Live Music — Pubs in Carlton

Fox

High Street, Carlton MK43 7LA

A charming, thatched community pub with a warm welcome and an attractive garden popular with families. Guest beers are often from local microbreweries. Good value, home-cooked lunches are served (daily except Monday) and evening meals from Tuesday to Saturday. There is a regular quiz on Thursday evenings. Spring and summer bank holiday festivals are held using an outbuilding as an additional bar, plus a one-day gin festival in June. Local CAMRA Country Pub of the Year 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

Royal Oak

23 Bridgend, Carlton MK43 7LP

Attractively designed village pub re-opened as a free house in May 2016. The small snug and larger lounge are linked by an open doorway and share a wood-burning stove set in the separating wall. The menu offers seasonal fare using local ingredients where possible, providing a range from light bites and sharing boards to larger main meals. Fixed price set lunches are also available.

Smiths Arms

Carlton Village, Carlton TS21 1EA

Located at the centre of this rural village, in the north-western outskirts of Stockton, and where a strong community spirit continues to prevail. The Smiths is a typical late-Victorian pub, recently refurbished, and which manages to satisfy both drinkers and diners alike. With a new licensee since December 2017, there is now a renewed emphasis on real beer. One handpull is devoted to Camerons Strongarm, and the two other handpulls to guest beers, often sourced locally. The pub remains one of the few in the area to have retained a separate public bar, whilst the restaurant, converted from the original blacksmith's workshop, offers good value quality food, including specials on Mon / Tue / Thu. There are real fires throughout. It has large beer garden at rear. Check winter opening hours to avoid a wasted journey.

Gate Hangs Well

39 Barton Road, Carlton CV13 0DB

Village pub with an L-shaped bar & a conservatory with views across open fields. Refurbished in 2015. Beers are one from the local Market Bosworth Brewery, Bass, Doom Bar and 1 guest. Food is available on Thursday evenings from 7pm, from "The Jockey Door" - a horsebox catering trailer, Saturday breakfast 9.30-12.00, evenings fish & chips and Sunday lunch 12-4. There are eight different walks in the area. All the paths are waymarked. To find out more on the walks click on the link from the pub website.

Elwes Arms

Oakdale Road, Carlton NG4 1DH

Completely refurbished in early 2017, this open plan pub now has modern contemporary comfortable decor and furniture with some exposed ceiling beams, wooden floors and subdued lighting. The lounge to the left has large TV screens whilst the more formal dining area to the right is light and airy.

Top Spot Snooker Club

331 Carlton Hill, Carlton NG4 1JE

Fox & Hounds

Station Road, Carlton NG4 3AT

A traditional three room pub with a small lounge and a larger public bar. The pub hosts Tommy Thompson's School of Boxing.

Beacon Hill

11 Burton Road, Carlton NG4 3DT

Multi-roomed pub, with a public bar, L-shaped lounge, and a smaller quiet room to the rear. Outside, there is an enclosed courtyard with steps leading up to a spacious garden area. Pictures from the 1920's show an extra storey was in use. Ornate windows were a fairly recent addition in 1981. There are said to be 3 or 4 ghosts, reputedly friendly. A centre of the local community, the pub boasts a football team, bar skittles and dominoes teams. A quiz is run twice a week. Sports are shown (Sky & BT).

Inn For A Penny

146 Burton Road, Carlton NG4 3GP

Friendly traditional roadside pub on the outskirts of Nottingham. Totally refurbished a few years ago to give a fresh open feel. Dominated by the bar, the L-shaped room has distinctive areas either side of the bars. Plush seating can be found in the dining area to the right, a raised area is to the left and a darts board is tucked away round the corner. A number of screens show varied sports. Child-friendly during meal times (up to 8pm, or 7pm weekends), there is a play area beyond the large rear outdoor seating area. Breakfast is served from 9am Friday and Saturday only.

Carlton Social Club

Main Street, Carlton WF3 3RW

Pool table and two snooker tables. Function room available for hire.