Ye OldeSalutation Inn

Stuart Elder worked at Ye Olde Salutation Inn for three years after moving to Herefordshire in 1998, then bought the pub outright in 2011 and still runs it as chef-proprietor. The building sits on Weobley's Market Pitch, in a village known for black-and-white timber-framed houses that stand five centuries old, and keeps its sloping floors, low doorways and inglenook fireplaces rather than remodelling them away. It trades as a freehouse with two bars and two connecting, carpeted dining rooms serving an à la carte and set lunch menu, plus three individually furnished en-suite letting rooms, one with its own sitting room. The inn functions as the working centre of a small medieval village, with Elder still cooking in the kitchen himself rather than having stepped back into a purely managerial role.