{"id":711628,"date":"2026-07-26T07:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711628\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:07:32","slug":"wiltshire-coronation-street-star-reveals-best-walk-and-cafe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711628\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiltshire Coronation Street star reveals best walk and cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Nigel Havers, who played Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and Lewis Archer in Coronation Street between 2009 and 2019, currently lives near Marlborough.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a recent interview with The Times, the 74-year-old revealed he and his beloved poodle Charley are big fans of the county\u2019s huge range of countryside walks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their favourite involves the Kennet and Avon Canal south of Marlborough and a nearby woodland.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Havers said: \u201cWe have a dozen great walks. A beautiful one is along a canal where we live in Wiltshire, near Marlborough, where we go into fields and through woods.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cCharley will always pick up a stick towards the end of the walk and bring it home. She\u2019s so efficient at that that I\u2019ve never had to buy any kindling.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI\u2019m using last year\u2019s sticks still. When she\u2019s carrying a stick you won\u2019t get it off her. But when she gets it home she\u2019s very happy for me to put it on the fire.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    Full access to all of our articles online and on the app, fewer adverts, a better reading experience, exclusive competitions and more &#8211; all for less than the price of a cup of coffee. \u2615\ufe0f<br \/>Subscribe now! &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQ9XF2gcO2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/AQ9XF2gcO2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bYvsD2lw5e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/bYvsD2lw5e<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Gazette &amp; Herald (@wiltsgazette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wiltsgazette\/status\/2043684562341970325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 13, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Havers also told The Times that one of his favourite cafes is Tray\u2019s in Hungerford, just a few miles over the Wilshire border.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: \u201cWe recently had lunch at Tray\u2019s, one of our favourite cafes in Hungerford, and Charley, though not supposed to go near the kitchen area, was as always at the doorway sniffing out any titbits to eat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThen she was given what looked like a fillet of beef. She\u2019s a thief. If somebody is playing with a ball in the park she will steal the ball and not give it back.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cLuckily, people always laugh and think it\u2019s quite funny.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Havers described Charley as \u201cvery cool, smart and easy-going\u201d and told The Times she has even been on set with him during filming.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: \u201cIn my one-man show Charley comes on stage sometimes with my wife. She just trots on.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cCharley did a whole episode of a [Channel 5] show called Posh Hotels with Sally [Lindsay] &amp; Nigel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cShe loved being in front of the camera. She had a beauty treatment, tea with another dog, and behaved brilliantly. She and I were given matching Barbour jackets to wear on set.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Havers\u2019 UK tour, Nigel Havers Talking B*ll*cks , will begin on October 1 and will visit the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon on October 5.\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigel Havers, who played Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and Lewis Archer in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-711628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}