Liam Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) I thought I’d set up a guide to pubs and breweries within close proximity to railway stations across the network. This was an idea I had last week after a visit to Ludlow Brewery (fantastic) which is located in the former goods shed immediately to the north of the station, and all of one/two minutes’ walk away. I’ll categorise the stations and their nearby watering holes by geographical region, and within that alphabetical order. Please suggest away below and I’ll add them to the list in this post. East of England: Billericay - The Crown and The Railway Knebworth - The Station House Wivenhoe - The Station East Midlands: Beeston - The Victoria Dronfield - Dronfield Arms, with its own brewery Glossop - Star Inn Grantham - The Whistle Stop Hadfield - The Palatine Long Eaton - Sawley Junction Nottingham - Bearheadz; Vat & Fiddle (home of Castle Rock brewery) Oakham - The Grainstore Brewery Worksop - The Mallard London: Baker Street - The Metropolitan Denmark Hill - The Phoenix Kew Gardens - The Tap on the Line London Euston - The Doric; The Signal Box London Kings Cross - The Parcel Yard London Liverpool Street - Hamilton Hall Swiss Cottage - The Swiss Cottage (the station was named after the pub) North East: Durham - The Waiting Room Newcastle Upon Tyne - The Centurion Bar Wylam Next to the overhead signal box- Boathouse North West: Ashley (Cheshire) - The Greyhound Barrow In Furness - The Duke Of Edinburgh (at junction of station approach and main road) Bury Bolton Street (ELR) - Trackside Bar Irlam - The Station Carnforth - The Snug (a micropub) Frodsham - The Helter Skelter Greenfield - The Railway Inn Helsby - Beer Heros Liverpool Lime Street. Ma Edgerton's; The Crown Liverpool Moorfields - Golden Lion (opposite the old Exchange station entrance) Manchester Piccadilly - Piccadilly Tap Mobberley - The Railway Inn Morecambe - Station Promenade (a short walk from the current station) Mouldsworth - The Goshawk Oxenholme - The Station Inn Ravenglass - The Ratty Arms Rawtenstall (ELR) station building - Bufferstops Stalybridge - Stalybridge Buffet & bar Urmston - The Steamhouse Waterloo (Merseyside) - Stamps Too (across the road from the ticket office) Wigan North Western - Wigan Central Scotland: Aberdeen - Brewdog (on the upper level in the shopping centre); Aichies. Dingwall - The Mallard Edinburgh Waverley - Guildford Arms; Halfway House; The Booking Office (Wetherspoons) Inverness - Black Isle Brewery Bar Tain - Platform 1864 South East: Alton - The Railway Ashurst (New Forest) - The New Forest Inn Beaulieu Road - The Drift Brighton - The Evening Star Burgess Hill - The Railway Bursledon - The Jolly Sailor (the 'Howard's Way' pub) Chichester - The Fountain Dorking - Lincoln Arms East Croydon - Porter & Sorter Earlswood- Old Chestnut Eastleigh - Steam Town Brew Co. Eridge - The Huntsman Farnborough North - The Prince of Wales Faversham - The Limes; The Railway Hotel Hungerford - The Railway Tavern Lancing - The Railway Lewes - The Lansdown Arms London Road (Brighton) - The Signalman; The Open House Lymington - Bosuns Chair Maidstone West - Cellars Ale House Mottisfont & Dunbridge : The Mill Arms Newhaven - The Engineer North Camp - The Old Ford Penshurst - Little Brown Jug Portsmouth Harbour - The Ship Anson Reading - The Greyfriar; Three Guineas Seaford - Steamworks (in the station building) Shalford - Queen Victoria Shawford - The Bridge St Denys - The Junction Swanwick - The Talisman Uckfield - The Station Whyteleafe - The Radius Arms (micropub) Worthing - Grand Victorian Hotel And Pub Wye - The Tickled Trout South West: Bath Spa - Graze Exeter Central - Tabac Exeter St Davids - Exeter Brewery (only open certain days a week); The Imperial (up a steep hill). Lympstone Village - The Swan Inn Newton Abbot - Railway Brewhouse Newton St Cyres - The Beer Engine Penzance - Longboat Inn Portsmouth Arms - Portsmouth Arms Starcross - Atmospheric Railway Inn Yatton - The Railway Wales: Llandudno - Tapps Bar Porthmadog - Spooners Bar; The Australia; Purple Moose Brewery; The Station Inn. Prestatyn - The Cookhouse West Midlands: Alvechurch - The Weighbridge Inn Birmingham Moor Street - Kilder (craft beer, in the arches below the through platforms) Birmingham New Street - Post Office Vaults; The Railway Bournville - Attic Brew Co (limited opening hours) Bridgnorth (SVR) - The Railwayman's Arms Codsall - Codsall Station Pub Highley (SVR) - The Ship Inn Kidderminster - King & Castle (SVR); Weavers Real Ale House Ludlow - Ludlow Brewery Lye - Sadlers Brewhouse & Bar (the industrial estate on the Stourbridge bound platform); Beat Brewing (the industrial estate alongside the Birmingham bound platform) Stone - The Talbot Wolverhampton - The Great Western Yorkshire & Humber: Batley - The Cellar bar Dewsbury - West Riding refreshment rooms Doncaster - Draughtsman Harrogate - The Harrogate Tap Huddersfield station - Head of Steam, Kings Head (both once were accessible from the same platform but now normally from forecourt due to ticket barriers) Knaresborough - The Track and Sleeper; The Mitre Sheffield - Sheffield Tap Wakefield Kirkgate - Fernandez Brewery Wakefield Westgate - Henry Boons York - York Tap Edited April 9 by Liam 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Northeast Doncaster station platform - Draughtsman Sheffield station forecourt (can sometimes be accessed from platform) - Sheffield Tap York station - York Tap Durham station platform - The Waiting Room Dewsbury station - West Riding refreshment rooms Huddersfield station - Head of Steam, Kings Head (both once wer accessible from the same platofrom but now normally from forecourt due to ticket barriers) Wylam Next to the overhead signal box by the level crossing and station - Boathouse (the bay window eats are excellent for viewing passing trains) Worksop station - The Mallard Cleethorpes, Old station building- No1 Pub, and on the concourse - No2 Refreshment rooms Harborough, opposite station - The Station Barton upon Humber, opposite station - The White Swan London Euston Station forecourt - Euston Tap Euston station forecourt - The Doric Kings Cross concourse - The Parcel Yard Theres loads more that we have visited but this will do for now. Edited February 9, 2022 by roundhouse 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Southwest Newton St Cyres - The Beer Engine Exeter St Davids - Great Western Hotel and just further along is the Exeter Brewery Bar but only open certain days a week. Exeter Central main entrance shop parade - Tabac ( a small bar with craft beers) Newton Abbot, next to main ticket hall - Railway Brewhouse Portsmouth Arms, just along form the station - Portsmouth Arms Lympstone Village at bottom of station approach - The Swan Inn Penzance, across the road from the station - Longboat Inn Starcross, across the road - Atmospheric Railway Inn Bath Spa access via station forecourt but does have outside seating at platform level - Graze (gastro type modern place serving Bath Ales) Yatton - opposite the station building - The Railway Edited February 9, 2022 by roundhouse 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 Northwest Stalybridge on the platform - Stalybridge Buffet & bar Manchester Piccadilly approach - Piccadilly Tap Bury Bolton Street platform - Trackside Bar Rawtenstall station building - Bufferstops Irlam old station building - The Station Urmston old station building - The Steamhouse Glossop, on corner next to station - Star Inn Hadfield, opposite station approach- The Palatine 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Both of us can't now sleep as we keep thinking more places between me and my other half Northwest Carnforth in the old up mainline buildings - The Snug (a micropub) Barrow In Furness, at junction of station approach and main road - The Duke Of Edinburgh Foxfield - Prince Of Wales although its currently closed, delayed refurbishment by new owners due to pandemic Morecambe old station terminus (a short walk from the current station) - Station Promenade Wigan, under the arches of Wigan Norht Western - Wigan Central (even has live train departures on screen) Liverpool Moorfields, opposite the old Exchange station entrance (now offices) - Golden Lion Tavern EDITED Waterloo, across the road from the ticket office - Stamps Too West Midlands Birmingham New Street - Post office Vaults Birmingham Moor Street, in the arches below the through platforms - Kilder (craft beer) Bournville - Exit via South end of Platforms - Attic Brew Co (limited opening hours) Lye - In the industrial estate on the Stourbridge bound platform - Sadlers Brewhouse & Bar, Lye - out over the road bridge in the industrial estate alongside the Birmingham bound platform - Beat Brewing Kidderminster SVR station - King & Castle Kidderminster, just down the road towards town form both stations- Weavers real ale House Codsall station building - Codsall Station Pub South East Brighton has