Brakspear pub ready for Olympic flame

November 28, 2011

Brakspear pub The Pembroke Arms in Fovant near Salisbury is set to welcome the Olympic Torch bearers next year when Fovant, a village of just 680 residents, will be one of the smallest stops on the route.

The relay will pass through Fovant on 12th July next year.  Tenant Anthony Marshall has already been interviewed for BBC South Today and is hopeful the crew will return next summer. He said, “Fovant’s an interesting stop on the Olympic Torch route:  as well as being the smallest stop, it is also one of the only places in the country that was also a stopping point for the Olympic relay when the UK last hosted the games in 1948.

“We don’t yet know who will be carrying the Olympic flame through Fovant – though of course we’ve got our fingers crossed for Jessica Ennis! Whoever it is, we’ll make sure they receive a champions’ welcome at The Pembroke and we’re putting plans in place now for this once-in-a-lifetime event for the village.”