Category Archives: Staffordshire

29/03/24-31/03/24 – Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Wolstanton

For my 4 day trip around Staffordshire I was based at The Borough Arms in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. Over 3 evenings I visited a number of micropubs, traditional pubs and craft bars in Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Wolstanton. Newcastle-Under-Lyme features The Hopwater Cellar, Bridge Street Ale House, Ten Green Bottles, Mellards, Crossways, The Crows Nest, Boat & Horses, Castletown Distillery, Cask Bar & Kitchen, Hopinn and The Greyhound. Wolstanton features The Whippet Inn, 4 Candles and The Archer.

29/03/24 and 31/03/24 – Tutbury & Hatton to Stoke-on-Trent by Train

My day today takes me out to Tutbury & Hatton by train from Stoke/on-Trent and working back calling off at Uttoxeter, Blythe Bridge and Longton. Started the day at Stoke-On-Trent visiting “bod” which is located on the Railway Station. 3 pubs in Tutbury, “The Hourglass”, “Cask & Pottle” and “New Inn”. Uttoxeter started with visiting “Night Inn” run by Uttoxeter Brewery, and onto Micropub “Horse & Dove”. Onto Blythe Bridge to visit “Crossways Micropub”, the tap for Peakstone Rocks Brewery. Longton next to visit “The Strand” and a bus out to nearby Meir to visit “Swiftys”.

30/03/24-31/03/24 – Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Hartshill and Etruria

My first call of the day after jumping on the number 3 bus from Hanley Bus Station is to “The Bulls Head” in Burslem. This pub acts as Titanic Brewery’s Tap and was the first pub that they opened. The pub itself is thought to have been built around 1832, and Titanic Brewery running the pub for over 30 years. A great central bar with a room either side and a large outdoor seating area at the back of the pub.

28/03/24 – Stafford and Stone

The start of a 4 day trip to Staffordshire. I started today in Stafford, a stop on the West Coast Mainline from Glasgow to London Euston. Visited some traditional style pubs alongside a couple of new craft bars. I then got the train to Stone, a lovely canal town. Some more great bars here aswell as visiting “The Borehole”, home of Lymestone Brewery.

12/03/22 – Burton-on-Trent

After arriving in Sheffield, purchased a Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket and headed for the EMR train to Derby (and change there for Burton) And a 10 minutes change at Derby onto the Birmingham train, calling at Burton-on-Trent Burton Town Brewery First call in Burton was “Burton Town Brewery”, who first started brewing in 2015 (and createdContinue reading “12/03/22 – Burton-on-Trent”