The Red Lion, Hunningham

Best Tenanted/Leased pub in the East & West Midlands

Good pub guide main entry 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nominated as pub of the year 2012

Hello, my name is Sam, I’m a local lad- my father was the vicar of Bilton in Rugby and then Leek Wootton in Leamington and my mum lives up the road in Cubbington. I bought The Red Lion in Hunningham a few years ago, one of those pubs that you may have heard of but haven’t been to in several years (if ever) because:

a) it wasn’t very good last time
b) it was a bikers pub
c) it was underwater
d) what’s a pub?

Well its changed a little bit over the years- its had umpteen landlords, been a managed house, a carvery, had a childrens playground,served bikers, not served bikers, been extended, flooded, refitted, flooded again- its had its fair share of turmoil and success.

This is completely genuine- Triumph Herald (I'm told 1959)

If you don’t know it or are actually still reading this then good for you- you’re in for a treat.

The Red Lion is a lovely country pub in rural Warwickshire between Leamington, Rugby and Coventry. It’s light and airy with stunning views of sheep, cows and a slightly over friendly river. We serve locally sourced food, cooked simply and honestly and around fifty wines, most of which are available by the glass; well kept cask ales and over 30 single malts.

The décor is simple and cosy. Three, ever blazing, real fires are linked by stone & timber. There’s plenty of car parking and there is disabled access too, not to mention a huge beer garden that leads down to a 14th century bridge.
I remember a time when pubs weren’t gastropubs or brasseries, they were just pubs that were good pubs with good food and that’s what we aspire to be.

Yay- We made it into this one as well as the other one!!