GLASGOW

Glasgow pubs around Shettleston

GLASGOW: Shettleston

Take the train to Carntyne and on leaving station turn left under a bridge. Walk down this road and turn right once you reach the main road - Shettleston Rd (not Old Shettleston Rd); it is obvious when you reach the main drag. Turn right and walk along a block to find Sheddens Inn on the corner.

Leaving here cross over the road and retrace your footsteps back along Shettleston Rd and just past the road you came down from the station turn up right to The Palaceum Bar. Return back to Shettleston Road and along it the next eight bars will be found . Turning right and crossing over there is The Town Tavern and then on the next corner is The Cottage Bar. Continue along and crossing over brings you to The Marquis Bar. Crossing over agin and walking on brings The Drum and then The Portland Arms. Continue on ann again crossing over just beyond the lights is The Railway Tavern and opposite it (cross over) is The Kirkhouse Bar and Kitchen.

Leaving here go back to the crossroads and turn right to walk up to the station. Once on the platform you can pop over the railway bridge where there is Budhill Square. Half way along the right hand side of the square is Miller’s.

 Shedden’s Inn is a corner bar with the longer side on the main road and narrower side down the side street. The lounge entrance was on the main road while bar entrance is on the corner. There are two tables of banquette seating by the bar door. On the right wall before the servery starts is a dart board. Opposite this seating the bar counter with light green wooden gantry stretches from the darts to the lounge with the bare wall opposite making a corridor to “The Snug” which is served by the end of the counter. The bar has red lino floor, red stools at tables and counter. The walls are green wood then light green paper with a dark brown ceiling. “The Snug” has red banquette seating split into two large booth areas.

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History

Heavy:  Caledonian Best Lager:   Heverlee; Tennent’s Cider:    Magners

The Palaceum has an entrance at both ends of the building. The right is for the lounge/function suite while the bar entrance is at the left of the building. There is a bigger than normal entry vestibule before the door to the large bar with a low ceiling. The servery is on the opposite wall with the counter stretching almost the length of the room and it has brown bar stools along it. The counter has plenty of standing room in front of it and then two pool tables. Beyond the pool tables in two large booths are banquette seating. Each booth area has 4 tables and with small stools at tables.

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Heavy:  Tenennt’s Special Lager:   Peroni;  Carling;  Tennent’s Guinness

The Town Tavern is a busy entertainment and food place. The entrance is in the middle of the front of the building. To right of door is a balustrade fenced off area for lots of seats and tables for sitting and dining, the entrance to which is further into the room opposite the servery. Round to left from the door is some seating and large TV.  Then the L-shaped counter starts a few metres along and curves round to go up along left back wall. Comfy chair style stools line the counter. The counter ends at the kitchen while pub continues opening to more dining area. A large pillar opposite servery helps split room into bar area and dining. The right-hand side dining stretches up the full length of pub. Right at the back of the dining area behind a balustrade is a pool table.

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One of The Mighty Local group of 83 pubs.

History

Heavy: John Smiths Lager:  Birra Moretti; Stella,  Tennent’s;  Carling Cider:   Strongbow                            Guinness

The Cottage is a one roomed pub entered by a door on the corner which has a right and left entrance either of which take you into the small bar room. The servery is against the far wall and has a painted brown wood counter with accompanying black stools. Black banquette seating is around sides of the room. Well used wooden tables with red chairs. The floor is part lino and part wood screwed in.

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History

 Heavy:   John Smiths Lager:    Tennent’s Cider:     Strongbow                        Guinness

The Marquis is a corner pub with narrow front and bar entrance on the main road while the longer side and lounge entrance is down the side street. Main road door to the smart bar enters to seating either side. Windows go down the left side and counter starts along right wall.  The counter goes round at far end to serve the large lounge. The route to lounge from bar is narrow at far end as toilet walls encroach. The lounge has booths and pink banquette seating. Tile floor of the bar is tiled near the counter and wood beyond. The room is very light as large windows to street corner. Mainly wooden panel wall.

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Heavy:     John Smiths;  Caledonia Best

Lager:       Madri;  Stella; Carling; Tennent’s

Cider:       Strongbow Dark Fruits                         Guinness

The Drum is a large food lead pub. It is a pub that happens to be on a corner rather than a corner pub. The front has a good length of windows either side of the door and windows continue round the corner making the place very light. The pub is tastefully decorated and makes great use of the large space splitting it up into smaller areas.

The servery is straight ahead when entering and is partially against the rear wall but mainly coming down into the main room. This centre block also has the kitchen behind the servery.

The left-hand side is the larger being split in two areas separated by a balustrade and also up a few steps. The first and lower level has several six-seater booths by the window and seating backing onto the balustrade. Opposite the counter are some tall tables serving the bar area. Going up a few steps at the rear wall takes you to the upper area with more seating and dining tables. Round to the right of the entrance is further seating going round and down by the windows.

 Heavy:     John Smith Lager:      Cruzcampo   ; Fosters; Birra Moretti;  Tennent’s; Heineken Cider:       Strongbow;   Strongbow Dark Fruit                                  Guinness

 The Portland Arms is a category B listed pub and is found in CAMRA’s “Scotland’s True Heritage Pubs” because of its Art Deco style interior. It has a polished stone frontage, set back from the road, with the door in the middle and entrances to right and left allowing entry to a large square room. Once inside there is a large oval counter and  the servery has a lighting canopy above it. In each of the four corners of the large square room are small siting rooms. Each side has an art deco fireplace and red banquette seating along right and left walls where seating for two people cut off by small wooden barriers with a small wooden round table each. There is lots of standing area between counter and seating.

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History CAMRA Heritage pub

Heavy:    Worthington Lager:     Coors;   Stella;  Carling Cider:                           Cold River Cider;  Guinness

 The Railway Tavern and is featured in CAMRA’s book “Scotland’s True Heritage Pubs” because of its interior. Once in the door there is a lovely oval island bar running to the right with stools around counter. The oval has two serving areas. At the entrance side of the oval there is a door to the right where there is a small room with the outside windows along the front wall. This has a counter which has four small round wooden tables with wooden chairs opposite it. The remainder of the counter curves round to the rear of the room and along. There is a door near the end of the wall accessing an outside seating area. The island bar counter does not join the two areas at the far end as there is a very small room which was a small off-licence section here. To the left of entrance is the first of two small square sitting rooms with seating and tables. The second is next door opposite the curve of the oval. There is a tiled floor and a wooden wall to a low dido then white above to low ceiling. The ceiling has dark beam edging and central thick beam running the length of the pub.

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History CAMRA Heritage pub

Heavy:    Caledonia Best;  Tennent’s Special Lager:     Tennent’s Cider:      Magners;  Blackthorn                   Caledonia Stout ; Guinness

 The Kirkhouse Bar and Kitchen is a large food lead pub. Both sides of the entrance have large windows letting in a lot of light. To the left of the entrance is a glass shelf along the window, some seating and a barrel table. The L-shaped servery then starts along the left wall. At right of entrance and down a few steps is the main dining/seating area where there are booths along the windows. The corner dining area is light due to lots of windows.

 The servery is then along the left wall with stools and a shelf area just forward of counter splitting off from the main seating dining by a low wall. TVs showing different sports.

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Lager:       Fosters; Amstel; Tennent’s; Birra Moretti Heavy:      John Smiths Cider:        Strongbow;   Strongbow Dark Fruit     Guinness