plenty around the station but the best is a 3- 4 minute walk away is the Evening Star Eridge - Huntsman Oxted - Wetherspoons East Croydon - Porter & Sorter Earslwood- Old Chestnut Reigate northside of station - Prince Of Wales (garden backs onto platform) Redhill , exit via platform 3 - Home Cottage and also there is a Toby Carvery pub, part of a Travelodge hotel Dorking (main station, was Dorking North), in station approach - Lincoln Arms Shalford, north approach road to station - Queen Victoria North Camp station - Old Forge Ford (edited) Reading, in the old station building - Three Guineas, and just a bit further down past the taxi rank, The Greyfriar ( I remember the model shop that was once opposite many years ago) Edited February 10, 2022 by roundhouse 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Sorry! I was going to mention the Prince of Wales at Reigate, but I called in there while on an All Line Rover ticket last year (after my stop it was to Paddington via Reading, in order to catch the Night Riviera to Penzance) and at that point they had no cask ale on offer. I didn’t mind as I went for Spitfire Lager instead, which I enjoy, but if you had gone there especially then you’d be disappointed. This was mid July last year, a few days after the ‘big unlocking’, so perhaps you’ve got to allow for teething troubles after COVID restrictions coupled with contemporary supply chain issues, but there was certainly room for improvement. Reason I stopped there was for dinner, which for me was a tasty but rather small margherita pizza: Edited February 9, 2022 by Liam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Southeast Seaford - Steamworks - in the station building Burgess Hill - The Railway Hastings - what was in 2012 - Flairz - opposite the station approach Worthing - Grand Victorian Hotel And Pub - opposite the station Newhaven - The Engineer - Railway Road South Portsmouth Harbour - The Ship Anson - opposite the Harbour Station Edited April 8 by phil_sutters 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Liam said: Sorry! I was going to mention the Prince of Wales at Reigate, but I called in there while on an All Line Rover ticket last year (after my stop it was to Paddington via Reading, in order to catch the Night Riviera to Penzance) and at that point they had no cask ale on offer. I didn’t mind as I went for Spitfire Lager instead, which I enjoy, but if you had gone there especially then you’d be disappointed. This was mid July last year, a few days after the ‘big unlocking’, so perhaps you’ve got to allow for teething troubles after COVID restrictions coupled with contemporary supply chain issues, but there was certainly room for improvement. Reason I stopped there was for dinner, which for me was a tasty but rather small margherita pizza: Its not a regular pub for us but each time we have visited between / after lockdowns they have had ale on although not the range that they used to. Not eaten in there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 5 hours ago, phil_sutters said: Southeast Seaford - Steamworks - in the station building Burgess Hill - The Railway Hastings - what was in 2012 - Flairz - opposite the station approach Worthing - Grand Victorian Hotel And Pub - opposite the station Newhaven - The Engineer - Railway Road South Portsmouth Harbour - The Ship Anson - opposite the Harbour Station Did you ever visit 'Bertie Belchers Brighton Breezy Brewery, its in Hove Actually' pub outside Hove station? Been gone many years now but it was in a great brewery and pub. This was it in later years back in 2011 and is still called The Station. There is also the Watchmakers micro just a few doors down the road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 6-7-10 Donny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 South East Alton, Hampshire: The Railway Arms - real ale and noticeable by having a 3D Southern loco stuck to the front of the pub. Handy for pre drinks before doing The Watercress Line's real ale train. Farnborough North: The Prince of Wales - real ale. North Camp: The Old Ford. (correction). Seem to remember a skittle alley in the room adjacent to the platform. Nice beer garden next to the river. