Jeremy Clarkson’s new pub to open today amid fears of 'chaos'

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Jeremy Clarkson’s new pub will open today amid national interest and fears the venture may bring more traffic problems following the success of his Diddly Squat farm shop.

The pub in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, will re-open to the public at midday after being renamed The Farmer’s Dog. The former Top Gear presenter revealed earlier this year he paid “less than £1 million” for the pub, then known as The Windmill.

A marquee has been erected within the grounds of the five-acre site ahead of the opening. Clarkson has faced push back over the years from locals in the West Oxfordshire area when he has tried to expand his Diddly Squat farm project, which features in his hit Amazon series Clarkson’s Farm. READ MORE: It's the 'biggest project in area since M60 was built' - but it will cause a LOT of disruption And some residents have expressed concerns about traffic problems because the pub is located next to the busy A40 road. “I’m delighted he’s breathing some new life into that pub,” one resident posted on Facebook. “I do worry about traffic though.

I popped by the farm shop at the weekend. "It was utter chaos. The massive new car park was rammed as well as a new overflow one they have made in a field across the road. “We didn’t stop as the marshals in hi viz told us the queue was over two hours.