The Ostrich Inn (Grade II* Listing)
Location: High Street, Colnbrook

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Ostrich Inn,a Colnbrook High Street c. 1940 © The Greville Organisation Ltd

This inn is said to be the oldest in in the country and possibly the site of a grizzly murder of a wealthy clothier. However few records have survived to support the theories.

The Inn was also reputed to be a bolt hole for the highwayman Dick Turpin, who would make his escape via a passage which tunnelled under the road.

The building is a timber framed building dating from the sixteenth century, with a tiled roof.
In the Jacobean room is a life size stuffed ostrich which is names Esmeralda.
The hardware shop next to The Ostrich occupies the oldest house in Colnbrook.

References
The Colnbrook Guide including details of local facilities and A Short History of Colnbrook by Judith Hunter. Published and supplied by Colnbrook with Poyle Parish Council.
The Changing Face of Slough. Published in Association with the Slough Museum by Breedon Books Publishing 2003.