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Mike and Jacqui Down, owners of The Volunteer Inn

Ottery pub picked for Telegraph’s Best Pubs Guide 2026

The Volunteer Inn in Ottery St Mary is featured in the Telegraph’s Best Pub Guide for 2026, one of just thirteen Devon pubs to be included.

The national guide, which this year has expanded its reach to include pubs in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, provides details of 650 pubs that have been tried and tested by a panel of six experts.

Criteria for inclusion...