14/10/2025
After some very negative comments made on our last post I thought I would address a few things and give an update.
The new owners are taking over at the start of November - I am unsure how they will run it so I can’t answer any questions regarding that, but I have every faith that it’ll be successful and hopefully the majority of you in Castleton will be satisfied.
Our current situation is difficult, after losing Mark last year to cancer, it became incredibly hard to keep this pub going. All motivation for the Downe Arms was gone - we are a family, not a managed house so we are solely responsible for stock, staff etc and it eventually got on top of us. At the moment, we are trying to get through the rest of this month so PLEASE bare with us and maybe keep the negativity to yourselves!
This isn’t something we wanted to do - it just came to this. Castleton is a beautiful village and The Downe is a beautiful pub.
Thank you for everyone’s support over the 2 years we’ve been there. We appreciate it.