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Save Our Sun 

The campaign for a community pub in the Cumbrian village of Dent

Save Our Sun: the campaign for a Dent community pub 

Save Our Sun: the campaign for a Dent community pub 

The offer to buy our historic village inn has been accepted and we will raise the money by selling shares in it. First we need to pay for a survey and legal costs. Please donate to our Crowdfunder to get us started.

Dent Community Pub: Help us buy The Sun Inn, Dent
Dent Community Pub: Help us buy The Sun Inn
Dent Community Pub: Help us buy The Sun Inn, Dent

GOOD NEWS!

THE owners of The Sun Inn are supportive of our plan to buy the Inn for the community and have accepted our bid.

     And that's where we need your help! We have launched a Crowdfunder to raise money for a detailed professional survey, flagging any major issues before we proceed with the purchase. Funds raised will also go towards covering the legal costs of the sale.

     When the survey is completed we will buy the inn through raising shares and have been pledged £296,650 from our supporters at home and around the world who want to be involved.

OUR STORY

WE set up Dent Community Pub Ltd, a Community Benefit Society (see rules) to buy the lovely old building through the sale of shares.

    Watch our social media and this website for updates on how to contribute to the Crowdfunder and to buy shares.

    Until then please express your interest through our Share Pledge.​​​

    See our FAQs page for queries or write to saveoursun2024@gmail.com.

Dent Community Pub: Help us buy The Sun Inn, Dent

OUR HISTORY

​​THE Sun is at the heart of Dentdale on the Yorkshire-Cumbria border and has been bringing our community together and welcoming visitors since the 16th Century.

    The earliest recorded inn-keeper in Dent is Richard Hodgson, ‘common brewer’ in 1523, in the reign of Henry VIII. By a 1758 deed ‘a Brewhouse and Inn’ were sold by William Metcalfe (a common name in these parts) to John Ridding, who in 1780 bequeathed to his son-in-law Richard Haygarth (there's a few of those around here as well).

      The Sun sits on a cobbled street in our village conservation area.

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