A wander around Warwick
A journey to six of it's best pubs
In these days of political correctness, visiting six pubs in one go is probably frowned apon, but it makes a nice trip
out. Travel to Warwick by train is easy, so no need for cars.
The route is shown in yellow on the map. You can download a higher resolution copy of
it. Do it with the usual right click and select "Save target as" menu selection The journey starts at Warwick station. From
there walk North West until you reach the Grand Union Canal and then walk next to the towpath heading West and step through a hole in the
hedge to get onto the towpath. You will soon see the Cape of Good Hope which you get to by crossing over the locks. Most people
manage to do this without falling into the canal!
Here are pictures of the pubs on the route and a little text shamelessly plagiarised from the Warwickshire
CAMRA website and their copyright is acknowledged.
is adjacent to Cape top lock on the canal.
Built just after the canal opened in 1800, it has given its name to the
canal locks, the street and the surrounding district. A painting in the
rear lounge explains the story of its name. It has a traditional bar at
the front, and an enlarged lounge at the rear. Two LLocks is a house
beer, previously brewed by Walsh's Bakehouse Brewery in Warwick. The
brewery was also located by the canal, below the two Cape locks - hence
the name. One delivery of beer in 2004 was carried by boat between the
brewery and the pub. An excellent pub which is far better than
its website
is a two roomedsymetrical Georgian pub. Extensivly redecorated November 1998 - the two
rooms are now the Music Room and the Tapestry Room. Just before
reaching this pub you will have noticed the unusual building on the
North side of Saltisford Road with two octagonal towers. This was
the original Warwick gas works which is being converted into flats.
A Popular pub for its varied range of real ales. Most guest beers last
only a day!It was a racing inn and stables for the near-by racecourse.
When the street was constructed in around 1800, the fine Geogian
building we know today was built. It was offically named The Warwick
Tavern. However, around this time the Warwick and Birmingham and the
Warwick and Napton canals were under construction. The pub became a
favourite for the navvies because it sold coffee with a tot of rum for
4d (4 old pence), this was 2d cheaper than other local pubs. Hence the
nickname, which over 150 years later became adopted as the offical
name. The suffix Hotel was added in 1987 when the owners opened the
guest rooms.
Former Lloyds Bank
converted to trendy upmarket bar in 1998 by Mansfield Brewery as one of
the Lloyds No. 1 chain of bars. Acquired by Wolverhampton & Dudley
with the whole Mansfield Operation in December 1999, sold to
Wetherspoon in August 2000. Real ale introduced by Wetherspoon soon
aftewards. Redecorated and renamed Thomas Lloyd in June 2002.
This is a good place to eat, and it's cheap.
Refurbished backstreet local. Quiet at lunchtime, busy in evenings. A good local atmosphere, home to several games teams (including ladies darts).
A 16th century half timbered Tudor coaching inn. Interior has many rooms,
featuring exposed beams and fine old settles and benches. Small bar
room at one end is set at right angles to the main bar, with a snug to
the rear and a dining room to the side.This is the last pub on our tour and is only about 15 minutes walk from Warwick Station. You can plan your train journey using the National Rail website