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

Section 3 overlaps with section 2. Use The Three Fishes near the end of section 2 as the start of section 3 and leave the visits to The Bull Inn and Yorkshire House to section 4 instead of section 2.

 Down to the English Bridge

After The Three Fishes, rather than visiting The Bull Inn and Yorkshire House (leaving both until trail 4) walk down the hill and at the end of, and across the High St, there is The Wheatsheaf, (If you reach here first you missed Grope Lane).

Coming out of the Wheatsheaf and going right, hidden in a courtyard across Milk St is The Old Post Office. After here turn right and right again to walk down the main road. Just after the traffic lights is The Lion Hotel.

After leaving The Lion Hotel and walking down hill you are looking for an alley way going off to the right. The Henry Tudor House is just inside this alleyway. Leave here then continue down the steep hill and at the bottom cross over at a junction and continue down rather than curve round with the road. This should take you to The Hop and Friar. Leaving here return to the junction and turn right, once again on the main road. This should take you to The Lion and Pheasant.

Leave here and cross the road then walk back up the hill, Wyle Cop, and discover The Nag's Head

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

Bitter:

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

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

The Wheatsheaf is a small corner pub (Marston’s) in the centre of the town.  A door on the corner takes you to room with well worn (and wanting a clean or replaced) settle down the window side. There is a smaller sitting room off of the main area. The servery has a couple of stools and a big pillar just in front of it which is inconvenient for reaching the bar.

Food served all day and music several nights a week. Seating and tables outside on the pedestrian area.

Have a pint.

Real Ale :  Cumberland Ale; Cocker Hoop; Banks’s Bitter;     Marston’s Empire; New World (Marstons); EPA;    Hobgoblin

Lager:   Carlsberg; Fosters; San Miguel; Urquell;

Cider: Thatchers gold                      Guinness;  Oyster Stout

The Old Post Office (Marston’s) is set through an arch into a courtyard with outside seating. The pub is also a six bedroomed hotel. There is further outside seating to the left and rear of the building. On entering the pub there is seating area around to the right of door and more dining seating up to servery. Dining continues past the servery and up a few steps.

Have a half pint here

Real Ale: Banks’s Bitter,; EPA (Marstons); Black Diamond; Hobgoblin

Bitter:

Lager:  Becks; Hostel; Carling

Cider:    Strongbow; Thatcher’s Gold                        Guinness

The Lion Hotel

Real Ale :  Butty Bach (Wye); Shropshire Lad (Wood’s); Shropshire Gold

Bitter:  Tetley’s Smoothflow

Lager: Carlsberg

Cider                      Guinness

Henry Tudor House is found down an alley way. It is an old building which has been modernised inside, keeping only the beams. The large main room is cut in two by a chimney wall. The area beyond the chimney is quite small and can be roped off for private parties. The servery takes up the right-hand side wall. Ale is hidden in the right-hand corner. Down a short flight of stairs is a restaurant. The pub also has a venue for regular music performances.

Have a pint here

Real ale:       HTH ale;  Shropshire Gold

Lager:           Carling ;  Peroni; 1664

Cider:            Aspall                           Guinness

The Hop and Friar (Marston’s) has had several rooms but is now opened up. The servery is round to the right. The L-shaped serves customers along the narrower window side and also to the main area. Further round to the left is a pool table and an entrance to outside decking. Although opened up no single part is big due to walls and pillars.

Have a half pint here

Real Ale      :Banks’s Bitter; Hobgoblin Gold

Lager:          Fosters; carling; Carlsberg; 1664

Cider:          Thatchers Gold           Guinness

Lion and Pheasant is a dining bar and hotel. At the entrance you can sit in a shop window and watch the world go by. Further in is the bar and restaurant.  Metal chairs and stool, brightly lit and clean sleek lines. There is a walled patio to rear.

Have a half pint

Real Ale : Oracle; Shropshire Gold; Three Tuns pale Ate

Bitter:

Lager:  Freddom (craft); Becks

Cider: Stowford Press                    Guinness

The Nag’s Head found on the steep Wyle Cop has two small rooms although only the front room has a servery. The counter of the front bar is straight in front of you as you enter. There are tables at the window looking down the street and some smaller tables at the side. A narrow doorway at side of servery takes you to the back room with a couple of large tables. From this room you can enter the far larger beer garden - courtyard at front and grass at the rear.

Good Beer Guide regular, including 2023, 2024, 2025

Have a pint here

Real Ale:       Darwin’s Original (Salopian); New World (Marstons); Town Crier (Hobsons); Landlord

Bitter:           John Smiths

Lager:          Becks; Carling

Cider:    Strongbow; Stowford press                          Guinness