There are Four Trails running on from one another therefore you can actually start at any of the pubs and move on the number you wish. The complete trail will start at the railway station and return there at the end.

First Section - to the Welsh bridge and river . (blue icons)

Second - Into the town

Third - Down to the English Bridge

Fourth - Returning to the Station

 Leaving the station car park cross over at the cross-roads up the main Road, Castle Gates where The Bull’s Head is on the left. Cross over and go down Meadow Place towards the river to where The Alb is. Continue along the road which runs parallel to the river. At the next corner is The Salopian. Keep walking along the road and at the next corner turn left into Mardol where The King's Head is immediately on your left. On the opposite corner is The Shrewsbury Hotel. The Hotel's car park ends where the main road meets The Welsh Bridge. Cross over here to keep walking by the river. In quick succession are (on next page) Hickory's (formerly The Waterfront) and The Armoury. Cutting back there is a pathway between These two pubs. Walking up the brings you to Montgomery's Tower.

Bull’s Head (Marston’s) has a square shaped servery serving the bar at the entrance.  There are some seats by the window then a fireplace wall leading around the bar to pool area. There is a warning that leaning on fire could be dangerous! A larger lounge is round to the right via a narrow space between bar and wall.

Have a half pint

Real Ale:     Pedigree; Banks’s Bitter

Bitter:           Mansfield Smoothflow

Lager:         Stella; Carlsberg

Cider:         Thatcher's Gold;    Strongbow    Guinness

The Alb is a recently modernised and shifted up-market small lounge with and upstairs restaurant. Food and cocktails are highlighted. The beers are hidden to the left of the servery. There are dining style tables along the window side with tall tables and stools in the centre. It has a seating area outside on wide pavement.

Have a half pint here

Real Ale:   Shropshire Gold (Salopian); Doombar; Zombie

Lager:       Peroni; Coors Light; Blue Moon; Grolsch

Cider:       Stowford press                              Guinness

The Salopian is a bright blue bar on a corner opposite the river. There is some outside seating by the road. Inside there is a modern bar with a servery mainly to the front but with a small counter to the right. The room is L-shaped around the servery with some small tables opposite the counter, tall tables in the far corner and lower tables around the corner. They try to have 8 real ales on. There are several TVs showing sports all the time.

This pub has been Shrewsbury and West Shropshire CAMRA pub of the year 2008, 2009, 2011 , 2012 and

Good Beer Guide regular, including 2023, 2024

Have three here!

Real Ale : Oracle (Salopian);  Millstone (True Grit); Harbour Brewing Light Ale; Kashmir (Salopian) ; Seville (Dark Star); Infinity (blue Monkey);Station (Stonehouse); Citra (Oakham)

Lager: Grolsch;  Carling

Cider                      Guinness

King’s Head is an old (14th Century?) pub and looks it from the outside. Inside is opened up giving lots of room with darkness the only reference to a past age. There are table and seats to either side of the main door and the servery is past a large standing area.

Have a half pint here

Real Ale : Mojo (Robinsons); Doombar; Joker (Backyard) Side Pocket (Tring)

Bitter:  John Smiths

Lager: Carling; Stella

Cider;  Stowford press               Guinness

The Shrewsbury Hotel is a Wetherspoons hotel. The servery is straight in the door and stretches to the right and left. The drinking/dining area is splits into several sections, a couple very small, to fit the opening up of the building.

A half pint here

Real Ale: Jurassic (DBC);  Victory at waterloo (lees); Doom bar; Abbot; Greene king IPA; Nightmare (Hambleton);   Nognec Asian pale Ale

Bitter:       John Smith

Lager:      Heineken;  Fosters; Tuborg;  Stella; 1664;

Cider:    Strongbow           Guinness

Hickory's (formerly The Waterfront)

This report is on The Waterfront - part of the steak house chain, has a large frontage with a balcony containing tables and chairs either side of the large doorway. Inside it is one large squarish room with a high ornate ceiling. It is the bar -restaurant part of a complex which includes the night club called Bonds. The Waterfront has tiled area at the servery but the main area is a wooden floor with tables and chairs. The wall opposite the servery has large bookcases decorating the wall and several booths for sitting in. As a food place with carvery, it had a lingering smell of food.

Have a pint here

Real Ale :  Tribute; Atlantic (sharps); Doombar; Darwin’s Origin; Lemon Dream (both Salopian); Shropshire;   Hills beauty (Wood’s)

Lager:        Carling; Peroni; Sharp’s pilsner

Cider:          Aspall;  Stowford Press                           Guinness

The Armoury (Brunning & Price) is a former late 18th century armoury and then a bakery. It is an impressively large building both in area and volume. The large arched windows let in lots of light. The servery and standing to drink area is in front of the entrance. To the right and left are large tabled areas for eating.

Food and service is up to the chain’s usual high standard,

Have some here

Real Ale:    Cheshire Cat (Weetwood); The Golden arrow (Longden); Oracle (Salopian); Off The Rails  (Stonehouse); Shropshire Lad (Wood’s); Brunning & Price

Original Bitter; KPA (Stonehouse) ; Arizona (Phoenix); Mojo ( Monty’s)

Lager:          Becks; Carling; Lowenbrua

Cider:    Rosie pig ; Stowford press; Aspall                              Guinness

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