The Village Swan

In 1997, a planning application to turn the Mermaid Restaurant in the small village of Ivinghoe Aston into a private dwelling was rejected by the local council after a group of residents from the village objected and overturned the application. ​As a result, a number of the villagers banded together and came up with a plan to buy the restaurant and run it as a pub themselves. In November 1997, the aptly renamed The Village Swan pub, was reopened. ​Now ran by Nicole and her amazing team, the pub remains the beating heart of the village community. ​Proudly supporting local producers, all of the meat supplied to the pub comes from Groom's Farm in nearby Ivinghoe. The beer line up is changed regularly and will always have a tipple from one of the many local breweries on tap.