Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
The Blue Anchor in Helston, Cornwall, started life in the 15th century as a rest house run by monks, who also brewed mead on the site.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it became a tavern and a brewery, today selling its own ales which it has been brewing on site for hundreds of years.
It has played a central role in the social lives of Helston locals for centuries and around 100 years ago, local tin miners even began receiving their wages at the bar.
The Blue Anchor in Helston, Cornwall, started life in the 15th century as a rest house run by monks, who also brewed mead on the site.
After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it became a tavern and a brewery, today selling its own ales which it has been brewing on site for hundreds of years.
It has played a central role in the social lives of Helston locals for centuries and around 100 years ago, local tin miners even began receiving their wages at the bar.