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, AndyB said: South East Alton, Hampshire: The Railway Arms - real ale and noticeable by having a 3D Southern loco stuck to the front of the pub. Handy for pre drinks before doing The Watercress Line's real ale train. Owned by Tripple F brewery Farnborough North: The Prince of Wales - real ale. Had a job interview in there. Superb pub with regular beer festivals even after the last lockdown. There used to be a closer pub to the station but been turned into a house. North Camp: The Old Ford. (correction). Seem to remember a skittle alley in the room adjacent to the platform. Nice beer garden next to the river. Ah yes, thinking of somewhere else. A long time since we have visited. Edited February 10, 2022 by roundhouse 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Thank you once again to everyone who’s contributed, especially Jamie - hope you managed to get to sleep in the end! I was just wondering if you would be happy for me to share these pubs beyond RMweb, perhaps in the form of an Excel spreadsheet? I’d upload the spreadsheet up on here as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Fisher Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Derbyshire Derby The Brunswick Brunswick Brewery not a brewery but a very good pub with its own 37 cab the Alex is just next door and hosts regular railway meets, its custodian is a promising modeler too. Devon/Cornwall Platform 5 Brewery Newton Abbot 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Perhaps there ought to be a category for 'most frustrating' pub? One where you can hear the trains pass, but not see them. I'll nominate 'The Sheet Anchor' at Baldwin's Gate, west of Newcastle under Lyme, right next to the WCML, which regrettably is in a cutting behind an impenetrable Leylandi hedge. Several on here have mentioned 'The Boathouse' at Wylam; they must have replaced the obscured-glass lower bar windows, as you used to have to stand up to see the trains pass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Apologies if there are any duplicates in this list: Frodsham - The Helter Skelter Helsby - Beer Heros Greenfield - The Railway Inn Liverpool Lime Street. Ma Edgerton's one side and The Crown on the Other. Batley - The Cellar bar Wolverhampton - The Great Western Wakefield Kirkgate - Fernandez brewery Wakefield Westgate - Henry Boons Denmark Hill - The Phoenix Whyteleafe - The Radius Arms (micropub) Billericay - The Crown and The Railway Newcastle Upon Tyne - The Centurion Bar. Edited February 10, 2022 by Phatbob Thought of a couple more. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 23 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: Several on here have mentioned 'The Boathouse' at Wylam; they must have replaced the obscured-glass lower bar windows, as you used to have to stand up to see the trains pass. Photo taken in 2019 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Liam said: Thank you once again to everyone who’s contributed, especially Jamie - hope you managed to get to sleep in the end! I was just wondering if you would be happy for me to share these pubs beyond RMweb, perhaps in the form of an Excel spreadsheet? I’d upload the spreadsheet up on here as well. Yes we did in the end By all means share. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Fisher Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Birmingham Moor Street Indian Brewery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, roundhouse said: Photo taken in 2019 That's an improvement. Shame there's so little freight on the line these days. We lived at Clara Vale from July 1983 until August 1992 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Phatbob said: Apologies if there are any duplicates in this list: Liverpool Lime Street. Ma Edgerton's one side and The Crown on the Other. Missing the place in the centre! https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/merseyside/the-north-western-liverpool I know some don't like 'Spoons, but one of the best places around for a quick drink and has some decent posters/photos. The map above the bar is of the wrong station though as it's L&Y! The pub opposite Exchange is called The Lion (not Golden Lion). Named after the locomotive that was the pumping engine at the dock around the corner. Notice the pub sign. Couple in Birkenhead, right by Hamilton Square. Swinging Arm - biker/rock pub Gallagher's - real ale pub with a very interesting array of military and shipping memorabilia Jason Edited February 10, 2022 by Steamport Southport 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Durham - The Station House. Located at the bottom of the road going up to the station Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Ian