Fox Inn, Oswestry

Visited this Joules pub back in August on a weekday afternoon around 3pm. Five hand pulls with three clipped - Slumbering Monk, Pale, and a red ale whose name I did not make a note of. This is a small traditional pub, child friendly, with a mix of people in at the time of my visit. Looks like there is a beer garden of sorts to the rear, which is at least part covered. There is also a passage to the side, with a couple of picnic tables. Inside, the main area has a low ceiling, old looking beams, a wood burning stove and chequered tile flooring. The rear area has less decorative looking floor tiling. The section off to the left of that is boarded, as is the front bar area. Food is available, including various specials such as ham hock, rotisserie chicken, etc. Fish and chips seemed to be the popular option amongst the other patrons though. The gents are basic but functional, if lacking in soap and containing a dubious mark on the tiles above the urinal. Overall it was OK but not somewhere I could see myself rushing back to.

Must be one of the oldest pubs in town, with a compact bar (little bigger than a snug) and two slightly larger rooms (one with an entrance of the side alleyway) further back; all under low ceilings. Regular live music advertised. As a Joule's house, I found their Pale (£3.40) and Slumbering Monk on from a bank of five handpumps.

A lovely little Joules run pub. The place is basically 3 areas to sit with a room to the rear which can be used for functions apparently. The bar area is to the front and here you will find 5 handpulls on the bar 4 of these dispensed Joules beers (well 2 Joules beers as Slumbering Monk and Pale were doubled). Sadly the other handpull was bare. There's not as much wood panelling as a lot of Joules pubs and there are low beams and bevelled windows. I liked it despite the rather thin beer choices.