The Lamplighter (sample) has stood on the corner of Wharf Street and the towpath since the canal carried coal. Today it is a free house: we choose every beer, and the kitchen cooks everything from scratch.
Free house means no brewery owns us, so the bar changes with the seasons and with what the small breweries around Springfield are making (sample).
The kitchen buys from the market on Wharf Street and two farms within twenty miles. The menu is short so that it can change often.
Ask for any of us by name; most nights at least two of us are in.
Landlady and cellar keeper (sample)
Head chef (sample)
Bar manager, runs the quiz (sample)
Front of house and bookings (sample)
Sixty seats under the plane trees, half of them under heated cover. Open from April to October, weather permitting.
Kitchen, Tuesday to Saturday
Lunch menu until 15:00, then dinner
12:00–21:30
Sunday roast
Three sittings: 12:00, 14:00 and 16:30
12:00–17:00
Bar, Tuesday to Sunday
Until midnight on Friday and Saturday
11:30–23:00
Monday
The kitchen rests; bar snacks all evening
Bar only, 16:00–22:00
Opening times (sample). Closed on 25 December.
Walk-ins are welcome in the bar. For the dining room, Sunday lunch and groups of six or more, book ahead.