21 lost pubs our readers would bring back to Bucks

Sadly, many of these establishments have closed down and didn't survive.

The BFP decided to ask its readers if they could bring back one pub which one would it be.

We were inundated with responses on our Facebook page 1,300 people commenting on our post.

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The Gate Inn

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The Gate Inn was situated on The Lee and is now in private residential use.

Kevin Burns said it was a "great pub. Had some good times in there."

Iron Horse, Amersham

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The Iron Horse was originally the Station Hotel and was one of the first developments in Amersham on the Hill following the arrival of the railway in 1892.

With the opening of Amersham station, the licence was transferred to the Station Hotel from the old Black Horse pub, which then closed.

In April 2004 the pub was suddenly closed. Shortly afterwards following a planning appeal it was demolished to make way for flats and a cafe.

One person described the pub as a "portal to another dimension."

The Derehams Inn

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The pub closed in July 2021 after Graham Frederick Sturgess, who was at the heart of the community along with his wife Maggie for decades when they ran a string of pubs including the Rose and Crown in Wooburn Green and the Derehams Inn in Loudwater, died at home on Mother’s Day, March 27, aged 71.

He had been diagnosed with lung cancer on December 16, 2020, just weeks after landlady Maggie collapsed in the car park of Stoke Mandeville Hospital, suffering a stroke, and died on December 1. She was 61.

The couple bought the Derehams Inn as a free house in 1998.

The Rose and Crown, Wendover

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Many residents said they've had some good nights out at the Rose and Crown pub in Wendover.

Victoria Susan Collins said: "Spent many nights in there in the 90s flirting with raf lads." 

The Rose & Crown was situated on Tring Road. This pub is now awaiting demolition.

The Ship, High Wycombe

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The Ship was located at 112 Oxford Street and a few people commented on wanting the pub to return.

The White Swan, Aylesbury

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Another lost pub people dearly miss is the White Swan in Aylesbury. 

Reader Chris Keszei said: "Had many good nights in there with mates playing pool and the video game machine. Not enough pubs have pool tables." 

The Old English Gentleman

This pub in the village of Nash near Milton Keynes 

The Old English Gentleman pub (Image: Ella Independent Land and Estate Agents)

Other pubs readers mentioned: 

• Rose and Crown Hawridge
• Buckingham Arms
• The Chester
• The George pub, Farnham Road
• The Wagon and Horses, Chalfont St Peter.
• Earl of Beaconsfield
• The Bull,  Wycombe Town centre
• The Fox
• County Arms Aylesbury
• The Anchor in Paul’s Row
• Magpie, Flackwell Heath
• Pilgrims bottle, Milton Keynes
• French Horn
• Cuckoo's Nest Gawcott