The community took on the pub in 2021, and it has continued to do good business despite a very challenging couple of years
Gareth Penny runs The Mill at Leighton which was taken over by the community after it closed under previous owners
SHREW COPYRIGHT SHROPSHIRE STAR STEVE LEATH 17/02/2023..Pic for Love Your Local, at The Mill at Leighton. Between Shrewsbury and Telford area. Manager: Gareth Penny.. Now over two decades later, Gareth is running The Mill at Leighton, where he also previously worked eight years ago. But after leaving he was contacted by members of the community in 2020 and, after putting a plan together, himself and other villagers took it over.
"There is a lot of history with this pub too, it dates back to the Domesday period, there is a mill inside the building and there it was also a blass furnace as well.
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