So what did we achieve in 2025? Looking at the White Lion, particularly at this festive time of year, it may be difficult for you to see any progress. For one more year this important local facility can’t be used for the purpose it exists for, namely bringing the community together. The property deteriorates more, with holes in the roof, and the land being used as a dumping ground by possibly the Owner and others. We also had the usual ‘Traveller’ visit. However this year did

A Poem -Written by John Brooks 24/08/2022 A Pub is a confessional, where secrets are told and shared, where souls torn and bared. A watering hole where ideas ebb and flow, friendships are strengthened and ever grow. It is much, much more than just a Pub, It’s a community social hub. While fraternising with neighbours, making new friends, a Job Exchange and where courtship depends. It is the last bastion of our speakers corner, so use it or lose it, or you’ll become a mourner.

Hello to all our Supporters and especially to those who have made ‘In Principle’ promises of support. We thank you all for your continuing support As you know SODC listed The White Lion at Crays Pond as an Asset of Community Value (ACV) in 2014, and 2019 and again in 2024. We thank all of you who helped with this matter, we could not have achieved the listing without the letters of support we received. As you know the owner made an appeal to the council to overturn this decis

Now in these days when we have NO PUB at Crays Pond, many of us have had to go elsewhere for our Food and Drink. One of the Pubs you may...

More about our Pop Up Pub As you know the POP UP White Lion was on duty at the Whitchurch Hill fete on the 24th May. We had a great time...

Our Pop up Pub…Popped up again Keeping those who attended the Whitchurch Hill fete well refreshed was our mission, and we did just...

The Save the White Lion Pop up Pub is running the Bar at the Whitchurch Hill Village Fete.   Come and support the Whitchurch Hill Village...

Volunteers Needed!!!! Help us run the Fete Bar We are involved in running the Whitchurch Hill Fete Bar again this year. We are looking...

Hello to all our supporters and others Interested in the future of the White Lion Crays Pond as a Community Pub with so much more. As we...

Hello to all our supporters and others Interested in the future of the White Lion Crays Pond as a Community Pub with so much more. As we...

We see no distant lights beckoning us to the Pub, No welcome at the door, Or Trees festooned with lights and baubles, No presents...

This is what all this struggle is about. Thank you all for your ongoing support whilst we wait to hear if a further appeal presented by...

We have received notification that the Nomination of the White Lion Crays Pond as an Asset of Community Value was correctly approved and...

More News on the ACV Nomination. As we stated in our previous Mail about the ACV nomination being approved by SODC, the Owner has...

More News on the ACV Nomination. As we stated in our Mail about the ACV nomination being approved by SODC, the Owner has the right of a...

The people at Campaign for Pubs are at the forefront of the debate about how to save our local pubs from disappearing at the whim of...

The White Lion Crays Pond ACV status. As we have stated in previous Newsletters the Asset of Community Value status needed a new...

Thank you for all your support We had a great response from so many of you in support of the new ACV nomination for The White Lion Crays...

The campaign to save the White Lion Crays Pond continues. Help us to retain the ACV status. The story is a long one, but here is a brief...

Christmas and New Year greetings to all our Supporters From the Save the White Lion Group...we will leave it to you to assign names to...