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Location: 22 Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury SY1 1XB
Year of Inscription: 2025
Venue Type: City Tavern / Traditional
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| EBG Rating: | 7.6/10 |
| Choice/ Quality of Drinks | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 4-5 cask ales from regional and national breweries and decent back bar. |
| Style/ Décor | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ A characterful bar area with a social layout, compact while not feeling cramped. Traditional furnishings while the decoration is an eclectic mixture of different things. Spacious beer garden with standout lean-to set within 14th century timber remains of an old hall. It’s surprising a naked flame is allowed anywhere near them, but there you go. |
| Atmosphere/ Character | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Market town type trade during the day, busy and chatty, while peak times can verge on over-touristy, particularly if the Ghost trail crew are in town. |
| Amenities/ Events | ❤️❤️❤️ Snacks, TV, outdoor seating |
| Value For Money | ❤️❤️❤️ Typical prices for the city centre. |
| Description | The Henry Tudor Inn over the road can claim to have hosted its eponymous monarch en route to Bosworth field, but the Nag’s Head is not far behind with its own historical boast. The timbers from a 14th century house remain standing by the main building as you enter via the beer garden. This was left behind when the building was destroyed in the 1950s. It has been used for the filming of works such as Great Expectations. Inside, the pub also boasts a cursed painting in a private room off-limits to the public, said to be of the devil, a room where three people have committed suicide- making the pub a popular destination for ghost hunters. This could be extraneous rubbish if the pub itself was no good, but we’re pleased to report the pub still boasts a lovely bar area, dog friendly with a social layout, where you can enjoy one or more of the several real ales they offer on cask. the beer garden is also very spacious for a city centre pub and feels almost like an oasis. There’s room for improvement (let’s face it, there usually is), but this is a clear guide entrant in its current state. (Added February 2025) |
