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Villagers Win Race to Save UK Pub, as Thousands Close

  • Villagers in New Radnor, with a population of 438, sought to save their only pub after it was threatened with closure.
  • The community raised £440,000 through a government scheme to purchase and refurbish the pub, enabling its reopening.
  • Eugene Marchenko, a volunteer, highlighted that the pub helped him connect with the community shortly after his arrival.
  • Villagers are relying on volunteers to staff the pub instead of paid workers, addressing challenges in rural areas like Puncheston, where trade is limited.
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Villagers win race to save UK pub, as thousands close

A nearly 200-year-old pub, the Radnor Arms in rural Wales stood abandoned a few years ago. Water ran down the walls, ivy crept around broken windows and rats' skeletons littered the floor.

New Radnor - A few years ago, the Radnor Arms, a nearly 200-year-old pub in a village in Wales, fell into ruins: the water shone along the walls, the ivy gained the broken windows and rat skeletons littered the ground. Today, the establishment reborn and the laughs resound again between its walls, thanks to the determination of a few inhabitants who managed to raise the necessary funds to save it. Opened in the 1830s in New Radnor, a picturesque…

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westerntelegraph.co.uk broke the news in on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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