Ironbridge  
  

Pubsurvey would like to thank the photographer at www.ironbridge-gorge.co.uk for the photos of the Robin Hood, Swan, Crown, Golden Ball, Meadow and Station

  

The Bird in Hand
Banks's pub. Accommodation. Food served. Sunday lunch. Car park. Good collection of Ironbridge paraphernalia. Guest beers. Tables outside overlooking the River Severn. This pub is older than the Ironbridge itself. Open all day. Waterloo Street. Tel - 01952 432226. Visited Sep 2000
Banks's Bitter
Fullers London Pride  star4.gif (397 bytes)
Youngs Special Bitter  star45.gif (403 bytes)
  

Crown Inn
Banks's pub. Beer okay - but nothing special. Even the Pedigree was a little bland. Food served. Car park. Situated overlooking the Severn Valley on Hodge Bower. Music a bit loud. Tel - 01952 433128.  Visited May 2000
Banks's Bitter   star35.gif (394 bytes)
Banks's Original  
Fullers London Pride 
2005 - New landlady of the Crown Inn has contacted Pubsurvey to say the pub is newly refurbished. There is now a wide ranging menu and London Pride is available. 
   

Golden Ball
Freehouse. Good selection of tasty and well kept ales. Nice pub with a real fire that also does accommodation. Occasional live music. Food served and lots of weekly specials. The Ironmaster is specially brewed for the Golden Ball by the Munslow Brewery. 
Pub website  Situated on Newbridge Road. Tel - 01952 432179. Visited Jan 2000 and Apr 2006
Salopian Heaven Sent Very active in the glass, not fizzy on the pallet, straw coloured
Three Tuns Axis Distinctively fruity with a cherry predominance  
Tiger Best Scumbles well & has a good colour, indistinctive taste
Tipples Lady Evelyn Dry, thin, no head, peppery with bitter finish
Top Totty Lives up to its name, silky smooth aftertaste, whisky coloured, lacks head 
  

Horse & Jockey
Freehouse. Just one real ale on the day of the visit - the Shropshire Lad was well kept and tasty. This pub is situated down some steps on Jockey Bank off Madeley Road. Two rooms mostly given over to diners and it's all no smoking.  Good value food served and famous for it's tasty steak and kidney pies. Sunday roast is good, too. Just a few car parking spaces outside. Tel - 01952 433798. Visited Jan 2000, Dec 2001, Jun 2004 and Feb 2006
HPA Wye Valley Straw coloured, sweet, bitter edge, hoppy aftertaste
Woods Shropshire Lad star45.gif (403 bytes)Tasty and full bodied
   

Ironbridge Brasserie
Freehouse. Brasserie and wine bar situated at 29 High Street. Food is served upstairs and there is a bar downstairs. The beer is tasty and seved in those long slim glasses that don't seem like they can hold a pint. There is a patio drinking area outside. Tel - 01952 432716. Visited Jan 2001
Hobsons Town Crier  star5.gif (1174 bytes)
Stonehenge Danish Dynamite  star45.gif (403 bytes)
  

The Malt House
Freehouse. A good place to sit back and enjoy some music. Wednesday is open mike  night. Popular pub with live music most nights of the week. The bar food is tasty and served quickly. There is a selection of loud paintings on the wall in the bar area. Restaurant. Accommodation. Car park. Situated on The Wharfage overlooking the River Severn. Tel - 01952 433712. Visited Apr 2008 
Courage Directors Bitter Slight overtone of fruit & sweetness that edges it ahead of the IPA, but not enough for 4 stars
Green King IPA A bit average really 
    

Meadow Inn
Freehouse. Award winning restaurant pub with three separate eating areas. Comfortable, but not really a drinkers pub.  Awesome view of the Ironbridge cooling towers from the beer garden. Pub has won awards for the food. Collection of cigarette cards. Only one real ale available at the last visit. Situated on Buildwas Road. Tel - 01952 433193. Visited May 1999, June 2002 and Mar 2006  Pub website
Wheatwood Ale Well kept, very drinkable, good temperature and a nice hoppy finish
  

New Inn
Banks's pub. Fairly authentic recreation of a turn of century pub. Basic facilities. Piano. Beer garden. Handy for the Eleys Pie Shop. Part of the Blists Hill Open Air Museum. Visited May 2000
Banks's Bitter   star3.gif (388 bytes)
Banks's Mild  star2.gif (376 bytes)
  

Station Hotel
Burtonwood pub. Very basic old pub with average beer. Pool table. Juke box. Situated on Bridge Road on the quiet side of the iron bridge. Cains a bit fizzy. Visited May 2000
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Cains Bitter  star2.gif (376 bytes)
  

Swan Inn
Freehouse. Major renovation in 2000. Situated on The Wharfage opposite the river. Food served. Bar and restaurant area. Car park. Since our last visit the thumping music has disappeared. The Shropshire Pride was the star pint - and there were two other real ales to choose from. Comfortable surroundings. Accommodation. Visited Apr 2008  Pub website
Fullers London Pride 
St. Austell Tribute
Worfield Shropshire Pride star5.gif (1174 bytes)
  

Tontine Hotel
Enterprise Inn & Hotel. Unspoilt hotel opposite the Iron Bridge. Beer nice and tasty. Accommodation. Food served. Relaxing atmosphere. Tel - 01952 432127. Visited Mar 2000  Pub website
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Bass  star3.gif (388 bytes)
   

White Hart Inn
Keg beer only
  

White Horse
Pubmaster pub. Andy the landlord says he stocks up to 5 real ales including two guest ales. Pub selected for CAMRA "God Beer Guide" 2005. Cask marque award. Situated on Lincoln Hill. Food served. Car park. Pool table. Tasty Everards Original. 
Tel - 01952 432369. Visited May 2000
Adnams Bitter
Banks's Bitter
Banks's Original 
Everards Original  star4.gif (397 bytes)
  

Ye Olde Robin Hood Inn
Freehouse. Olde world charm. Good selection of real ales and seats outside overlooking the new bridge across the Severn. Pub quiz on Wednesdays. Accommodation. Meals. Car park. Tel - 01952 433100. Visited May 1999 and Apr 2006
Holdens Special Bitter star4.gif (397 bytes)Scumbles well, strong bitter barley taste, danger of beer goggles
Holdens Wench Feeder Disappointing, despite the inspiration behind its name, bland but inoffensive 
Marks says - pub has changed hands, now a Holdens pub - beer quality is still high and guests are varied and interesting. Give it a try.