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A Favourite Essex Pub & Restaurant

A historic 18th century pub set in a conservation area of epping forest, The Theydon oak is the quintessential country pub, with traditional home cooked food, using as much of the local larder as possible, real ale & cider, with an all weather outdoor children’s play area & award winning beer garden and covered pergola. Owned by Iain & Stacey the pub is a “true” family run free – house. It retains all its original features including timber beams, 1000s of horse brasses that adorn the walls & ceilings & 2 log burning stoves for the winter months.

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