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Again the crawl starts from Coventry but you can start it any where in the West Midlands your aim is to get to Wolverhamton. Start by getting a train from Coventry - Wolverhampton. From Wolverhampton railway station head for the bus station and catch the 558 bus to Sedgley, this bus runs every 10 mins. The first stop is for the BEACON HOTEL home of the Sarah Hughes Brewery famous for it's Ruby Mild. For bus stop see map. BEACON HOTEL 129 BILSTON STREET SEDGLEY DY3 1JE 12.00-14.30, 17.30-23.00 Mon-Fri 12.00-15.00, 18.00-23.00 Sat 12.00-15.00, 19.00-22.30 Sun 01902 883380 PALE AMBER, SEDGLEY SURPRISE & RUBY MILD. From the BEACON HOTEL, turn right outside door and head back to the bus stop you alighted at, catch the No. 558 again for the JOLLY CRISPEN, the bus stops right outside the front door. JOLLY CRISPEN 25 CLARENCE STREET UPPER GORNAL DY3 1UL 16.00-23.00 Mon-Thu 12.00-23.00Fri-Sat 12.00-15.00, 19.00-22.30 Sun 01902 672220 UP TO 9 EVER CHANGING ALES From the JOLLY CRISPEN, turn left out of the door and walk about 400 metres to the BRITANNIA which is a Bathams pub, on the right hand side of the road. BRITTANNIA 109 KENT STREET UPPER GORNAL DY3 1UX 12.00-15.00, 19.00-23.00 Mon-Thu 12.00-16.00, 19.00-23.00 Fri 12.00-23.00Sat 12.00-16.00, 19.00-22.30 Sun 01902 883253 BATHAMS BITTER & MILD From the BRITANNIA head out the door, cross the road to the bus stop opposite and catch the 558 bus into Dudley, alight at the bus stop opposite the Job Center, which is shown on the map for the next pub which is the LAMP TAVERN another Bathams pub. Cross the road and head up Wellington Road and turn left into Stafford Street, turn right into the High Street, head up the hill past the church, keep heading straight on until you reach the main road, which is a two laned road, the LAMP TAVERN is on your left just down the hill, this walk will take about 10 - 15 mins. LAMP TAVERN 116 HIGH STREET DUDLEY DY1 1QT 12.00-14.30, 17.00-23.00 Mon-Thu 12.00-23.00Fri-Sat 12.00-22.30 Sun 01384 25412 BATHAMS BITTER & MILD From the LAMP TAVERN turn right outside the front door and head up the hill to the bus stop, from here you can catch either the 243 or the 247, to the OLDE SWAN Ma Pardoe's Brewery Tap, the bus 243 runs at 03,18, 33, & 48 mins past the hour, the 247 runs at 24 & 54 mins. past the hour both buses stop right outside the front door. OLDE SWAN 89 HALESOWEN ROAD NETHERTON DY2 9PY 11.00-23.00Mon-Sat 12.00-16.00, 19.00-22.30 Sun 01384 253075 OLDE SWAN DARK SWAN ENTIRE BUMBLE HOLE From the OLDE SWAN catch the 243 bus right outside the front door to Cradley Heath Railway Station, the bus runs 00, 15, 30 & 45 mins past the hour, alight at the Station, there are toilets here, then catch the 139 bus, the bus runs 13, 28, 43 & 58 mins past the hour to the VINE(BULL & BLADDER) home of BATHAMS BEERS. Alight at the Delph corner shown on map. VINE 10 DELPH ROAD BRIERLEY HILL DY5 2TN 12.00-23.00 Mon-Sat 12.00-22.30 Sun 01384 78293 bathams bitter mild From the VINE turn left out of the front door, walk up the hill to the roundabout and turn left. Cross the road to the bus stop and catch the 139 back to Cradley Heath Station, the bus runs 05, 15, 35 & 55 mins past the hour. Alight at the Station and catch a train to Old Hill station, train runs 01& 31 mins past the hour. From Old Hill station turn left at bottom of the car park and then turn right at the cross roads, keep walking up the hill over the canal and cross the road, turn left into Waterfall Lane, follow the road up the hill to the WATERFALL which is a Holdens pub. Walk will take about 10 mins. WATERFALL WATERFALL LANE OLD HILL B64 6RG 12.00-14.00, 17.00-23.00 Mon-Thu 12.00-00.00 Fri-Sat 12.00-22.30 Sun 0121 5613499 HOLDENS FULL RANGE + GUESTS From the WATERFALL head back to the station, catch a train to Birmingham Moor Street Station, trains run at 05 & 35 mins past the hour. Alight here, turn left out of the station and follow the road round the corner down the hill to the bottom. Turn right, follow the road round to the left, cross over by the Police Station, go past the Chinesse Wholesalers, turn left into Bradford Street the ANCHOR (Local Camra Pub of the year) is about 100m on the left at the traffic lights. Walk will take about 10 mins. ANCHOR 308 BRADFORD STREET DIGBETH BIRMINGHAM B5 6ET 11.00-00.00 Mon-Sat 12.00-23.00 Sun 0121 6224516 UP TO 10 EVERY CHANGING ALES From the ANCHOR turn right outside the front door, cross over the road, take the first left into Barford Street follow the road round the S bends and about 200m on your right is the LAMP. LAMP 257 BARFORD STREET HIGHGATE BIRMINGHAM B5 6AH CHURCH END, STANWAY STANNEY BITTER & GUEST BEERS From here make your way back to New Street Station, head left out of the door back to the S bend and left into Pershore Street, walk straight up to the market and go up the stairs to the main road above, from here turn right and head straight into New Street Station. |
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