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The Dragon’s spacious yet
secluded country garden..
A superb choice of refreshment can be savoured within either of The Dragon’s two distinctive bar areas.
Deceptively spacious though intimately cosy, together they provide seating for over 50 people, as well as more-than-ample standing room for those who prefer to circulate whilst socialising.
Two distinctive bar areas
Dragon Gallery
The Green Dragon, Flaunden, Hertfordshire, HP3 0PP. Tel: 01442 832269. Website creation: Mike Barnes. Text & original photography: David Sowter.
Email: The Green Dragon,
The Dragon’s spacious yet secluded country garden - a magnet for summer visitors - seats up to 100 visitors, who can enjoy the abundance of birds and other widlife, as well as a varied collection of fuschias, and even a walnut tree!
The garden also contains children’s games, plus a sheltered area for smokers.
Dragon Garden
The Dragon’s spacious yet secluded country garden - a magnet for summer visitors - seats up to 100 visitors, who can enjoy the abundance of birds and other widlife, as well as a varied collection of fuschias, and even a walnut tree!
The garden also contains children’s games, plus a sheltered area for smokers.
Dragon Garden
“When you first enter a pub, don’t just order a drink – start by saying "Good evening" or "Good morning" (both are often shortened to " ’ning"), with a friendly nod and a smile, to the bar staff and the regulars at the bar counter. For most natives, this will trigger an automatic, reflex greeting-response, even if it is only a nod.”
The greeting ritual
"By all means visit Stonehenge and Buckingham Palace, but if you want to see what real life in Britain is all about, you have to go to the pub.
Pub-going is by far the most popular native pastime. Over three-quarters of the adult population go to pubs, and over a third are ‘regulars’, visiting the pub at least once a week.
A welcoming smile
“Jokes, puns, teasing, wit, banter and backchat are all essential ingredients of pub-talk. Most pub-talk has an undercurrent of humour, never far below the surface.
Most pub humour is quite subtle - occasionally to the point of obscurity - and some participants have a command of irony. Be prepared to laugh at yourself, as you will almost certainly be teased. “
Pub humour