Cross Foxes, Shrewsbury

Traditional, two-room pub, located across the river from the town centre in Coleham but easily reached via the Greyfriars Footbridge. Two banks of four (duplicated) handpumps, including the Woods Shropshire Lad (£1.60, half), but the prominent Bass signage on the façade would rightly suggest that this is the most popular beer here. Overall, quite good in its understated way.

A proper locals' pub with 1980's-sytyle banquettes and rough-plastered walls giving a step back into the relatively recent past. A nice drop of Bass on offer, together with Salopian Shropshire Gold, Wood's Shropshire lad and Three Tuns XXX.