Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA
SupportShrewsbury Pubs9-12 SeptemberSuggested Route
-Longden,Belle Vue andColeham
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wsbury Pubs 2020
9-12 Sept
These pubs had consistently high beer scores before lockdown
There is a half-hourly bus service (26) between the bus station
and the Red Barn, and a 20 min service along Belle Vue Road. The 27
continues on to the Brooklands (Flying Pig) which has up to three
ales.
6 These pubs intend to have additional/special beers for the
event
The Masonic Arms is an L-shaped sports pub serving up to four
cask ales, usually including London Pride and St Austell Tribute.
Home to several pub games teams and a golf society.
1 The Red Barn is a large two-roomed pub with two well-kept ales
and good pub food. There is an extensive quiet outdoor drinking
area behind the pub. The licensees formerly kept the Abbey and
developed its reputation for a wide range of ales and hope to do
the same here
The Grove is a long, thin pub with one large room and some
smaller spaces, with a long thin beer garden which runs down to the
railway line to Aberystwyth. A Marstons house, it carries three and
sometimes four of their ales.
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The Belle Vue Tavern is a cosy community pub, which always
serves a good pint of Bass alongside at least one and usually two
other cask ales. Formerly a Scottish and Newcastle pub, but their
beers are now rarely seen.
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The Prince of Wales is a two room pub with a large terrace and
bowling green to the rear. It is the current West Midlands Pub of
the Year and our Branch Pub of the Year. The pub serves 6 ales
normally, but is also running a mini-festival Thurs 10 - Sun
13th
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10 The Nags Head is an unspolied wet-led pub serving four of �ve
ales, and has a surprise in store in its surprisingly large rear
garden - a 14th century hall house! It can get very busy at peak
times.
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9 The House of Grain (a converted grain store) adds two cask
ales to the six craft beers on o�er. Pavement seating on the
pedestrianised area. The upstairs room is a restaurant.
You can walk the half mile (800m) from the Red Barn to the Grove
by a path to the left of the grave yard (as marked on the map) or
via Central Drive, Longden Green, Oakley Avenue and Oakley St.
There’s only a few metres difference, but we think the off road
path seems to pass more quickly!
Please follow the social distancing and hygiene rules in each
pub. These have been carefully designed to match that particular
pub and to keep you, your group, pub sta�, and others safe. They
might change in response to the Regulations in force when you
visit, so please be aware of restrictions on numbers and number of
households in your group. It is also more than usually important to
drink responsibly to protect yourself, your companions and emergncy
responders. The QR code will take you to the Whatpub.com page for
the Brick, and you can �nd the others using the “nearby pubs”
tab
6 The Boars Head has recently reintroduced cask ale to its o�er,
and now serves two or three well kept from the Marstons range. A
darts and doms pub with a strong locals base, but a warm welcome
for visitors. Much of the car park is now an outside drinking area,
and there is a small terrace.
Footbridge
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The same family has been serving Bass in the Cross Foxes since
1985 along with at least two, often three other ales. A small,
L-shaped locals darts and doms pub with a warm, welcoming interior.
The M&B mild is, unfortunately, keg only.
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The Hop and Friar is a Marstons Pub serving two from their
range. The lack of tra�c past the front door keeps the rear garden
area (extended for the moment) a quiet if paved haven.
Other nearby pubs are The Seven Stars (11 no cask ale, Friday
eve to Sunday only), The Crown (12, Marstons), The Lion and
Pheasant Hotel (13, Freehouse, 2 LocAles) and the Henry Tudor House
(14, Shrewsbury’s only pub in a Grade 1 listed building and serving
2 ales)
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