Community rallies to support village pub

Sisters Samantha Bevan and Vicky Robinson pictured in Three Oaks

A pub landlord's daughter has thanked the Three Oaks community for their support while sewer network improvements have reduced access to her father's pub.

Southern Water started drilling work to allow 120 customers to connect to a main sewer for the first time, in April 2016.

In order to do so, a 3.1km sewer needed to be installed through the village which included drilling outside the Three Oaks Pub, in Butchers Lane.

This has led to road closures along Butchers Lane on and off since Christmas last year causing ‘a loss of business at the pub’, according to Vicky Robinson, the daughter of Nigel Robinson – the landlord at the Three Oaks Pub.

Southern Water’s work is not expected to be completed until November 2018 – later than the original plan of Spring 2018 – but Vicky is thankful for the support of the community despite the disruption.

She said: “We have had a number of groups book us for their Christmas dinner which has been a major boost.

“We went through a period where no people were coming in for lunch but now we fill a couple of tables so things are picking up again.”