Connecting people. Supporting places.
Pubtopia builds stronger rural communities through creativity, sustainability, local enterprise and practical projects that reduce isolation and help people and places thrive.
Born from The Halfway, built for the wider community.
"Pubtopia grew from the conversations we were already having at The Halfway."
Rhi Metters, Founder
What started as our village shop is growing into a wider access-to-essentials project — supporting local businesses, keeping money in the community and cutting unnecessary rural journeys.
Browse the Community Shop
A place for walkers, cyclists and dog walkers to rest, refill and recharge — seating, shelter, fresh water and toilet access, supporting low-carbon rural tourism.
Find the Pit Stop
A welcoming, relaxed space for people living with dementia or memory loss — along with their families and carers — to connect, enjoy gentle activity and feel less alone.
Learn about our openings
Workshops that bring people together to learn new skills, support local artists and craftspeople, and improve wellbeing through shared creative experiences.
See What's On
Available from March 2027 — three cosy, family and dog-friendly Bell Tents in the fields behind The Halfway. Simple facilities at this early stage, and every stay helps fund our community work.
Register your interest
We're working towards free countryside stays for families caring for a young person with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Every stay, workshop and purchase brings this closer.
How you can help
Pubtopia Comedy Nights will bring people together to laugh and connect — combining entertainment with gentle signposting to wellbeing and support services.
Get in touchFrom creative workshops and practical skills to supporting local businesses, artists and makers through our community shop, every Pubtopia project helps reduce rural isolation, improve wellbeing, strengthen our local economy and care for the environment.
From March 2027, stay in one of our three cosy, family and dog-friendly Bell Tents in the fields behind The Halfway, near Abergavenny. Facilities are simple at this early stage — but every stay helps us improve the site and fund our community work.
A relaxed, non-clinical environment with a small affordable menu and relaxed live music — for people experiencing dementia or memory loss, plus carers, families and loved ones.
Get in Touchwith Melanie Made Mud
An autumn-themed ceramics workshop with Melanie Made Mud, bringing people together for a relaxed, creative session.
Book / Enquire
What began at The Halfway has grown into Pubtopia CIC — a community dedicated to reducing rural isolation, supporting local businesses, improving wellbeing and creating opportunities for people to connect, learn and belong.
Together, we're proving that small rural communities can achieve extraordinary things.
Pubtopia is a separate Community Interest Company with its own community purpose. It shares a physical home with The Halfway and grew from conversations there, but exists as its own project for the wider community.
Read our storyOur community shop champions local food producers, artists, makers and small businesses. Every purchase keeps more money in our rural economy, celebrates local talent and helps cut food miles.
Have a product, service, workshop or idea that could support Pubtopia? We'd love to hear from you.
Get in touchEvery workshop you attend, every local product you buy, every stay you book and every partnership we build helps reduce rural isolation, strengthen local businesses, improve wellbeing and create a thriving rural community.
Join Our JourneyPubtopia is based at The Halfway in Tal-y-Coed, near Abergavenny. Parking is available at the rear of the pub.