A Suffolk village’s only pub is to reopen on Thursday – after being closed for more than a year.

The Swan Inn in Hoxne, which is owned by Enterprise Inns, has been taken over by husband and wife Darren and Angela Turner.

Coincidentally, the Swan was the first pub the couple, from Yorkshire, ever went to in the county, five years ago.

Mr Turner, who started as a packer driver at Smith News before working his way up to operations director, said: “We said wouldn’t it be nice to own our own traditional country pub – little did we know we’d be doing it.”

The couple, who will be living in the pub with their twins Beth and Ben, both nine, will be hosting the St Patrick’s Day-themed launch night from 6pm, which will feature live traditional Irish music and a hog roast.

Mr Turner said: “I took my redundancy package as I’d had enough of corporate life, so we said lets do something for ourselves.”

Before moving to the pub, the family had lived in Eye. While Mr Turner will run the pub full time, Mrs Turner will continue as a part time nurse.

Mr Turner said: “We want the community back again.

“Their support has been fantastic – I think they are going to be queuing out the door on Thursday, it will be standing room only.

“We feel so honoured to be here. I don’t want to go back to corporate life.”