The Barrel at Bude — Cornish Micropub in Bude, Cornwall

The Barrel at Bude lit up at night, with fairy lights along the roof

A visitor smiling from the window under the hand-painted Barrel at Bude sign

Casks of Cornish ale racked up behind the bar

Our Story
est.2017

Tucked into the heart of Bude, on the north Cornish coast, The Barrel opened in 2017 in what used to be a fancy dress shop.

A small, honest pub that puts local producers first. Every craft ale and cider on the bar comes straight from small makers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, with no wholesalers in between.

Alongside them you'll find organic Cornish wines and gins, live music in a room small enough to feel every note, and locals and visitors sharing the same tables. In 2024 we opened The Firkin.

Inside The Barrel: the bar, the stage corner and the green neon Barrel at Bude sign

Small room,
big welcome

The Barrel is a micropub in the truest sense: one cosy room, a handful of tables and casks racked up behind the bar. Records on the walls, books on the shelves and a guitar never far away.

Whether you've walked up from the beach or live round the corner, you'll be talking to the table next to you before your first pint is finished. That's the whole point.

Barrel tables and stools in the front room

Guitar, record player and framed prints in the corner

Every pint comes
from somewhere

The line-up changes every week and is chosen by hand, straight from the brewers, cider makers and distillers who make it. Ask at the bar what's just come on.

Cornish Cask Ales

A rotating selection from small independent breweries across the region, served straight from the cask.

The chalkboard of cask ales from Cornwall

On the Board

Ales, real ciders and organic Cornish wines, chalked up fresh as each new cask goes on.

The Barrel Gin

Our own gin, made exclusively for The Barrel with organic Cornish green hops by a small organic distillery in Cornwall.

100%Cornwall & Isles of Scilly

0Wholesalers in between

WeeklyA fresh line-up on the bar

Live music,
up close

One of the smallest live music rooms in North Cornwall. Acoustic sets, folk sessions and local bands play a few feet from your table, and the whole pub becomes the audience.

Thursday
Fresh casks on
A new line-up hits the bar as we open for the week.
Live nights
Music in the bar
Gig dates are posted on Instagram and Facebook. @thebarrelatbude
Sunday
Drink the Barrel Dry
Help us finish the week's casks before we restock.

Live Music Here neon sign above the gig posters

Fiddle, guitar and banjo trio playing in the bar

Come as a visitor,
leave as a local

Surfers, walkers, holidaymakers and regulars who've been coming since day one. Bude's best stories get told across these tables, so pull up a stool and add yours.

A big group of friends outside on a sunny day

A crowd gathered in the street outside the pub

Morris dancers with a barrel outside The Barrel

Drinkers outside the pub on a summer evening

new in 2024

The Firkin

In 2024 The Barrel opened The Firkin, our extension: more room for friends, more space for music and the same Cornish pours from the bar. Bright, colourful and lined with books, it's the perfect spot to settle in for the afternoon.

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