A public house is usually one of the mainstays of English village life - along with the church and post office. The New Inn is a "traditional 18th Century House" - the only pub in the village, with a lounge bar and restaurant. The pub has a wide range of beers and lagers including a selection of cask ales.

There were several ale houses in the village in years gone by, but, in these more sober times, they have long since vanished. There is a social club nearby and Charlie's Bar at Walton Hall (a reference to Charles Waterton, a teetotaller).