What a shame to see yet another historic Rochford pub up for sale. The King's Head is yours for £275k ... freehold! The most recent owner tried hard to rid the pub of past problems, sometimes putting himself at risk in his efforts to bar troublesome punters. And in the past couple of years the pub became known as something of a music venue but sadly it appears the footfall numbers were not high enough. Certainly the pub has often seemed very quiet when I've walked past in the past year. And that's the point isn't it I guess, I walked past. Whilst recognizing the positive changes he was trying to bring about, and visiting once or twice, the offering wasn't sufficient to make me want to go back on a frequent basis.
Wouldn't it be great to have busy, friendly, thriving business back at The king's Head. Unless you like Indian or Chinese, the town centre could do with some more decent places to eat. Could this be an opportunity? I just hope Wetherspoon's doesn't buy it. Or, worse still, it just stands empty and forlorn for months and years ahead (although, I hasten to add, IT IS STILL TRADING.)
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