Community ‘astonished’ by level of support to help buy Pembrokeshire pub

Members of the ‘community cooperative’ set up to buy the Crymych Arms pub have expressed their gratitude to people from near and far for supporting the campaign to buy and reopen the Pembrokeshire premises.

April 8 marked the end of the first week of launching the community share offer and a fantastic sum of £132,100 has been deposited in the community shares bank account for the pub situated in the centre of Crymych village in North Pembrokeshire.

“The members of the community cooperative set up to buy the Crymych Arms pub are so grateful to the people from near and far for supporting the campaign,” said campaigner Cris Tomos.

“Many more people now wish to join the scheme and part own the historic Crymych Arms building that was one of the first buildings in the village as shown on early maps of the area.

“The target to buy the pub is £275,000 and the volunteer committee members are astonished at the support which has now seen them reach 48% of their target in one week!” he continued.

Full details about the share offer are on the website: www.cpdcrymych.cymru. There are also plans for an information drop in event on Saturday, April 22 from 11 am to 1 pm. This will be a chance for prospective investors to ask questions and as happened last Saturday many people deposited their cheques and investments forms.

The volunteer committee members wish to thank everyone for the tremendous support and truly hope that the community pub will be bought and reopened by July 2023.