The Compasses, Ludlow

Official site of The Compasses - www.thecompassesludlow.co.uk

Official site of The Compasses - www.thecompassesludlow.co.uk

Pretty bog standard town pub. Open plan and fairly generic. 4 handpulls but only one on this Saturday afternoon. Hobson's beer was your only choice. Horsey nonsense on the tellies.

While this terraced pub is at least Victorian, it does look like a later rebuild. It is in brick, with stone windows - Tudor style - with a novel central entrance that has a portcullis gate. There is a small ice-cream selling shop in part of the pub (not open). The interior is an open plan single room with cream and wood walls and a flag floor, with some white and fake beaming. There are copious TVs to show the world cup to every nook and cranny in the pub. Other features include a DJ area and a small dance floor (with lighting) and a brick fireplace. The service was functional and nobody else was in. Beer; usual tap stuff with Doombar and a decent enough Wye Valley HPA on handpull. Happy enough to pop in for a swifty.