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Where the books were written, set, sold, printed and buried: from the Globe to the graves, the bookshops to the presses.
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A weatherboarded inn at the top of the Heath with a big garden and a toll house narrowing the road outside.
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The building is around 1585, brick with some timber framing and weatherboarding, and may not have been a pub at first. Inside are separate low-beamed rooms with panelling that may be original under a great deal of paint; Historic England calls it much altered and of great character, which is fair. The garden beside the car park is large and fills the moment the sun comes out.
It is in Pickwick Papers and in Dracula, and Keats is said to have written the Ode to a Nightingale in the garden. The story that Dick Turpin was born here is not true - he was born in Essex - and it gets repeated anyway.
Brunch from ten on weekdays and Saturdays, and an area kept back for people who have not booked, which on a sunny Sunday is the difference between getting in and not.
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Data is compiled from public sources including OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL. Hours change often, so check before making a journey.