Great Haywood is a very good place for a canal stopover (both lunchtimes and evenings). The village is a short walk from the canal and the Clifford Arms (#069) is a proper pub that does very good pub food. There used to be two other pubs in the village, both sadly no longer with us.
Our first visit to the Fox & Hounds was on the evening of Saturday 27th July 1991 after having eaten at the Clifford Arms.
I have no recollection as to what it was like inside, but my feeling is that it was a typical village pub with a bar and a lounge.
It was quite a while before we returned, this time on the evening of Sunday 24th August 2003 when in fact we'd moored at Little Haywood, but ended up walking to Great Haywood in search of food!
The pub had undergone a complete makeover in the intervening 12 years.
It wasn't long before we returned, another evening stopover on Tuesday 6th June 2006.
Another complete transformation.
We returned again on the evening of Tuesday 1st June 2010 and another redecoration! And the beer garden had been fenced off from the road.
It is interesting to note that in the same period, the Clifford Arms has barely changed at all.
Our final visit was on the evening of Friday 5th August 2016 and this is what we found.
Obviously it had been closed for some time and converted into two (i think) houses. It's a shame, but in these modern days, not too surprising that the Fox & Hounds bit the dust. Hopefully, now that the village has consolidated down to one pub, there will be no more pub closures in Great Haywood!
Interestingly, WhatPub shows the Fox & Hounds from the days it was still a boarded up pub.
Our final visit was on the evening of Friday 5th August 2016 and this is what we found.
Interestingly, WhatPub shows the Fox & Hounds from the days it was still a boarded up pub.
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