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

Now called The Loopy Shrew

Report for, formerly The Bellstone, is a large modern pub on two levels and is the bar and restaurant of the Bellstone boutique hotel above it. A relaxing seating area with lots of couches.  Then a short flight of stairs leads up to a large room and at the L-shaped bar. This serves a room with upholstered group seating around side the and a restaurant area.

Have a half pint here.

Morgan’s is the cafe-bar and bar dining of The Exchange Hotel and restaurant. There is outside seating on the large corner pavement. It is attractively and brightly decorated with a wooden floor and servery. The spacious bar area has a mixture of bar stools, couches and tall tables as well as plenty of standing space. This opens out to a bar dining area.

have a pint here

Real Ale : Shropshire Gold

Bitter:

Lager:          Estrella; Carling; Grolsch; Kozel;  Coor’s Light

Cider     :          Stowford press      Guinness

The Coach and Horses, dating from 1861, is a corner pub with a restaurant. The corner door takes you into a small triangular bar with fireplace and 5 tables. A screen pulls down in front of fireplace wall to show TV events. Round to the left is a small hexagonal snug. Down a short passage, which connects to the side entrance, and to the right is the lounge. The lounge has a large restaurant stretching off to the left. The chef reached the quarter finals of masterchef.

Good beer Guide 2020

Have several here.

Real ale:   Oracle (Salopian); Ow Do (Six Bells Brewery); Twisted Spire (Hobsons); Rye IPA (Slaters)

Lager:       Stella, Stella Black; Becks

Cider:    Sweeney Mountain; Rekorderlig; Thatchers                                         Guinness

Admiral Benbow (1836) is now a one roomed pub. The main L-shaped servery and standing area is to the left. To the right is a tabled area with service from the side counter. Further on from this room is access to an outside cobbled courtyard.

The pub is only open during the day (from midday) on Saturday and opens at 7pm on Sunday and 5pm during the week

Good Beer Guide regular …. including 2023

Have several here

Real Ale:     Top Totty (Slaters); Golden Arrow (Longden); Ditch Chase (Wonderstuff) IPA Gold (Ludlow); Lemon Dream and Labyrinth (both Salopian)

Lager:

Cider:       Rosie’s Triple D; Wasp                 Guinness

Ashley’s has a corner position. It is a very busy trendy food/drink bar. Couches and tables with stools at side windows looking out over road. Well worm wooden floor testifies to its popularity. Outside seating fenced off, on busy pavement. Not as big as outside makes it look but they can cram a lot of people and musicians into it fine. Closed Sunday and shuts early evening Monday to Wednesday.

have a half pint

Lager: Heineken; Amstel; Birra Moretti;

Cider:    Strongbow; Symonds                     Guinness

Hole In The Wall and attractive thin three story building from the outside. Inside you pass through the expected small room with no bar (!) and wonder around to a very large food/beer/TV sports place. This is a disappointment to what was expected from the outside. This disappointment does not entirely go away with families eating, food smell and lots of noise though the attractiveness does grow on you.

have a pint

Real Ale : Pedigree; Doom Bar; Greene King IPA

Lager:  Carling; Carlsberg; Becks

Cider                      Guinness

The Three Fishes is a lovely one roomed pub. The bar is in the centre of the room. The servery is the middle of the left-hand side. It L-shaped bar serves to the left and front. Seating and dining tables are before and after the bar area.

Good Beer guide regular, including 2023, 2024

Have one here

Real Ale : Landlord;  Inferno (Oakham);  Trooper; Three Tuns Stout; Disintegration

Lager:  Freedom (craft – Abbot Bromley); Stella; 

Cider     : Old Rosie; Addlestones; Thatchers         Guinness;  Three Tuns Stout

The Bull Inn (Marston’s) entrance takes you to a large room, with some tables it is mainly a standing area, with the servery at the far end. Going round to the right of this the pub opens into another room with table seating. This room then extends, and narrows, going to the rear of the pub. This also leads to a beer garden. There is outside seating at the front as well.

Have one here

Real ale:   Banks’s Bitter;  Hobgoblin; Bloomin Marvellous;   Canadian Red

Lager:       Carling; Peroni;  Budweisser;  San Miguel

Cider:        Stowford press                                             Guinness

Yorkshire House is a two roomed dark rock music drinking pub. The walls are Iron Maiden colouring and decorated with names of heavy metal bands. Full sized models of a wizard and a space warrior decorate the space to the left of the door. The servery is just inside the door to the left with a large sitting room to the right and a similar one through at the other side of the bar.

Have a pint here.

Real Ale:        HAP (Wye Valley); Mad Goose (Purity); Trooper (Robinsons)

Lager:            Carling; Coors Light; Stella

Cider:             Old Rosie; Stowford press; Strongbow                          Guinness

ANSWER: 116 years