Award-winning community-focused pub, situated just outside York's historic city walls. We also own local free houses The Slip Inn and Volunteer Arms. Independence = choice and quality for the people! ❤️🍻 Chair: @campaignforpubs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3mjzenpciec23Apologies for any inconvenience, but we are in serious need of some external refreshment! Meanwhile, internal refreshment duties will of course continue as usual. 🍻😁21 Apr 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzenpciec23https://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3mbglv42u5c2jIf you can spare 14 mins please listen to my chat with the splendid @nicklove.bsky.social on @jorvikradio.bsky.social We covered the #BusinessRatesBetrayal, what makes #pubs so special and why @campaignforpubs.bsky.social is different and so important. HNY! 🍻 2026 ❤️ pubs youtu.be/N6FJSw3La98 https://youtu.be/N6FJSw3La98?si=6_UPKbU8N0fH079L02 Jan 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbglv42u5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3m5bjhwubc22cNice article that underplays one crucial point. Both #pubs are entirely #independent & free from the clutches of pubcos. Traditional #pubs can really thrive when there's no greedy corporate landlord extracting excessive profit & restricting drinks to generic brands. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp9j1vg1qo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp9j1vg1qo?xtor=AL-71-%5Bpartner%5D-%5BBBC+England%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_format=link&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBC_Leeds&at_link_id=8520A534-BC72-11F0-8C2B-CD2B8E0605E9&at_bbc_team=editorial10 Nov 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bjhwubc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3m3emzubovs2hThe #budget is coming so expect the global brewers & pubcos to ramp up their perennial self-serving nonsense about #beerduty. Don't be conned. 1p off duty won't save a single pub. It'll just make corporations richer and more powerful. Our new @campaignforpubs.bsky.social blog post explains all. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2025 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3emzubovs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3m3ad5lwl222kThanks @thecaterermag.bsky.social for requesting an opinion piece on last week's licensing reform furore. Our sector deserve better than mere spin when so many #pubs & #hospitality businesses are gripped in an existential crisis. @campaignforpubs.bsky.social https://www.thecaterer.com/indepth/why-the-governments-attempt-to-change-pub-opening-hours-is-just-spin15 Oct 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ad5lwl222khttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3m23k2mbvic2bBeautiful set from @modernnature.bsky.social tonight. York is so lucky to have both @thecrescentyork.bsky.social and @pleasepleaseyou.bsky.social ❤️30 Sep 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m23k2mbvic2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lymv4hpr3k2lWhy would a pubco seek to flog off 23 #pub freeholds along with good long term tenants? Surely not because these are fair Free of Tie leases which no longer allow the excessive profit extraction that underpins the entire over-leveraged tied pubco model..? savills.co.uk/insight-and-op…12 Sep 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymv4hpr3k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lwivoxt7hs2gA wonderful outcome for this gorgeous proper back street #pub. Once at chronic risk of loss, it seems The Vine, Pithill has ended up in truly safe hands. People still crave true #community locals, and #independent ownership is the absolute ideal. 🍻❤️👍 https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/traditional-stoke-trent-pub-re-1028574316 Aug 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwivoxt7hs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lw6udj4p3c25Cheers Dave! 😊🍻 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2025 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw6udj4p3c25https://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3ls2cvpbmi22tTruly wonderful photos of our pub and a lovely endorsement too. Thanks so much Richard! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jun 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2cvpbmi22thttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lqcknagukk2xExcellent and well-deserved swipe at the way the dead hand of corporatism consistently degrades even the most potentially special of pubs. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcknagukk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lpo5zifa3s2aGood blog by @totalcurtis.bsky.social here. Policy makers and the CMA cannot keep turning a blind eye to the anti-competitive state of the corporate-dominated #UK #beer and #pub market. @campaignforpubs.bsky.social geterbrewed.com/blog/2025/05/1…21 May 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpo5zifa3s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3loipgg2nq22t🚨The UK beer and pub sector is in crisis, buckling under ever rising costs while still being brazenly hollowed out with full government consent by a toxic asset-sweating/stripping 🏴‍☠️ cartel of pubcos and global brewers. So it's good to see our main trade journal focusing on the big issues as ever...06 May 2025 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3loipgg2nq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lodvar2wo22eBravo @zoejardiniere.bsky.social It's truly shameful that we so rarely get to hear this kind of basic honesty, decency and sense in our public discourse these days, over the constant amplification of the easy-answer, inhumane nonsense churned out ad nauseum by divisive con artists. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2025 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lodvar2wo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3llgkueotjc26@privateeyenews.bsky.social is the ONLY news source to have been consistently right about the #GreatBritishPubcoScam over the years 🍻 Just as they were about the #PostOfficeScandal 📮✊ We REALLY need the rest of the media to wake up to the havoc being wrought on #pubs, #livelihoods & #communities ⚠️28 Mar 2025 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgkueotjc26https://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3llge24rdf224There is just one important piece of info here, and it's that the team are quitting a pubco-owned pub & looking for a freehold instead. If only @dailymirrornews.bsky.social had delved into that, this article could have been so much more. @campaignforpubs.bsky.social https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/neil-morrissey-quits-pub-business-34947369.amp28 Mar 2025 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3llge24rdf224https://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lle6y666ns2rHuge honour to have featured in this episode of this beautiful series, along with @professorpub.bsky.social in The Swan. This entire series by @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social is a must-watch love letter to UK #cask ale and #pubs. All for a great cause too! Essential viewing. 🎥🍻 youtu.be/PyD8TmmRScY https://youtu.be/PyD8TmmRScY?si=vEWmKDakFghhfHHL27 Mar 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle6y666ns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lkuwkht2m22p🍻 Wayne at YO1 Radio gave myself & MP @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social time for a proper in-depth chat about the ongoing decades-long corporate assault on #UKpubs. Things won't improve for #pubs or #independent #craft #brewers until Govt & @cmagovuk.bsky.social act. https://www.yo1radio.co.uk/podcasts1/ask-the-leaders/episode/wayne-chadwick-with-rachel-maskell-and-pub-owner-paul-crossman/21 Mar 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkuwkht2m22phttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lkb3nedl622aLatest great #KeepCaskAlive film by @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social. 🍻 The wonderful symbiosis between Harveys and both Lewes FC and @officialbhafc.bsky.social just shows how much similar potential is routinely squandered in venues that can't see past ubiquitous global brands. youtu.be/bnogGqLTzX4 https://youtu.be/bnogGqLTzX4?si=ONNtCgPdf1EoUsyP13 Mar 2025 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb3nedl622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lk44d32ins2cEvery #beer we recently received from Mallinsons has been absolutely superb. This Jester is no exception. An absolute cracker! All #pubs really should have fair access to wonderful local independent #beers like this. #keepcaskalive 🍻❤️11 Mar 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk44d32ins2chttps://bsky.app/profile/theswanyork.bsky.social/post/3lj5mojduuc2nHere's Brad from @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social supping a pint of our very own Swan Session Blonde in the intro to Pt6 of their brilliant #KeepCaskAlive documentary series. 🍻 Fascinating & hugely worthwhile film project with a valuable @unesco.org goal. Check it out! 🎥 youtu.be/D8LiB6yvlx4?si…27 Feb 2025 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:232em4x7o3y3zvmfc6nv2l2o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5mojduuc2n