The Princess Victoria, Matlock Bath

This pub has had a bit of a chequered past and ownership seems to have changed hands fairly frequently, suggesting its not an easy pub to run. Our visit revealed yet another recent change with a new tenant installed (although he was previously the manager). However, our impressions were favourable. Pleasant wooden surroundings, slightly dingy lighting, a bloke on the piano contrasting with 60s classics on the sound system. It is, maybe, still a pub whose target market is young people but there was a healthy range of beers on tap (Ashover and Blue Monkey are the two I remember but there were more) and the manager was on hand to offer advice about flavours. All in all, a pleasant place and one to go back to..