A popular south Cheshire village inn is celebrating seven consecutive years in the highly prestigious CAMRA Good Beer Guide.
The Carden Arms in Tilston, near Malpas, is hailed in the 2025 edition (published September 26) as an “impressive rural free house” with a cask ale range from independent breweries.
General manager Trish MacKay said: “It means a lot to have our efforts recognised by the Good Beer Guide for the seventh year. As a village pub we try very hard to source a variety of quality guest cask ales working with independent breweries in Cheshire, Shropshire and North Wales. In these last few days of Cask Ale Week we invite beer lovers to come and try them.”
The Carden Arms was reborn in 2016 by local lady farmer, Didy Morgan, who saved the former 18th century coaching inn from closure and invested in extensive renovations. Now there is a nostalgic bar, with real fires, two dining areas brimming with antiques and five luxury guest bedrooms.
The pub is linked to its own old-fashioned farm, just a mile down the road, where all it’s rare breed beef, lamb and pork is raised. This features heavily on the menu.
Mrs Morgan said: “We are delighted to be one of only two pubs a few miles south of Chester to be included in the much-respected Good Beer Guide. It is a real tribute to the determination of Trish and the team in making the Carden a welcoming village pub with good beer and food. Local pubs have to work very hard to succeed and this listing for our seventh consecutive year is a real boost.”
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