The Swan in Enford to Reopen this week

Monday, 30 March 2026 11:33

The Swan at Enford, Wiltshire, will reopen on Thursday, 2nd April, thanks to major new shareholders who have pitched in to ensure that the only pub in the village will remain a vital community asset.

Combined with the ongoing hard work of a team of local volunteers who ran the pub for five months until January, this means that The Swan now has a secure future. Thevolunteers included film star Rupert Everett whose shifts pulling pints made headlines aroundthe world.

Investors Sophie Cooper and Andy Wiggins, who moved to Enford last year, realised the need within the community for a thriving pub to be available to all. “We chose Enford because of the amazing location and its charming rural pub – we didn’t know we were going to meet so manywonderful people and those people were our motivation to buy the pub” said Sophie.

Andycommented: “When the volunteers ran the pub it really changed the dynamic, everyone washappy to work and made the pub a genuine community hub, we couldn’t let that change so westepped in to keep it owned by locals and focused on being a real community asset”.

The Swan made national and international news last year when star of stage and screen Rupert Everett, who lives locally, joined the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and then was seen pulling pints in the pub. Rupert described the thatched 16th-century building as the beating heart of the community.

He may soon be seen behind the bar again, when filming schedules allow. “I am so excited for the future of The Swan, our pub tradition must be saved”, he said.

Enford is a CAMRA hotspot with many new members who have followed Rupert’s example and joined the campaign. The Swan caters for all, but is renowned for supporting local breweries and the quality of the real ales.

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