Fisher said: Birmingham Moor Street Indian Brewery Thats underneath Snow Hill station 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 22 hours ago, Liam said: I thought I’d set up a guide to pubs and breweries within close proximity to railway stations across the network. This was an idea I had last week after a visit to Ludlow Brewery (fantastic) which is located in the former goods shed immediately to the north of the station, and all of one/two minutes’ walk away. I’ll categorise the stations and their nearby watering holes by geographical region, and within that alphabetical order. Please suggest away below and I’ll add them to the list in this post. East of England: Billericay - The Crown and The Railway East Midlands: Glossop - Star Inn Hadfield - The Palatine Oakham - The Grainstore Brewery Worksop station - The Mallard London: Denmark Hill - The Phoenix London Euston - The Doric; The Signal Box London Kings Cross - The Parcel Yard North East: Durham - The Waiting Room Newcastle Upon Tyne - The Centurion Bar Wylam Next to the overhead signal box- Boathouse North West: Barrow In Furness - The Duke Of Edinburgh (at junction of station approach and main road) Bury Bolton Street (ELR) - Trackside Bar Irlam - The Station Carnforth - The Snug (a micropub) Frodsham - The Helter Skelter Greenfield - The Railway Inn Helsby - Beer Heros Liverpool Lime Street. Ma Edgerton's; The Crown Liverpool Moorfields - Golden Lion (opposite the old Exchange station entrance) Manchester Piccadilly - Piccadilly Tap Morecambe - Station Promenade (a short walk from the current station) Rawtenstall (ELR) station building - Bufferstops Stalybridge - Stalybridge Buffet & bar Urmston - The Steamhouse Waterloo (Merseyside) - Stamps Too (across the road from the ticket office) Wigan North Western - Wigan Central Scotland: South East: Alton - The Railway Brighton - The Evening Star Burgess Hill - The Railway Dorking - Lincoln Arms East Croydon - Porter & Sorter Earlswood- Old Chestnut Eridge - The Huntsman Farnborough North - The Prince of Wales Faversham - The Limes; The Railway Hotel Newhaven - The Engineer North Camp - The Old Ford Portsmouth Harbour - The Ship Anson Reading - The Greyfriar; Three Guineas Seaford - Steamworks (in the station building) Shalford - Queen Victoria Whyteleafe - The Radius Arms (micropub) Worthing - Grand Victorian Hotel And Pub South West: Bath Spa - Graze Exeter Central - Tabac Exeter St Davids - Great Western Hotel; Exeter Brewery (only open certain days a week) Lympstone Village - The Swan Inn Newton Abbot - Railway Brewhouse Newton St Cyres - The Beer Engine Penzance - Longboat Inn Portsmouth Arms - Portsmouth Arms Starcross - Atmospheric Railway Inn Yatton - The Railway Wales: West Midlands: Alvechurch - The Weighbridge Inn Birmingham Moor Street - Kilder (craft beer, in the arches below the through platforms) Birmingham New Street - Post Office Vaults; The Railway Bournville - Attic Brew Co (limited opening hours) Codsall - Codsall Station Pub Kidderminster - King & Castle (SVR); Weavers Real Ale House Ludlow - Ludlow Brewery Lye - Sadlers Brewhouse & Bar (the industrial estate on the Stourbridge bound platform); Beat Brewing (the industrial estate alongside the Birmingham bound platform) Wolverhampton - The Great Western Yorkshire & Humber: Batley - The Cellar bar Dewsbury - West Riding refreshment rooms Doncaster - Draughtsman Huddersfield station - Head of Steam, Kings Head (both once were accessible from the same platform but now normally from forecourt due to ticket barriers) Sheffield - Sheffield Tap Wakefield Kirkgate - Fernandez Brewery Wakefield Westgate - Henry Boons York - York Tap An ambitious project! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2022 We don't seem to have mentioned bars on preserved railways, but perhaps that is out of scope. I have always enjoyed my visits to the King & Castle at Kidderminster (SVR). In the mid/late 70s, a group of us from NSLTC did regular Merrymaker trips, London St P to London Euston via Carnforth. It was supposed to be to travel on the KWVR but we usally ended up in a Tim Taylors pub overlooking the railway about half a mile from Keighley station. Think it was called The Angel. The particular draw was that it was one of two TT pubs to sell the whole range of beers. Will have to look it up to see if it is still there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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