Ludlow   
 
See also Rocks Green
 

Blue Boar

Pubmaster pub. Food served. Beer garden at the back. The number of TVs outnumbers the real áles. More TVs than real ales - so popular with football fans.  Pub has a standard Pubmaster corporate feel to it. The Old Speckled Hen was tasty. Accommodation. Situated on 52 Mill Street. Tel - 01584 872429. Visited Oct 2009
Black Sheep Bitter
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The Bridge

Now a freehouse. Hops above the bar. Friendly pub with a bar and lounge. Pool table and darts. Old theatre and Butlins posters and memorabilia. Situated on Lower Corve Street. Tel - 01584 872963. Visited Oct 2009
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Bass 
Old Speckled Hen
Shropshire Gold 
    

Bull Hotel

Marstons pub. The oldest pub in Ludlow - also a hotel. Nice chips and lunchtime snacks. Loud music on Saturday nights. Situated at the Bull Ring. Tel - 01584 873611. Visited Nov 2008  
Wychwood Hobgoblin
    

Charlton Arms Hotel

Overlooking the River Teme. Food served. Good chip butties. Hobson's beers well kept.  Accommodation. Car park. The pub scene shows a different scene on each side. Situated by the Ludford bridge. Tel - 01584 872813. Visited Oct 2009   Pub website
Hobsons Best 
Hobsons Twisted Spire
Readers comments - Comfortable interior, friendly staff and newspapers to read. Ticks all the boxes for me. The food menu looks excellent too. Ludlow Gold very drinkable stuff with a nice hoppy flavour 9/10 - Mar 2009
   

Church Inn

Freehouse. Excellent selection of real ales including guest bitters - six ales on our last visit. Bustling pub but the beer is a bit pricey. Collection of barrel taps and handpull signs. Nice hops on the beams. Food served - try the tasty sausage baguettes, but the pork pies are well overpriced. Accommodation. Beer was a bit cold on our last visit. Situated close to the church in the town centre. A real fire. Tel - 01584 872174. Visited Oct 2009  Pub website
Hobsons Old Henry 5.2% reliable hoppy bitter with a good smell
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Ludlow Gold
Weetwood Eastgate Ale 
Very bitter taste, far too cold, but improved once it had warmed up a bit
Wye Valley Bitter  Easy drinking session beer, clear light and hoppy
Readers comments - Was very busy when I was there on a Friday lunchtime. Numerous real ales on, including Ludlow Boiling Well and Gold. Boiling Well - tasty, strong, well-rounded beer 9/10 - Mar 2009
   

The Compasses

Pubmaster pub. Open all day. Large screen television. The beer is served so cold - this is just not the way to treat real ale.  Accommodation. Lots of sporting paraphernalia. Situated at the top of Corve Street. Tel - 01584 872967. Visited Oct 2009
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Ego Cafe Bar
Not really a pub, and no real ale anyway. Situated on Quality Square off the main square.

      

The Feathers

pic001.jpg (28642 bytes)Freehouse hotel. Renowned for its half timbered frontage - but the anodyne bar area belies the ancient nature of the hotel. Real ale is served - but it's not cheap. Accommodation. Food served. Front page from The Telegraph is displayed in the gents. Situated at the top of Corve Street. Tel - 01584 875261. Visited Oct 2009  Website

Ludlow Best 
Ludlow Gold

Woods Shropshire Lad 
Full bodied, flavoursome and fruity
   

The George Hotel

Pubmaster pub. On our last visit the real ale was back. Visited Oct 2009
Old Speckled Hen  
    

The Globe
Closed. Ex-Greenalls keg pub - now a Thai Restaurant

   

Horse & Jockey
Marstons pub - no cask ale on the day of the visit - Jan 2006

    

The Queens

Freehouse. Comfortable pub formerly called the Queens Head before it was refurbished. Food served. Beer garden - but gravel instead of grass. Greene King had an unusual metallic taste. Situated at the top of Lower Galdeford. Tel - 01584 872800. Visited Oct 2009
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The Raven
Closed. Ex-M&B keg pub on Gravel Hill - destined to be knocked down for new houses

   

Rose & Crown

Freehouse. Open all day. Good food served. Located out of the way at the end of a small alleyway off Church Street. Tables outside in the courtyard at the front and in the patio area at the back of the pub. Accommodation. Popular with locals, friendly, very smokey, with a separate eating area. Three real ales but a bit expensive. Tel - 01584 872098. Visited Jan 2006
Abbott Ale Distinctive taste, a chemical aftertaste, pint left unfinished
Adnams
Bitter taste,  improves with each pint, good colour
Banks's Bitter
Good old reliable Banks's
   

Squirrel

Marstons pub opened in 2008. Exposed brick, beams and the odd leather chair together with lots of pink lights give this new pub a nice comfortable feel. Big car park and it's right next to a motel and petrol station. The food was served quickly, and it was good value and tasty. The Sneck Lifter Bitter was on top forim. Situated at the top of Foldgate Lane where it meets the A49. Tel - 01584 879940. Visited Mar 2008 Pub website
Banks's Bitter  
Jennings Sneck Lifter
Marstons Pedigree Bitter 
      

The Unicorn

Freehouse. Pub has bags of character with low ceilings and heavy oak beams. Food served - and very popular it seems . you must try the chip butties,big chunky chips ideal  with a pint of real ale.  Accommodation. Beer garden. Tasty drop of Darwin's Origin and Butty Bach.  This pub is well hidden being situated on Lower Corve Street. Tel - 01584 873555. Visited Oct 2009   Pub website
Ludow Best 
Salopian Darwins Origin 
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Three Tuns Clerics Cure 
Wye Valley Butty Bach
     

The Wheatsheaf

Long bar with beams and hops. Nice log fire. Accommodation. Food served - everything on the menu is written up on a large blackboard. Situated on Lower Broad Street. Tel - 01584 872980. Visited Oct 2009  
Pub website
Jennings Cumberland Ale  
Marstons Bitter
    

Ye Olde Bull Ring Tavern

Ansells pub. Nice leaded windows in this old pub dating from 1365. Bar and lounge. Food served. Pool table. Situated on the Bull Ring. Tel - 01584 872311. Visited Oct 2009
Black Sheep Bitter  
Hobsons Town Cryer 
Ludlow Best