SHREWSBURY

Welcome to Pub Trails - SHREWSBURY

One of the places visited that was so large and interesting that FOUR trails were created for you to duplicate.

Shrewsbury is an Historic market town near the England-Wales border. The centre of the town is almost surrounded by a loop in the River Severn.  One road comes in from the North, close to the railway station, without crossing the river while two roads enter the town centre by bridges, one called the English Bridge and the other The Welsh Bridge.

Shrewsbury is the county town from Shropshire. It is actually a large town with around 100,000 of a population. However, the city centre seems removed from this largeness as it is 80% surrounded by the River Severn which gives it a separate feel. This is where the old town was and the new is built with and on it.

Shopping is varied with national chain stores in the shopping centres and local shops and boutiques in the local streets. The centre has many pubs, cafes and restaurants

Shrewsbury has an Abbey (associated with the fictional character Brother Cadfael from the books by Ellis Peters), a Cathedral and a Castle.

Judged a Sunday Times “Best Place to Live” 2020

Nearby is the World Heritage site of Ironbridge, also Stokesay Castle and Acton Burnell Castle. Nearby National Trust properties include Attingham Park and Cronkhill Villa.

 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

Links for SHREWSBURY city centre Pubtrails

  • Trail 1 - Station to Welsh Bridge

    (blue icons)

    Bulls Head

    The Alb

    The Salopian

    The King's Head

    The Shrewsbury Hotel.

    Hickory's (formerly The Waterfront)

    The Armoury

    Montgomery's Tower

    STATION TO WELSH BRIDGE

  • Trail 2 - into the centre

    (yellow icons)

    The Loopy Shrew (formerly Bellstone)

    Morgan’s

    The Coach and Horses

    The Admiral Benbow

    Ashley's

    The Hole In The Wall

    The Three Fishes

    The Bull Inn

    INTO THE TOWN

  • Trail 3 - Down to the English Bridge

    (green icons)

    The Three Fishes

    The Wheatsheaf

    The Old Post Office

    The Lion Hotel

    The Henry Tudor House

    The Hop and Friar

    The Lion and Pheasant.

    The Nag's Head.

    DOWN TO ENGLISH BRIDGE

  • Trail 4 - Return to Station

    (purple icons)

    The Lion Hotel

    Cromwell's Wine bar.

    Darwin's Kitchen & bar

    The Loggerheads

    The Bull Inn

    Yorkshire House

    The Vaults

    The Bull's Head

    RETURN TO STATION

Pub Facts

 

The 28 pubs in the Shrewsbury Trail cater for a wide range of customers.

There are cafe-bars, restaurant-bars, old corner pubs, food-bars, shiny new lounges and some past their sell by date.

 

Most pubs have real ale and some have lots of it. the vast majority offer food and some are food places that offer beer.

 

There is a lot of outside seating available. most try to offer at least seating by the road to watch the shoppers go by. A few have actual beer gardens but many more have some sort of patio or at least a small open area for smokers.

Coach and Horse, part 2

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

i get a kick out of you - Tony Bennet & Lady Gaga

Pub Quiz

What did Samuel Johnson say was the last refuge of a scoundral when referring to William Pitt?

Answer at foot of page

Other places with several Pubtrails

PLACES TO VISIT WITH PUBTRAILS

 The towns and villages highlighted on this web site have a wide variety of pubs and beers in them.  All of the places are great to visit, whether for a day or longer, and most have tourist attractions for all of the family.

There is a large variety of pubs throughout the different towns shown below. Some you may wish never to visit again but even discovering these can be interesting. There are pubs that you would not take your wife into. While some you could not take your girlfriend into. A few you would not take either into. However, most of the pubs are very pleasant.

HOME MAP of places visited

Alnwick Ambleside Anstruther Bakewell Bamburgh Barnard Castle Bath Berwick upon Tweed Birnam & Dunkeld Bourton on the Water Bowness on Windermere Bridge of Allan Chester Chichester Dunblane Dunoon Edinburgh Ely Fort William Glasgow Gourock Greenock                   Helensburgh   Inverness Kelso Keswick Knaresbourgh Largs Linlithgow Lyme Regis Melrose Montrose Newton Stewart North Berwick Norwich Oban Pebbles Penzance Portree Pitlochry Quorn Richmond Rothesay St Andrews Seahouses Seend Shrewsbury Skipton Stirling Stratford-upon-Avon Stockton Heath Whitby Windemere Whitstable York

It does not matter if your glass is half full or half empty if you have plenty of glasses.

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Other interesting pages

  • Books on Beer

    A variety of books that investigate styles of beers and brewing.

    Books on Beer

  • Books on Pubs

    A variety of books looking at the development of public houses.

    Books on Pubs

  • Map of CAMRA branches

    Map of CAMRA branches and e-mail links

    Map of CAMRA branches

ANSWER: Patriotism (7th April 1775)