice of roasts on Sunday lunchtimes, plus a lovely selection of homemade desserts.
~ We are delighted tohave been included in the prestigious CAMRA Good Beer Guide for the past three years and have built an enviable reputation for an interesting range of well-kept real ales, tended to by Landlord, Simon Curtis.
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