This thread has mostly focused on the US. In the UK, rural life is quite different and it frustrates me no end that there is no equivalent to the local pub even

This thread has mostly focused on the US. In the UK, rural life is quite different and it frustrates me no end that there is no equivalent to the local pub even in small towns in the US (sports bars don’t count)… In terms of specifics in the UK, look west and southwest. Full of fantastic little villages which have communities.